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Organization Number: 330414855 Organization Name: STANDUP FOR KIDS Address: 1510 Front Street Address: Suite 100 City: San Diego State / Province: CA Zip / Post Code: 92101 Country: United States Phone: 1-800-365-4KID Ext: Fax: 1-888-453-1647 Organization Email: Staff@standupforkids.org Website Address: http://www.standupforkids.org Detailed Description: STANDUP FOR KIDS is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization founded in 1990 to help rescue homeless and at-risk youth. With national headquarters in San Diego, California, STANDUP FOR KIDS is run almost entirely by volunteers, and has established more than twenty-five outreach programs in thirteen states. Our focus goes beyond street outreach and extends to deterrence and resource programs that we provide in schools and via the internet. But all facets of our mission are guided by the mandate that our volunteers shall tell kids they care about them and then, at every point, prove it. OUR PROGRAMS: STREET OUTREACH The single greatest need, for homeless and street kids is our continuous caring and real support. DON'T RUNAWAY The National Runaway Switchboard states that, "In every classroom of thirty-five kids, seven of them will run away before they are eighteen." The Don't Run Away Program starts with STANDUP FOR KIDS Club members from high schools and colleges making presentations in junior high and elementary school classrooms. Students from the third grade on up to the eight grade are taught how to remove themselves from abusive situations. TURN PURPLE Turn Purple Campaign The Turn Purple Campaign is the nations' first campaign against child abuse and the resulting problem of youth homelessness. In America there is a common misconception that children runaway from home because they are societal delinquents who want to be free of authority. The media depicts homeless and street kids as "rebels without a cause", as children who have no regard for society, who have no dreams and no aspiration for life but to get high. We know this portrayal of homeless and street kids to be false. In fact we know that 90% of children who run away have encountered mental, physical, emotional, and/ or sexual abuse. No child wants to live on the streets. No child want to have to beg, steal, sell drugs, and/or themselves just to survive. | |
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