Wish Details
BackBike for a child whose bike was stolen last summer
Experiences | Summer Fun! | Quantity: 1 | $100
Wish Details:
One of her favorite outdoor activities is riding her bike. Youth stated her bike was stolen in the summer, so thats why her wish is to have a bike.
About Wish Recipient:
Youth 11 Years, Child 6-12
Trenton, NJ
Youth is 11 years old. Her favorite subjects in school are reading & math. She enjoys outdoor activities, and hanging out with her sisters & advocate. One day she hopes to become a dentist.
Submitted By
Mercer County Youth Advocate Program
Ewing, NJ
Youth Advocate Programs, Inc. (YAP) is one of the largest non-profit Youth and Family Support agencies working with high-risk youth and their families in the United States. The Bridgespan Group recently cited YAP as one of the fastest growing non-profits in the past 30 years. We currently have programs in 25 major US cities including Baltimore, Washington, DC, Philadelphia, Newark, Camden, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Toledo, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, New Orleans, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Tampa, Jacksonville, Columbia, and Charleston, as well as dozens of other urban, suburban and rural communities. We have also developed and supported programs in Ireland, England, Scotland, Hawaii, Guatemala and Sierra Leone to work with their most vulnerable young people and families. Our mission is to engage human service systems so that they rely less on institutional care and to invest more in supporting families and neighborhoods. We currently work with child welfare, juvenile justice, behavioral health, disability and education systems to develop and offer community-based alternatives for the highest risk children, young people, young adults and families. Our staff seeks to capitalize on the strength and resources of families and communities, including identifying and engaging the informal natural helpers that are found in every community to support the highest risk youth and families. YAP, Inc. continues to thrive as a cutting edge learning organization, with a clear mission and solid values, constantly looking for ways to improve our services and systems change efforts. We will impact how our communities support, care for, organize and empower our most vulnerable and needy young people, adults and families in the US and abroad; and we will do this by tapping the strengths and capacities of the 10,000 families we serve each year and our amazingly dedicated YAP Staff.