Youth Week Campaign 2018 - Monday August 6^th – Sunday August 12^th

Twenty-six percent of DC's youth experience poverty! UPO's Foster Grandparent volunteers serve more than 15,000 children from low-income families. The children receive tutoring, mentoring, and emotional support from our dedicated volunteers, at Early Head Start/Head Start centers, Elementary Schools and Children's Hospitals throughout the District.

You can contribute to these children getting the nurturing attention, they so richly deserve. This is the perfect opportunity to double your impact.

$15 - Will provide a summer uniform for one Foster Grandparent

$25 - Will provide a week of transportation for one Foster Grandparent

$50 - Will provide 40 hours of training for five new Foster Grandparents

Youth Week Campaign is now in progress! GlobalGiving is celebrating our work until Sunday, August 12, by providing matching funds and bonus prizes! Here's how you can help right now: 

• All new recurring donations this week, up to $200 per donor, will be matched at 100%, as long as it remains active for a minimum of 4 total payments, and will help to provide tutoring, mentoring, and emotional support for 15,000 children from low-income DC families. Please start your recurring donation today!

• You can initiate a chance to win a bonus prize for the most donors to a project. Please tell 5 of your friends and family members about this great opportunity and ask them to join you in making a donation in support of tutoring, mentoring, and emotional support for 15,000 children from low-income DC families this week!

• Already donated? Please share what made you donate on Facebook with a link to Support UPO’s Foster Grandparents Program! 

 Here's your chance to rejoin the movement. We invite you to continue your generous support of UPO’s mission of "uniting people with opportunities"

Youth Week Campaign 2018 - Monday August 6^th – Sunday August 12^th

There are nearly 3,000 homeless children in Washington, DC! UPO's Shelter Hotline transports those children, and their families, to shelters during severe and extreme weather. Throughout the year, our drivers also distribute comfort items, including water, clothing, feminine products, and food trays to the homeless. 

Your gift can make a significant difference in the lives of these children. Each gift could be matched at 100% and go twice as far in helping DC's homeless youth!

 $15 - Will provide 24 pairs of white socks

 $25 - Will provide 200 bottles of cold beverages

 $50 - Will provide 15 food trays 

Youth Week Campaign is now in progress! GlobalGiving is celebrating our work until Sunday, August 12, by providing matching funds and bonus prizes! Here's how you can help right now: 

• All new recurring donations this week, up to $200 per donor, will be matched at 100%, as long as it remains active for a minimum of 4 total payments, and will provide meaningful, dependable support for the homeless children of DC. Please start your recurring donation today!

• You can initiate a chance to win a bonus prize for the most donors to a project. Please tell 5 of your friends and family members about this great opportunity and ask them to join you in supporting the homeless children of DC this week!

• Already donated? Please share what made you donate on Facebook with a link to Help UPO Help the Homeless of DC! 

Here's your chance to rejoin the movement. We invite you to continue your generous support of UPO’s mission of "uniting people with opportunities"

Summer heat has hit Washington DC with a vengeance!

This DC Summer Is Going To Be Blazing Hot: Farmers' Almanac; Record-busting temps loom over DC area: WTOP 103.5FM; Could be one of the hottest summers ever- NBC4; are just three of the many headlines we have seen and heard in DC in recent weeks.

While many of us have protection from the elements, from icy conditions to searing heat in the summer, the homeless do not. UPO helps the DC homeless in several ways throughout the year and during the past few weeks UPO Shelter Hotline vans have transported hundreds of people to cooling stations. We provide comfort items for the homeless people we assist, from feminine items to care packages, water, food trays and protective clothing. With the heat wave having hit several weeks before summer officially began, Help UPO Help the DC Homeless has set a GOAL of raising an additional $3,000 during the next few weeks to ensure we are well stocked with comfort items to distribute to the DC homeless.

Help DC Help the DC Homeless has raised $17,337 to date from 200 generous donors, many of whom have donated to the project several time. Our GOAL is to raise an additional $3,000 during the next few weeks to finally reach our Project GOAL of $20,000.

GlobalGiving Rewards Bonus Day tomorrow, Thursday July 18, will provide us with a great opportunity to meet our GOALS.

Help UPO Help the DC Homeless! Our Superstar Ranking with GlobalGiving, earned with your support, will enable us to receive a 50% Match for each dollar we raise on GlobalGiving Rewards Bonus Day tomorrow, Thursday July 18.

The Rewards Bonus Day starts at 9:00:01 EDT tomorrow Thursday July 18 that is when the $120,000 in one-time matching funds will become available. The day ends at 11:59:59 EDT, however the matching funds may be used up much earlier in the day.

Thank you, dear loyal friends, for your generous support of  Help UPO Help the DC Homeless to date. With your help we have always had sufficient funds to provide the comfort items we have needed for our homeless customers who are dependent on UPO Shelter Hotlines support. Here’s how we can raise $3,000 for emergency comfort items for the DC Homeless in 15 hours on Thursday July 18!

You are one of 200 donors who have made donations to Help UPO Help the DC Homeless. If each one of us makes an additional donation of at least $10 to Help UPO Help the DC Homeless tomorrow, Thursday July 18, we will raise $2,000. If all our donations qualify for 50% matching funds we have the possibility of raising $3,000, the total needed to reach our GOALS.

The start time is 9:00:01 EDT on July 18. That is when the $120,000 in one-time matching funds will become available. Please make your donation as early as possible in the day to ensure that your donation is matched!

As always thank you for your generous support to folks who gratefully appreciate our help.