One Homeless Night
THANK YOU TO ALL WHO JOINED US FOR THIS EVENT
Stay tuned for details about OHN
Fun
Food
Contests
Awards
One Homeless Night is our annual public awareness/fundraiser where kids, adults, families, and teams all gather to spend a night sleeping out rough, to bring awareness to the issues of youth homelessness and express a gesture of solidarity to the youth in our community who have no place to stay.
It is a night of fun along with a note of seriousness. Participants raise money for The Door (Fairbanks Youth Advocates’ youth shelter) by encouraging friends and family to sponsor them for the event. All proceeds go to help with costs associated with offering the teens in our community a safe place to stay.
A shout out to our sponsors!
Vision
Blake
AKUSA
TVC
Design Alaska
Denali State Bank
Tote Maritime
Participants made temporary homes out of cardboard boxes and spent the night sleeping out to bring awareness about youth homelessness.
Community Awareness
While in many ways homeless youth are like you and me–just trying to fit in and look like everyone else–they often find themselves without a safe place to stay and they don’t know where to go.
The circumstances of youth homelessness are often complex, and many times beyond their control. Without having a safe place to go, they end up in compromising situations and are more susceptible to dangerous influences that can include drugs, human trafficking, and sexual exploitation.
24/7 Emergency Youth Shelter
The Door is an emergency youth shelter for kids aged 12-18. It provides young people in our community a safe place to sleep, home cooked meals, personal supplies, clothing, a loving environment with caring adults. Here they can get support from trained advocates and find resources to help them build connections with families or their support network.
Having fun
Raising funds for The Door
at One Homeless Night
Food :: Contest :: Awards :: Fun
