Meet The RE*Generation's charitable partners. Along with Virgin Mobile and our customers, these pioneering organizations are leading the charge to help young people in need. Please take a minute to see what they're up to, find out how we're partnering with them, and learn how you can get involved.
The RE*Generation's Charitable Partners:
- Children's Health Fund: The Children's Health Fund is committed to providing health care to the nation's most medically underserved children and their families—including homeless youth.
- National Alliance to End Homelessness: The National Alliance to End Homelessness (NAEH) has been instrumental in helping us establish a National Homeless Youth Awareness Month and in providing expertise in youth homelessness. NAEH is a non-partisan, mission-driven organization working collaboratively with the public, private, and non-profit sectors to build capacity, leading to stronger programs and policies that help communities end homelessness.
- National Network for Youth: The National Network for Youth is committed to ensuring that opportunities for growth and development are available to youth everywhere. They work with young people who've faced abuse and neglect, homelessness, lack of resources, community prejudice, differing abilities, and other life challenges. Their goal is to create a community of agencies, people, and resources to champion the needs of the youth of today and the leaders of tomorrow.
- StandUp For Kids: StandUp For Kids has been reaching out to counsel and guide homeless teens on the streets for the past fifteen years. See what they're up to and learn how easy it is to get involved.
- Youth Venture: Youth Venture (YV) inspires and invests in teams of young people aged 12-20 to launch and lead their own sustainable ventures (organizations, businesses or student groups), addressing all kinds of social issues including poverty, health, homelessness, and the environment. To date, YV has launched over 1500 Venture teams in 14 countries internationally, impacting 25,000+ youth.
The RE*Generation's Corporate Partners:
- American Eagle Outfitters: American Eagle has generously donated thousands of items of clothing to youth in need through our Txt2Clothe program. A big thanks to them for being the first corporate sponsor to step up and make the Txt2Clothe program a huge success!
- Good Magazine: The hottest magazine on stands today. Good is providing a platform for the ideas, people, and businesses that are driving change in the world.
- Jager Di Paola Kemp Design (JDK): JDK provides a full range of design services based on a fundamental understanding of the relationship between the brand and its audiences. JDK is proud to support The RE*Generation.
- Thread: THREAD is a showcase of emerging young fashion designers. They help drive awareness for Txt2Clothe and National Homeless Youth Awareness Month at their national events and through their subscriber community and media partners. THREAD is proud to partner with Virgin Mobile's The RE*Generation in an effort to raise awareness for youth homelessness.
- Urban Arts Partnership: Urban Arts Partnership (f/k/a Working Playground), a not-for profit organization founded in 1991, provides arts education programs to over 50 underserved schools and 12,000 students throughout New York City. Check out their original documentary, In My Shoes, that shares the experiences of Clevins, Jackie, Tyrone and Lyssette as formerly homeless teens in New York City in The RE*Generation Gallery. To learn more, please visit www.urbanarts.org.
- Virgin Unite: Virgin Unite, the Virgin Group's charitable arm, is key to The RE*Generation. They work to coordinate the efforts of Virgin Group companies and our non-profit partners, multiplying our impact across the globe. That means the other Virgin companies—from Virgin Megastore to Virgin Airlines—and their customers are also engaged in growing The RE*Generation.
- YouthNoise: YouthNoise is helping us give a voice to homeless youth. If you care about social issues—homelessness, HIV/AIDS, government, or almost anything else—YouthNoise.com is the place to go. Learn more, be heard, and make a difference.
The RE*Generation's Corporate Partners:
- Carissa Phelps: Carissa was once a homeless kid. She was abandoned at the age of 12 and forced into the underground world of child prostitution. Now an adult with a dual law degree and MBA from UCLA, she's become an advocate for homeless youth. Carissa's amazing story has recently been turned into a documentary film, "Carissa."
Learn more about Carissa and the documentary
- Zach Bonner:: Zach is a nine year-old boy from Florida who started his own non-profit organization to help youth in distress. In honor of National Homeless Youth Awareness Month, Zach has pledged to walk across the state of Florida to raise awareness about homeless youth. (Seriously, we're not kidding.) Learn more about Zach and his incredible efforts
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