Olwenn's Fundraiser for The Link

The Link provides street outreach, emergency shelter, housing, and comprehensive support to around 2,000 youth experiencing homelessness, sex trafficking and/or involvement in the juvenile justice system every year. Here is what your help can do:

• $50 provides essential outreach and basic needs supplies for a youth living outside or in a vehicle
• $100 provides one night of housing for a youth experiencing homelessness
• $250 provides crisis intervention for a sexually exploited youth
• $500 provides monthly individual/educational support to help a youth succeed in school
• $1,000 helps provide first-month rent and start-up supplies for a young family experiencing homelessness

Did you know that in Minnesota, around 4,900 unaccompanied young people experience homelessness on any given night? Homelessness does not impact everyone equally. For example: because policies have perpetuated poverty in BIPOC communities, 35% of youth experiencing homelessness in Minnesota identify as Black, despite making up only 9% of the population.

By empowering young people to build stability, The Link is playing a key role in helping build equity in our community. With poverty and inequality only growing since the pandemic, we need your support more than ever!