Sleep Out for Homelessness will be held at Neffs Union UCC from Saturday,September 26th at 6pm to Sunday Sept 27th at 11am. This fundraiser, organized by teens from the Penn Northeast Conference (PNEC) of the United Church of Christ, supports the Synergy Project.

Thank you to our youngest Backpack Challenge supporters Patrick, Aela, Tristan, and Lukas! They made over $130 at their lemonade stand for the Backpack Challenge, and also collected a huge basket of school supplies. We are SO grateful to Patrick, Aela, Tristan and Lukas for their hard work to ensure that foster care youth in […]

Youth helping youth with and through music is the foundation for creating this innovative national model that provides therapeutic life opportunities and experiences to youth. While there are similar programs nationwide, VYH’s series is unique in that it provides positive youth development run by an accomplished young musician. Kayla Avitable, a 15-year-old singer/songwriter and Lehigh […]

The Backpack Challenge Closing Ceremony was held August 26 at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and CBS Philly covered the event. 18-year-old Leidy said there are a lot of misconceptions about older kids in foster care. “I definitely think that people don’t expect foster youth to make it this far, to make it to college, […]

Thank you to Here’s My Chance for the fantastic branding work they’ve done for us! We’re so excited to launch our new website, which is the last step in a complete rebrand for our agency. Our logo, colors, tagline, mission, communication strategy, and more have been updated to better reflect our agency. You can read […]

Thank you to the Attic Youth Center for donating hygiene supplies that were collected by Johnson & Johnson employees to the Youth Count in August!

The Backpack Challenge had a very successful kick off on July 31 (see 6ABC Action News, KYW1060, and CBS Radio for photos, videos & interviews)!