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Wilder Students Collect Cereal Boxes For Homeless Teens

Students collected 71 boxes for the Friends of Youth breakfast campaign.

In a matter of five days, students from  collected 71 boxes of cereal for Friends of Youth through their annual Breakfast Buddies Cereal Drive. The student’s compassion and efforts on behalf of homeless youth on the eastside has given new meaning to the “Breakfast of Champions,” wrote Zoe Finkelstein in an email, development associate for the nonprofit organization.

Friends of Youth has just expanded one of its shelters, The Landing, from five nights of shelter to seven nights of shelter. Dinner donors (volunteers who cook hot meals for the youth) provide a stable evening meal; however, there is no formal breakfast program at this time and the breakfast buddies will ensure that the youth start the morning on the right foot, Finkelstein wrote.

The organization has been around since 1951 helping homless kids and young adults in the Puget Sound region. It operates the only overnight shelter for homeless teens and young adults on the Eastside.

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For more information about The Landing or Friends of Youth visit the website at www.friendsofyouth.org or email info@friendsofyouth.org.


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