Huge thanks to Friends of Larkin Street for all their hard work on this year’s Annual Ice Skating Party, raising over $50,000 to benefit our work to end youth homelessness! And thanks to everyone who attended. Your contributions help provide programs tailored to meet the needs of young people experiencing homelessness. Thanks to our generous…
Category Archives: Larkin Street News
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Photos from Friends of Larkin Street 9th Annual Ice Skating Party – Dec. 5, 2018
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Video: Alaska Airlines Partners With Larkin Street This Holiday Season
With the support of our friends from Alaska Airlines, we are looking forward to providing a warm and happy holiday season for young people in our programs. On Giving Tuesday this year, November 27, Alaska Airlines will host a winter clothing gift drive at Union Square Ice Skating Rink. Guests who bring winter clothes for…
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Cookin’ the Night Away with Four Seasons Chef Pannier
Our Cookin’ the Night Away live auction item winners from the 2018 Paving the Way gala were delighted to have Four Seasons Executive Chef Cyrille Pannier join them for a lively evening of food and fun on Nov. 3! With their hosts Suzi Alexander, Patrick Kiss and Sherilyn Adams, along with Jennifer and Chris Brahm and Sally Shapiro,…
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Larkin Street Forms Partnership With SF Young Adult Court to Support Alternatives to Incarceration
Our partnership with the San Francisco Young Adult Court (YAC), which began this summer, will help even more young people transcend homelessness in the years ahead. Founded on studies suggesting that young adults’ brains are not fully developed (and therefore they may not understand the impact committing a crime will have on themselves or others),…
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Help Our Young People Have A Happy Holiday – 2018 Holiday Gift Drive
Experiencing homelessness presents many unforeseen challenges including the inability to choose where to sleep, when to wake, and what to eat or wear. During this holiday season, please give the gift of choice back to our young people by donating an item from the list below! GIFT CARDS: Ross Safeway Target Walgreens VISA GIFTS (assortment…
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A Message From Sherilyn – 2018 Fall-Winter Newsletter
Dear Friends, The last few months have been a whirlwind of special guests and events that have advanced the movement to end youth homelessness in significant ways. Between the passage of legislation like State Bill 918 to clearly designate a state-level lead for youth homelessness and partnerships with Salesforce and the City of San Francisco,…
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Photos From Our Outward Bound Skyline Challenge – Oct. 13, 2018
So proud of Team Larkin Street for accepting the Skyline Challenge again this year, raising over $10,000 for Outward Bound programs for young people experiencing homelessness! Among the brave rappellers and fundraisers were Sally Shapiro, Allison Wysocki for an impressive fifth year, and Willis Newton, one of the top two fundraisers for the entire event,…
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Congregation Emanu-El: A Conversation with Youth Experiencing Homelessness in Our City
Thanks to Congregation Emanu-El for hosting a Yom Kippur discussion with young people experiencing homelessness in San Francisco. Guest speakers included Rabbi Jason Rodich, Director of Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing Jeff Kositsky and UC Berkeley’s Dr. Colette Auerswald. Young people from Larkin Street, Zak Franet and Anubis Daugherty shared their experiences with homelessness…
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City of San Francisco Commits to Cutting Youth Homelessness in Half by 2022
For the first time, San Francisco is truly prioritizing the needs of young people experiencing homelessness through Rising Up, a new public-private partnership which aims to cut youth homelessness in half by 2022. This initiative is a result of years of advocacy by young people and staff from Larkin Street working in partnership with City…
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Larkin Street’s 2017-2018 Annual Report Released
Thanks to the growing support of our community, nearly 2,500 young people experiencing homelessness received help, hope and so much more! Thank you for your commitment to ensuring that every young person can reach their full potential. Read more about our results, financials, supporters, events and special guests throughout the last year in our 2017-2018…