How We Help
We provide the means, the opportunity, and the structure for community-minded individuals and corporations to make an ongoing and lasting impact on their
communities. Through our direct partnership with hundreds of shelters, we place our Night Night Packages in the hands of over 25,000 homeless children
each year.
Project Night Night offers a comprehensive approach to assistance by impacting as many areas in need as possible. We help the environment by establishing
drop-off locations where individuals can donate their like-new children's items rather than seeing them disposed of into landfills. We also focus on the
education of homeless children by donating over 25,000 children's books each year. Finally, we attend to the emotional needs of homeless children through
the carefully-tailored comfort items that we donate in each Night Night Package.
--Emotional Needs--
There are approximately 298,000 homeless families in the United States.* Currently, there are more homeless children in the U.S. than at any other time since
the Great Depression. Nonetheless, family homelessness often goes unseen as most homeless families do not live on the street.** Instead, most homeless
families are transient, living in shelters, in cars, in hotels in the city’s poorest neighborhoods, or staying with friends or family members.*** These environmental
stresses negatively influence a child’s early experiences and often lead to an increase in mental health problems such as anxiety, depression, poor sleep
habits, and behavioral issues.
To ease the anxiety associated with shelter living, Project Night Night distributes Night Night Packages to homeless children ages 0-10. Each Night Night
Package includes an age-appropriate book, a baby blanket which can be cuddled, and a stuffed animal which can become a cherished friend. Finding comfort
is vitally important for children in order to feel secure, loved, and valued – even in the midst of the upheaval and uncertainty attendant to homelessness.
--Educational Needs--
Project Night Night distributes over 25,000 books each year to homeless children. Children who are homeless often have lower academic achievement,
exacerbated by frequent moves, lack of privacy and psychological distress, than do children with homes. Many homeless children report that they had difficulty
finding a quiet place to study or do homework while in the shelter.
--The Environment--
Project Night Night utilizes donated “like-new” books and stuffed animals for our Night Night Packages. We have collection boxes and mail delivery locations for
donors to send items that might otherwise be discarded. Since 2005, Project Night Night has reused over 50,000 books and stuffed animals.
Sources:
*Homelessness Research Institute of the National Alliance to End Homelessness (January 2007).
**www.compasssf.org
***ibid.
Awards and Recognition
Internships
Project Night Night selects 1-2 college or graduate students each year in the San Francisco and Cleveland areas. Learn what it's like to grow a social enterprise
while helping thousands of homeless children. The ideal intern will be exceptionally motivated, organized, and a delight to be around. All internships are
unpaid. The following list is an example of the type of experience one might gain through an internship at our agency:
* Research opportunities
* Public relations and marketing
* Public speaking and community education
* Volunteer management
* Professional writing (grants, newsletters, training materials)
Interested Bay Area students should email a resume to Kendra@ProjectNightNight.org with the word "Internship" in the subject line.
Interested Cleveland, Ohio area students should email a resume to Jessica@ProjectNightNight.org with the word "Internship" in the subject line.
We provide the means, the opportunity, and the structure for community-minded individuals and corporations to make an ongoing and lasting impact on their
communities. Through our direct partnership with hundreds of shelters, we place our Night Night Packages in the hands of over 25,000 homeless children
each year.
Project Night Night offers a comprehensive approach to assistance by impacting as many areas in need as possible. We help the environment by establishing
drop-off locations where individuals can donate their like-new children's items rather than seeing them disposed of into landfills. We also focus on the
education of homeless children by donating over 25,000 children's books each year. Finally, we attend to the emotional needs of homeless children through
the carefully-tailored comfort items that we donate in each Night Night Package.
--Emotional Needs--
There are approximately 298,000 homeless families in the United States.* Currently, there are more homeless children in the U.S. than at any other time since
the Great Depression. Nonetheless, family homelessness often goes unseen as most homeless families do not live on the street.** Instead, most homeless
families are transient, living in shelters, in cars, in hotels in the city’s poorest neighborhoods, or staying with friends or family members.*** These environmental
stresses negatively influence a child’s early experiences and often lead to an increase in mental health problems such as anxiety, depression, poor sleep
habits, and behavioral issues.
To ease the anxiety associated with shelter living, Project Night Night distributes Night Night Packages to homeless children ages 0-10. Each Night Night
Package includes an age-appropriate book, a baby blanket which can be cuddled, and a stuffed animal which can become a cherished friend. Finding comfort
is vitally important for children in order to feel secure, loved, and valued – even in the midst of the upheaval and uncertainty attendant to homelessness.
--Educational Needs--
Project Night Night distributes over 25,000 books each year to homeless children. Children who are homeless often have lower academic achievement,
exacerbated by frequent moves, lack of privacy and psychological distress, than do children with homes. Many homeless children report that they had difficulty
finding a quiet place to study or do homework while in the shelter.
--The Environment--
Project Night Night utilizes donated “like-new” books and stuffed animals for our Night Night Packages. We have collection boxes and mail delivery locations for
donors to send items that might otherwise be discarded. Since 2005, Project Night Night has reused over 50,000 books and stuffed animals.
Sources:
*Homelessness Research Institute of the National Alliance to End Homelessness (January 2007).
**www.compasssf.org
***ibid.
Awards and Recognition
Internships
Project Night Night selects 1-2 college or graduate students each year in the San Francisco and Cleveland areas. Learn what it's like to grow a social enterprise
while helping thousands of homeless children. The ideal intern will be exceptionally motivated, organized, and a delight to be around. All internships are
unpaid. The following list is an example of the type of experience one might gain through an internship at our agency:
* Research opportunities
* Public relations and marketing
* Public speaking and community education
* Volunteer management
* Professional writing (grants, newsletters, training materials)
Interested Bay Area students should email a resume to Kendra@ProjectNightNight.org with the word "Internship" in the subject line.
Interested Cleveland, Ohio area students should email a resume to Jessica@ProjectNightNight.org with the word "Internship" in the subject line.
To provide Night Night Packages, free of charge, to homeless children from birth to pre-
teen who need our childhood essentials to feel secure, cozy, ready to learn, and
significant. Each Night Night Package contains a new security blanket, an age-
appropriate children's book, and a stuffed animal -- all nestled inside of a new canvas tote
bag. Project Night Night establishes a foundation for lasting change through the hands-
on volunteer opportunities that we provide to tens of thousands of individuals each year.
Voted the "Best Children's Charity" by San Francisco Magazine, Project Night
Night has emerged as a leading provider of nighttime comforts for homeless children.
Impact
25,000 homeless children receive Night Night Packages each year.
10,000 volunteers connect with and improve their communities annually.
125,000 children's books donated since 2005.
teen who need our childhood essentials to feel secure, cozy, ready to learn, and
significant. Each Night Night Package contains a new security blanket, an age-
appropriate children's book, and a stuffed animal -- all nestled inside of a new canvas tote
bag. Project Night Night establishes a foundation for lasting change through the hands-
on volunteer opportunities that we provide to tens of thousands of individuals each year.
Voted the "Best Children's Charity" by San Francisco Magazine, Project Night
Night has emerged as a leading provider of nighttime comforts for homeless children.
Impact
25,000 homeless children receive Night Night Packages each year.
10,000 volunteers connect with and improve their communities annually.
125,000 children's books donated since 2005.
- Tens of thousands of bad dreams vanquished.
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