Los Angeles Youth Network

The Board of Directors for the Los Angeles Youth Network (LAYN) has launched a campaign to support the expansion of services for homeless youth in our community and we need your help!

LAYN has acquired new scattered-site apartments and is increasing the number of Transitional Age Youth (TAY) we serve. Through our Transitional Living Program (TLP), 26 homeless youth, ages 18-24, will receive stable housing, employment and educational assistance, and have access to mental health services. 
 

And, we need your help to make sure these youth have what they need!

Donate a full Youth-Ready Apartment- $5,000
Help LAYN purchase all the essentials needed for a one-bedroom apartment. 

Donate a Living Room and Kitchen- $2,500
Help LAYN purchase items like a couch, coffee table, rug, side chairs, lamps, kitchen table, dinette set, microwave, toaster, cooking utensils and more.

Donate a Bedroom - $1,250
Help LAYN purchase items like a bed, mattress, nightstands, desk, dresser and more. 

Donate a Bathroom - $500
Help LAYN purchase items like a shower curtain, shower caddy, bath mat, towels and more. 

You decide - $$$
No donation is too big or too small! Give a gift that will help change a young person's life, forever.


LAYN Board of Directors: Teo Martinez (Chair), Hope Biller (Vice-Chair), Diana Buckhantz (Secretary), Scott Kay (Treasurer), Russell Allyn, Ram Cogan, David Cottrell, Leslie Kaplan, M.D., Jeremy Rosenthal, John Ryan, Thomas J. Swan, III, Sylvia Castillo, Mark Supper (CEO).

I am being honored with the Key of Hope Award from the Los Angeles Youth Network on September 23rd here in my Hollywood neighborhood at the Neuehouse.  This gala dinner promises to be a wonderful evening and will feature the organization’s Ambassadors and Honorary Co-Chairs “The Chainsmokers.” 

I am extremely humbled to be receiving this honor from an organization that I am so passionate about.  The Los Angeles Youth Network provides shelter, psychological support, education, clothing, food and so much more to our city’s homeless youth ages 12-17.  I got involved several years ago and have been so impressed and amazed at the incredible work of this organization.  They truly turn the lives around for these youth who are so vulnerable on our streets in Hollywood.  Their “homes” are located on Taft Street here in Hollywood and provide a beautiful and safe haven for these youth--often the first one they have ever known. 

Because I believe so much in the work of LAYN, I am happy to be bold in my request for your support.  Yes, personally it would mean a lot to me because of our friendship.  But, more importantly, it will mean that this organization can continue to grow and thrive in helping this often invisible and overlooked segment of our society.  I truly can’t imagine my son Quentin being homeless and on the streets of Hollywood at 12 years old.  The stories I have heard break my heart but also make me more determined than ever to help.

Since I know that many of my friends and family won't be able to physically come, I've set up this Fund Me Page so that you can participate in helping these amazing children who deserve a loving home.  Every dollar counts to please be as generous as you can.  I imagine the event will be filmed so I'll post it on Facebook afterwards.