Support Homeless and Housing Insecure Teen Girls This Giving Tuesday
December 3rd
Why Your Donation Matters
Empowerment
Your donation helps empower young women to regain their independence and build a brighter future. With access to safe housing, educational resources, job training, and mental health services.
Community Support
By contributing, you are fostering a sense of community and belonging. These young women often feel isolated, and your generosity can help create a supportive network that encourages healing and growth.
During Giving Tuesday, on December 3rd, we ask you to consider the profound impact your donation can have. Together, we can help homeless young women not just survive but thrive.
Thank you for your compassion and support.
A Look At The Numbers
While many young people facing homelessness have previously interacted with institutions and systems of care, it is also common for them to leave such systems and then encounter homelessness.
On any given night, an average of 120 youth and young adults experience homelessness in Hampden County.
The average age for a young adult's first experience of homelessness is 17.4 years.
68% identify as Latinx compared 24% of the general population.
What We Do
We provide high risk youth and families with tools and opportunities to break the cycle of poverty, desperation and dependence that dominates their lives, enabling them to become contributing members of our community.
Guiding Hand Award
Individual or organization who has dedicated significant time and effort into developing and embracing the youth in their communities.
Scholarships
I Found Light Against All Odds Scholarship candidates are individuals from the Western Massachusetts area that have been accepted into college.
Supportive Housing
I Found Light Against All Odds Lighthouse Home for Homeless Young Women.
