National Homeless Youth Awareness Month

November is National Homeless Youth Awareness Month. This year we've set up a GoFundMe to raise funds to buy the supplies that we need to help the kids that we work with.  Please check out our GoFundMe campaign here: https://www.gofundme.com/standup-for-kids-kitsap-county Check our ...

Wall of Hope

Come check out our Wall of Hope inside Unique Local Bazaar at Kitsap Mall! Our first donation! Thank you! This will purchase 75 cups of noodles.

Dezerae’s Journey

Take a journey with Dezerae, who at thirteen years old was living on the streets. She was just trying to survive on her own. Hungry, scared, and always fearing for her life, until she met the volunteers at StandUp For Kids.

Privileges of the Housed (Part 1)

Exploring the benefits of not being homeless. How often do you think about the privileges of simply having a roof over your head?  A few years ago, some of our volunteers, trainers, and formerly homeless youth* catalogued those privileges into a list of 42.  Today, we ...