Event from Covenant House - Sleep out

Event report of Covenant House Sleep out promotion - 310 Bowery on February 12, 2025

The Covenant House organizes a fund raiser several times a year "Sleep Outs" to raise monies for homeless youth in NYC and nationwide. Fundraising participants give up their beds for one night and sleep in this case on the street in front of the Javits Center. This event is combined with some workshops and awareness programs.
Trustee Larry Cohen, new member Claudia Dalmau-Gomez and ED Andreas Runggatscher visited their promotional event yesterday at 310 Bowery to explore participation by our club.

 

 

More on the Covenant House Mission here:

Covenant House is a large, 501(c)(3) nonprofit charitable organization[1] in the Americas, whose goal is to provide safe housing and holistic care to youth ages 16–21 experiencing homelessness and survivors of human trafficking. Covenant House was officially incorporated in 1972, and offers services including healthcare, educational support/GED preparation/college scholarships, job readiness and workforce development programs, substance use treatment and prevention programs, legal services, mental health services, services for young families, and transitional living programs.[2]

Services

Covenant House aids young people facing homelessness and survivors of human trafficking with a number of data-supported programs. Their doors are open 24/7 in 34 cities across six countries, and its programs are designed to empower young people to overcome adversity, and achieve independence. In 2022, Covenant House provided a total of 730,000 nights of housing for, on average, 2,000 youth each night. Covenant House residential programs cared for 7,700 young people in FY22. [3]

In addition to food, shelter, and clothing, Covenant House offers outreach, medical and mental health care, education and job readiness programs, workforce development and job placement, substance use treatment and prevention, civil legal aid services, young family programs, transitional and supportive apartment-living programs, and life-skills training.[4]

Covenant House's doors are always open to all young people who need housing and help, regardless of their race, religion, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression. To achieve this, Covenant House's programs are informed by the True Colors Inclusion Assessment and certified by Praesidium.[5]