Join the Huckleberry Youth Programs Young Professionals Board! Support an awesome youth development organization in the Bay Area!
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Huckleberry Youth ProgramsHuckleberry Youth Programs works in solidarity with young people and their families to advance their personal growth and social equity.For nearly 60 years, Huckleberry Youth Programs has partnered with Bay Area teens and families to overcome adversity. Huckleberry strengthens families and empowers young people with services that promote safety in times of crisis, physical and emotional health and well-being, social justice in communities facing inequity, and educational success. Learn more about Huckleberry here!Huckleberry Young Professionals Board (HYPB)HYPB is dedicated to strengthening the link between Huckleberry and the Bay Area young professional community. Our mission is to enrich and promote Huckleberry Youth Programs through volunteerism, fundraising, and community engagement while promoting our own personal and professional development.Each year HYPB hosts FUNdraisers and several smaller, social gatherings like trivia, guest bartending, and community rooted engagement events. We also use our professional network to help Huckleberry create volunteer opportunities and build partnerships with local corporations.You Should Join the Huckleberry Young Professional’s Board if:Huckleberry's mission and HYPB's mission resonates with youYou want to give back to an awesome cause and communityYou’re looking to grow your professional development skillsYou’re hoping to sharpen your project management and leadership skillsYou’d like to hang out and network with other community-conscious young professionals
About Huckleberry Youth Programs
Our tradition of caring for Bay Area youth began in 1967, during the "Summer of Love" when large numbers of youth from across the country came to San Francisco to participate in the jubilant moment of change and newfound freedom. Many of those arriving in the city were runaway teens who had left their homes and families in other cities and states and then wandered the Haight without money, friends, or connections. Huckleberry House, the first shelter for runaway youth in the nation, was developed to help these vulnerable youth reconnect with their families and return to the safety of their homes. Huckleberry used its experience in helping runaway youth to inform its advocacy for the creation of a network of runaway shelters nationally. That dream was realized in 1974 with the passage of the Runaway Youth Act, which today funds more than 350 programs nationally modeled on Huckleberry House. Throughout the decades since then, Huckleberry has continued to develop innovative programming to respond to the changing needs of youth. Today, Huckleberry is recognized nationally for its leadership in runaway and homeless youth services, adolescent health, and juvenile justice programming.
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