Advocates aim to help students access education beyond high school and break the cycle of poverty and homelessness.
In just two weeks, one San Diego school social worker raised more than $25,000 to give homeless youth more opportunities for “new beginnings.”
Weck was inspired to create the scholarship by her internship last year at Monarch School, a K-12 public school in Barrio Logan for children experiencing homelessness. Now, she hopes to broaden the“They have so many more barriers than the average student,” she said. “So instead of trying to rehabilitate or fix what has been broken, let’s try and help the youth get on a brighter path.
“Children are always the future — and I know that sounds cliche and maybe kind of cheesy, but it couldn’t be more true,” Weck said. “Yet there are thousands of who are really fighting an uphill battle trying to complete their education while experiencing homelessness.”
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