Every young person in Southern LA County deserves stability, resources, and opportunity, but far too many have none of those. Our Generation Cares is a Workforce Development and Economic Mobility 501(c)(3) made to bridge that gap. In Southern LA County, there are so many young people who are brilliant, kind, and one bad month away from losing everything. Folks who&#39;ve transitioned out of the foster care system into a world where Ph.Ds have difficulty finding a job. Folks who had stability only to lose it because their guardians kicked them out because they were LGBTQIA+. There are a million circumstances. The point is, there are young people who our systems have failed to protect. 5 years ago we not only noticed, but we cared enough to do something about it. So we built Our Generation Cares, largely by accident, because we just kept caring and doing.&nbsp; Now, we work every single day to provide Stability, Resources, and Opportunity to Southern LA County Transition age youth aged 16-24, especially former foster youth.&nbsp; Stability means a space to land, a place where young people can breathe, work, and belong. We provide this through our 10,000 sqft facility located right in the heart of Long Beach. There&#39;s always a project, a new skill, or a workshop going on. It also serves as a home base for our youth to be safe, eat some food, and talk to people who care about their life. Resources means connecting folks to what they actually need, whether that&#39;s a meal, a computer, a ride, a city service, or maybe they just need some friends. We do all we can to tailor and provide as much as we can.&nbsp; Opportunity means using our network of community-owned businesses to place young people directly into real work experiences so they can build a resume, a skillset, and a future. This is where most of our programming lives. Our three apprenticeships aim to build the skills our youth need to get into resilient, valuable, and transferable fields:&nbsp;<ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Coastal Flavors: Restaurants, Hospitality, The Olympic and Paralympic Games preparation</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Blue Thread: Physical Media, Banners, Print shops</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Digital Touch: Graphic Design, Marketing, AI Fluency.</li></ul>We also run our signature DMV car and driver school in the summer and have lots of exciting plans for future programming. Five years in, this works. We&#39;ve received grants from the Liberty Hill Foundation, LA County Youth Development Department, Long Beach City Youth Development Department, Long Beach City Health Department. We have partnered with dozens of community businesses and lead Lights On After School&#39;s South Bay region non profit Coalition. What we&#39;re most proud of though is when our youth want to join the movement that was built for them. Our job is to get them on their feet as soon as possible, not keep them around forever, but when they do come back after their first job or getting their first apartment. It means everything. The OGC Capacity Building Campaign is about going further.&nbsp; Here&#39;s where your dollars will go: 1. Hiring youth professionals to lead our social media and amplify our community&#39;s voice 2. Bringing on part-time staff to make our programs even more consistent and strong 3. Expanding basic needs resources: menstrual products, quality meals, and transportation support $10,000 is just enough to get us to the next level because we make every dollar stretch. Join us to help the young people of Southern LA County who are building their lives from the ground up.💛

Hello <span contenteditable="false" data-custom-variable="{{firstname}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip" fr-original-style="" style="color: rgb(42, 42, 196); overflow-wrap: anywhere; user-select: none; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255); border-radius: 4px; margin: 0px; padding: 1px 8px; font-size: 11px; display: inline-block; box-sizing: inherit;">First name, Thank you for supporting OGC. With this donation, you&#39;re now an even bigger part of the movement to provide stability, resources, and opportunity to Southern LA County youth!&nbsp; If you would like to contribute further to our cause, contact us to become a volunteer, get a friend to donate, and give us your feedback and suggestions! We are growing rapidly and need all of the individual donations, volunteers, and advice we can get. Thanks again and stay in touch! Note from our Executive Director:&nbsp;-Hi, this is Michael Green II, The Executive Director of Our Generation Cares Long Beach. I wrote this email, because it matters to me that you understand how appreciated you are. Every dollar we receive from you means that we can spend less time chasing the grants and sponsors, even though we have done well in that game, and more time doing the real work: programming, mentoring, and caring. I won&#39;t say you&#39;ve changed the world with however much you donated, but you&#39;ve changed our world. Thank you.&nbsp;- OGC Team<a fr-original-style="" href="mailto:icare@ourgenerationcares.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">icare@ourgenerationcares.org</a>

Every young person in Southern LA County deserves stability, resources, and opportunity, but far too many have none of those. Our Generation Cares is a Workforce Development and Economic Mobility 501(c)(3) made to bridge that gap. In Southern LA County, there are so many young people who are brilliant, kind, and one bad month away from losing everything. Folks who've transitioned out of the foster care system into a world where Ph.Ds have difficulty finding a job. Folks who had stability only to lose it because their guardians kicked them out because they were LGBTQIA+. There are a million circumstances. The point is, there are young people who our systems have failed to protect. 5 years ago we not only noticed, but we cared enough to do something about it. So we built Our Generation Cares, largely by accident, because we just kept caring and doing.  Now, we work every single day to provide Stability, Resources, and Opportunity to Southern LA County Transition age youth aged 16-24, especially former foster youth.  Stability means a space to land, a place where young people can breathe, work, and belong. We provide this through our 10,000 sqft facility located right in the heart of Long Beach. There's always a project, a new skill, or a workshop going on. It also serves as a home base for our youth to be safe, eat some food, and talk to people who care about their life. Resources means connecting folks to what they actually need, whether that's a meal, a computer, a ride, a city service, or maybe they just need some friends. We do all we can to tailor and provide as much as we can.  Opportunity means using our network of community-owned businesses to place young people directly into real work experiences so they can build a resume, a skillset, and a future. This is where most of our programming lives. Our three apprenticeships aim to build the skills our youth need to get into resilient, valuable, and transferable fields: <ul><li>Coastal Flavors: Restaurants, Hospitality, The Olympic and Paralympic Games preparation</li><li>Blue Thread: Physical Media, Banners, Print shops</li><li>Digital Touch: Graphic Design, Marketing, AI Fluency.</li></ul>We also run our signature DMV car and driver school in the summer and have lots of exciting plans for future programming. Five years in, this works. We've received grants from the Liberty Hill Foundation, LA County Youth Development Department, Long Beach City Youth Development Department, Long Beach City Health Department. We have partnered with dozens of community businesses and lead Lights On After School's South Bay region non profit Coalition. What we're most proud of though is when our youth want to join the movement that was built for them. Our job is to get them on their feet as soon as possible, not keep them around forever, but when they do come back after their first job or getting their first apartment. It means everything. The OGC Capacity Building Campaign is about going further.  Here's where your dollars will go: 1. Hiring youth professionals to lead our social media and amplify our community's voice 2. Bringing on part-time staff to make our programs even more consistent and strong 3. Expanding basic needs resources: menstrual products, quality meals, and transportation support $10,000 is just enough to get us to the next level because we make every dollar stretch. Join us to help the young people of Southern LA County who are building their lives from the ground up.💛

OGC Capacity Building Campaign

Cada joven merece una verdadera oportunidad. 🌱 En el sur del condado de Los &Aacute;ngeles, hay j&oacute;venes que son brillantes, amables y que est&aacute;n a un mal mes de perderlo todo. J&oacute;venes en transici&oacute;n de crianza. Familias de bajos ingresos. J&oacute;venes que han sido da&ntilde;ados una y otra vez por sistemas que se supon&iacute;a que los proteg&iacute;an. Nuestra Generaci&oacute;n se preocupa por ellos. Operamos en tres pilares: Estabilidad, Recursos y Oportunidad.&nbsp; La estabilidad significa un espacio real para aterrizar, un lugar donde los j&oacute;venes puedan respirar, trabajar y pertenecer. Recursos significa conectar a las personas con lo que realmente necesitan, ya sea una comida, una computadora, un transporte o simplemente un o&iacute;do atento. Oportunidad significa utilizar nuestra red de negocios comunitarios para colocar a los j&oacute;venes directamente en experiencias laborales reales para que puedan construir un curr&iacute;culum, un conjunto de habilidades y un futuro. Con cinco a&ntilde;os de experiencia, sabemos que esto funciona. La Campa&ntilde;a de Fortalecimiento de Capacidades de OGC se trata de ir m&aacute;s all&aacute;.&nbsp; Aqu&iacute; est&aacute; exactamente a d&oacute;nde van sus d&oacute;lares: 👥 Contratando a profesionales j&oacute;venes para liderar nuestras redes sociales y amplificar la voz de nuestra comunidad 🛠️ Incorporando personal a tiempo parcial para hacer que nuestros programas sean a&uacute;n m&aacute;s consistentes y fuertes 🧴 Expandiendo los recursos para necesidades b&aacute;sicas: productos menstruales, comidas de calidad y apoyo en transporte $10,000 es justo lo necesario para llevarnos a trav&eacute;s del trimestre porque hacemos que cada d&oacute;lar cuente para poder servir a los j&oacute;venes del sur del condado de Los &Aacute;ngeles que est&aacute;n construyendo sus vidas desde cero. Esperamos que se una a nosotros. 💛

Hola <span contenteditable="false" data-custom-variable="{{firstname}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip" fr-original-style="" style="color: rgb(42, 42, 196); overflow-wrap: anywhere; user-select: none; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255); border-radius: 4px; margin: 0px; padding: 1px 8px; font-size: 11px; display: inline-block; box-sizing: inherit;">Nombre, &iexcl;Gracias por apoyar a OGC! Con esta donaci&oacute;n, ahora eres una parte a&uacute;n m&aacute;s grande del movimiento para proporcionar estabilidad, recursos y oportunidades a los j&oacute;venes del sur del condado de Los &Aacute;ngeles.&nbsp; Si deseas contribuir m&aacute;s a nuestra causa, cont&aacute;ctanos para convertirte en voluntario, hacer que un amigo done y darnos tus comentarios y sugerencias. &iexcl;Estamos creciendo r&aacute;pidamente y necesitamos todas las donaciones individuales, voluntarios y consejos que podamos obtener!. &iexcl;Gracias de nuevo y mantente en contacto! Equipo OGCicare@ourgenerationcares.org

Cada joven merece una verdadera oportunidad. 🌱 En el sur del condado de Los Ángeles, hay jóvenes que son brillantes, amables y que están a un mal mes de perderlo todo. Jóvenes en transición de crianza. Familias de bajos ingresos. Jóvenes que han sido dañados una y otra vez por sistemas que se suponía que los protegían. Nuestra Generación se preocupa por ellos. Operamos en tres pilares: Estabilidad, Recursos y Oportunidad.  La estabilidad significa un espacio real para aterrizar, un lugar donde los jóvenes puedan respirar, trabajar y pertenecer. Recursos significa conectar a las personas con lo que realmente necesitan, ya sea una comida, una computadora, un transporte o simplemente un oído atento. Oportunidad significa utilizar nuestra red de negocios comunitarios para colocar a los jóvenes directamente en experiencias laborales reales para que puedan construir un currículum, un conjunto de habilidades y un futuro. Con cinco años de experiencia, sabemos que esto funciona. La Campaña de Fortalecimiento de Capacidades de OGC se trata de ir más allá.  Aquí está exactamente a dónde van sus dólares: 👥 Contratando a profesionales jóvenes para liderar nuestras redes sociales y amplificar la voz de nuestra comunidad 🛠️ Incorporando personal a tiempo parcial para hacer que nuestros programas sean aún más consistentes y fuertes 🧴 Expandiendo los recursos para necesidades básicas: productos menstruales, comidas de calidad y apoyo en transporte $10,000 es justo lo necesario para llevarnos a través del trimestre porque hacemos que cada dólar cuente para poder servir a los jóvenes del sur del condado de Los Ángeles que están construyendo sus vidas desde cero. Esperamos que se una a nosotros. 💛

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