ABOUT US




Mission Statement

"Through a dynamic education and awareness program, provide a positive deterrent for youth from the plight and peril of street life."



We are STANDUP FOR KIDS, SDSU, a student organization at San Diego State University.

Our mission is to get SDSU students in front of area youth to make deterrent presentations about the plight and peril of street life.

We research, compile, and publish information and resources to assist all youth! We make this information available on this and other web sites and forums.

We coordinate food drives and clothing drives to benefit San Diego's homeless and street kids.


STANDUP FOR KIDS is a nationally acclaimed volunteer non-profit dedicated to the rescue of homeless and street kids. We are part of their dynamic education and awareness program intended on reaching youth before they get to the streets.


If you are an SDSU student interested in joining STANDUP FOR KIDS, SDSU
or
If you are a non-SDSU student interested in helping STANDUP FOR KIDS, SDSU
then
please click the "Club Meetings" and "Join Us" buttons on our STANDUP FOR KIDS SDSU home page.


If you are a non-student interested in helping STANDUP FOR KIDS, SDSU
then please click the "Support Us" button on our STANDUP FOR KIDS SDSU home page.


If you are an administrator, instructor, or staff member at a San Diego elementary or middle school, and are interested in having StandUp For Kids SDSU's students give a presentation at your school, please click the "Info For Schools" button on our STANDUP FOR KIDS SDSU home page!



-- STATISTICS --

22.4%
Percentage of U.S. children living in poverty, second highest (after Mexico) in a survey of industrialized nations.
Time Magazine
June 26, 2000

* 13 children die every day on U.S. streets from disease, abuse, and suicide.

* 1 in 7 youth will run away between the ages of 10 and 18.

According to San Diego Youth and Community Services, there are at least 3,000 homeless youth on any given night in San Diego County.

* It is reported that there are more than 1.3 million homeless and street children in the United States.

** 650,000 kids, under the age of 15, are trying to survive on the streets.

** 42% of kids become involved in prostitution within 48 hours of descending to the streets, just to survive.

** 36% of kids have been surviving on the streets for three or more years.

** 62% have attempted suicide at least once.

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* National Runaway Switchboard
** Stanford University