** DID YOU KNOW YOUR SUPPORT helps us
serve over 3,000 youth in Maricopa County, AZ
EVERY YEAR...

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EVERY $5.00 Donated will buy approx.
ONE CASE of water for our youth!

**ALSO NEEDING RE-FILLABLE WATER BOTTLES**

CLICK HERE TO DONATE TODAY
(please note on your donation BOTTLED WATER)

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NEW SHORT FILM FEATURING TUMBLEWEED
-- VERY INFORMATIVE -- WORTH THE WATCH --

Fred Smith is a filmmaker from Tampa, Florida who visited Tumbleweed last year with Zach Bonner on his "March Across America". This is his words to us...

"To say that visiting your organization and meeting young adults like Chris Plentywounds changed me would be an enormous understatement. I made a short film about Zach and his quest to help homeless youth that I am proud to say helped raise funds to create Tampa's first and only center (so far) for homeless youth. The film titled 'The Invisible Youth of America' features Tumbleweed and includes interviews with Derek & Chris..."

You can view "Invisible Youth of America" below.

Direct Link: http://youtu.be/ED7hu8a8QHE

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TUMBLETEES (our YOUTH RUN screen print shop)
was featured on CHANNEL 3 NEWS

 

Click HERE to view STORY on Channel 3 site

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DAVID W.'s STORY:

David earned his State license to sell Life Insurance in the state of Arizona. David came to Tumbleweed Center for Youth Development's Learning Center through outreach efforts of the Tumbleweed Drop-In Center (DIC). The DIC provides services to homeless individuals ages 18-22 including case management, showers & meals.

The DIC is just ONE of the MANY continuum of care services Tumbleweed provides 1,000's of youth each year in Maricopa County.

During David's tenure in Tumbleweed continuum of care programs, he has progressed from BEING HOMELESS & UNEDUCATED to ATTAINING HIS GED, STABLE HOUSING and on his way to ESTABLISHING a CAREER!

Angelena D.'s STORY:

Angelena was referred to our Tumbleweed Learning Center through Tumbleweed's Young Adult Program (YAP). She went from being homeless to attaining her GED through our Learning Center as well as completing Data Entry School, where she earned an Occupational Skills Certificate. Today, she successfully secured a job with CHASE Financial services and is doing amazingly well.

Every year Tumbleweed Center for Youth Development must raise more than $500,000 from our local community to make ends meet & provide matching funds required to receive our Federal Grants that leverage over $3.5 Million back to Arizona through Tumbleweed Center for Youth Development's programs and services. YOUR SUPPORT goes to support ALL the successes's of these amazing young people!

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Since 1972 Tumbleweed has expanded to provide more than 12 direct service programs that provide a continuum of care for over 3000 homeless, abused, abandoned, neglected, and at risk youth annually, ages 11-22 in Maricopa County, AZ. We work with youth and families in crisis.
OUR YOUTH need OUR help!
Services that represent an annualized value of more than $690,000
that HAD been provided by Tumbleweed and funded by State or County dollars will NO LONGER BE AVAILABLE to the community next year. 

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BELOW IS THE Feb. 21st & Feb. 22nd CHANNEL 3 NEWSCAST STORY ON TUMBLEWEED as shown during the 9pm - 10pm Newscast

Monday, Feb 21, 2011 STORY: CLICK HERE

Tuesday, Feb. 22nd, 2011 STORY: CLICK HERE

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TUMBLEWEED MAKES THE FRONT PAGE OF
THE AZ REPUBLIC IN PHOENIX
Friday, January, 7, 2011

CLICK HERE TO READ

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Please check out our EVENTS website:www.tumbleweedevents.com

FOR ALL UPCOMING EVENTS