McDonald's Cards
A $10.00 donation will purchase two McDonald's cards and feed two homeless kids, and they can eat decently off of the value menu.
Youth Drop-in Center
This will be a combined shelter and drop-in center for homeless and at-high-risk youth. We will provide food (lunch, dinner, and snacks), showers, laundry facilities, clothing, hygiene items, phone, individual assistance (in conjunction with the business, professional and religious communities) -- a safe place for homeless and at-high-risk youth to hang out, and receive needed help and services.
It will be one of many on the drawing board; the first one will be located in San Diego, California, where there is an estimated 4,000 homeless youth walking the streets on any given day.
The center's mission will be:
To provide a safe and supportive environment where homeless or at-risk youths will have their immediate needs addressed and where they will have access to resources which will help them develop the life skills necessary to become a responsible and productive community member.
Homelessness is more than a lack of shelter and represents the visible fault line transmitted by multiple traumatic forces. Each child bears a unique story of pain, often unspeakable and typically faces a harsh and almost unimaginable existence within the community.
These young people have been failed by the adults and the systems that were supposed to protect them. We can't undo their histories, but we can help homeless children shape a healthy future by lifting them out of the downward spiral of the streets.
At Invisible Youth Network, we engage youth experiencing homelessness who needs safety from the streets and access to resources to help them move from street life and into healthy functioning and independence through our programs and resources.
Your donation can change the lives of these kids.
These are our kids, our future.
You can mail it directly to the Invisible Youth Network:
Invisible Youth Network
940 Park Boulevard, Suite #334
San Diego, California 92101
Attention: Russell T. Hartsaw
Or you can donate online with a credit card, but it must be a minimum donation of $10.00 for an online transaction.
After you sign-in please specify the purpose of your donation, for example:
As needed
Feeding hungry children
Residential youth center
Special causes
Street Outreach
501 (c) 3 Status
The Invisible Youth Network was organized under Internal Revenue Service Publication 1828, Page 3, and is a Nonprofit, Charitable Organization. We have 501 (c) 3 status.
Employer Identification Number
11-3815799
With the following exceptions:
We have no paid positions, everyone is a volunteer.
We have no fancy offices or expense accounts, all volunteers work out of their home/offices.
90% of all donations go to our projects and programs.
10% of all donations go to operational expenses.
You may specify how you want your donation used, and or we will discuss with you how your donation will be used upon request.
Any and all accrued expenses, has a receipt on file.
On the drawing board is publishing a bi-annual donation report.
San Diego, California Registration Compliance
Fictitious Business Name Statement:
2009-018291
Business Tax Certificate
2009015762