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Young Friends of PYN

WorkReady Summer Internships
Online Campaign

The Young Friends of PYN and the Young Professionals' Network of the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce have joined efforts to help support WorkReady Summer Internships through an online fundraising campaign. 100% of your contribution will go towards WorkReady Summer Internships—providing “first breaks” for our City’s young people. To make your campaign contribution, click the Donate Now button**. For more information about WorkReady Summer Internships, please visit www.workreadyphila.org.

Additional ways to donate to PYN:

• Use a Credit Card online through a secure server by clicking here.
   
  

• Write a Checkmade out to "Philadelphia Youth Network, Inc." and mailed to:
  Attn: Melissa Orner
  714 Market Street,
  Suite 304,
  Philadelphia, PA 19106
    

• Via Payroll deduction
  Regular payroll deductions can be taken automatically at your workplace as part of the United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania's Donor Choice Program. PYN’s Donor Choice ID number is 43152. For more information on the United Way’s program, contact Yvonne Seabrook.

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Shadowing Day

Internships

Businesses and non-profit employers can support PYN by hiring interns and offering other opportunities to youth. More information is available at: www.workreadyphila.com or by completing the Get More Info form.
 

Participate in an exciting new effort to reinvent how Philadelphia addresses issues of idle youth, low labor force participation, and a rising high school dropout rate. To find out how you can get involved in an initiative to reform, expand and finance Career and Technical Education in Philadelphia, funded by the Knight Foundation, contact Nancy Santiago Negrón at nnegron@pyninc.org or 267-502-3766.

The Philadelphia Youth Network launched the Young Friends of PYN in September, 2007. The Young Friends of the Philadelphia Youth Network (PYN) supports PYN’s vision and mission and is committed to raising awareness of PYN and its initiatives through fundraising, events and networking. The committee consists of young professionals from some of the top businesses and organizations in the city who are passionate about making an impact on the lives of Philadelphia's young people.

Interested in becoming a member of the Young Friends of PYN? Click here to sign up.

For more information, please contact:

Stephanie Gambone
267-502-3726
sgambone@pyninc.org 

*The official registration and financial information of the Philadelphia Youth Network, Inc. may be obtained from the Pennsylvania Department of State by calling toll free, within Pennsylvania, 1 (800) 732-0999. Registration does not imply endorsement.

For detailed information about PYN, including our most recent audited financial statements and annual report, please call or email Melissa Orner, Vice President of Communications and Development, at 267-502-3718 or mjorner@pyninc.org.

Donor Privacy: PYN does not share, trade, rent or sell donor information. All donor information is held in confidence, with the exception that we list donor names in our annual report and similar publications. PYN honors the requests of all donors who wish to remain anonymous.

**Proceeds benefit the Philadelphia Youth Network (PYN), managing partner of WorkReady Philadelphia. PYN contracts with several dozen youth-serving organizations to operate WorkReady programs on behalf of the Philadelphia Workforce Investment Board and its Philadelphia Council for College and Career Success. The Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce is a WorkReady Philadelphia employer recruitment partner.