NGEN raise nearly $9,000 for youth charity as part of partnership with UN LTD
Christine Campbell and Lisa Humphries from YOTS, John Dawson and Mark Golafshan from Mindshare and NGEN members (winners of the 2013 NGEN category MFA Award), and Carol Morris UN LTD.
UN LTD – a media, marketing and advertising community which supports Australian young people in need – and NGEN have raised nearly $9,000 for charity Youth Off The Streets.
The groups raised the money as part of a partnership launched at last year’s Media Federation of Australia (MFA) Awards, at which UN LTD beneficiary Youth Off The Streets was selected as the charity brief for the NGEN category.
Youth Off The Streets is a non-denominational community organisation working to support young people who are facing challenges of homelessness, drug and alcohol dependency, and exclusion from school, neglect and abuse.
Well done. As someone who spent 4 decades in media, and who now works as a volunteer mentor to young people alluded to in this article, 9k whilst it may not seem a lot is fantastic. As a parent of 3 adult kids like many who may read this, do yourself a favour and give them a big kiss and cuddle every opportunity you get. When you see what I see at nights, you know how lucky you are. To work as a volunteer for Father Chris and his team of amazing staff of dedicated people tackling such a major social issue, it is a privilege and an honour. Since 1991 YOTS has taken in excess of 50,000 young people off the streets and helped them overcome their challenges in life. On any given night in Sydney alone there are 4,500 young people sleeping on the streets and YOTS does their best to assist thru placement in refuges and in the longer term, thru accredited schooling right up to year 12. Ad industry people do yourself and young people a favour and become a volunteer. The website has all the details. From my experience you will find it so rewarding to think you may be able to make a tiny difference to someone way less fortunate than you.