Angela, featured in today’s Houston Chronicle, also stopped by for an introduction. To say she’s lively is an understatement. She and Corderro are both getting teased non-stop about their “new-found fame,” as one of the counselors said.
Angela is president of the resident council, which she says is similar to a student council at school. She’s proud of being competitive, she says, and teases her counselor Shaun about owing her another dinner at Dave & Buster’s. However, the teasing focuses back on Angela when she introduces fellow resident Curtis as “one of my cabinet.”
Angela hugs a fellow Covenant House resident. (Photo by Smiley N. Pool)
Tags: covenant house, Dave & Buster's, Houston Chronicle, Jessica Johns Pool, Smiley Pool Posted in Texas
Plenty of people are already doing one thing! Donations began arriving at 9 a.m. today and by 9:45 cars were streaming by, with Girl Scouts and Covenant House residents helping to unload bags of clothes, toiletries, a painting and a pair of crutches. Two industrial-sized laundry hampers are already filled over the brim.
The supplies are much needed, so bring your donations to Covenant House at 1111 Lovett Blvd. It’s located just behind the Copy.com, Half-Priced Books and Spec’s store on Westheimer at Montrose.
The Houston Chronicle ran a story in today’s Metro section, so go get a copy if you haven’t seen it already. The story, written by reporter Claudia Feldman and photographed by Smiley N. Pool, features Covenant House residents Angela and Corderro.
Angela is working on getting her beautician’s license and Corderro is working his way up the restaurant career ladder with the goal of becoming a pastry chef and restauranteur.
Read about these kids on www.chron.com.
Girls Scouts from Troop 3599 help collect donations on Valentine's Day at Covenant House Texas. (Photo by Smiley N. Pool)
Tags: Claudia Feldman, covenant house, Girl Scouts, Half-Priced Books, Houston Chronicle, Jessica Johns Pool, Smiley Pool, Spec's Posted in Doing 1 Thing, Texas
Pasquale Chieffalo, a graduate student at Parsons, The New School for Design produces short animated promo for the Do1Thing project. Chieffalo animated the short as well as composed original music for the project. Using Aftereffects software to convey a simple but clear message, Do1Thing to help homeless youth.
A NATIONWIDE CALL TO ACTION www.do1thing.org There are more homeless people today than at any previous time in U.S. history. Right now, more than 1.3 million of them are children. Do1Thing is our call to action to make a difference. We believe that by focusing our efforts on highlighting 1 Cause while asking people to do 1 Thing for that cause, great change will come. More than 30 Pulitzer-prize winning photographers and some of the most recognized names in photography have come together to put a face on teenage homelessness while asking you to put a face on activism and do 1 thing to help. Why focus on teenage homelessness? Three out of every 10 homeless adults admit to a history in foster and with 25,000+ children aging out of the foster care system each year, many will end up experiencing homelessness. The issues surrounding homelessness are gigantic. The solutions offered are endless. But what if everyone did 1 thing on 1 day to help this 1 cause?
PROJECT PARTNERS It is the goal of Do1Thing to not only raise awareness for teenage homelessness, but also to promote and support the work of those non profits who have a long history of providing education, health care, job training and temporary housing to them. Through sustainable projects they are moving children from a life on the streets to permanent housing and a future. We are proud to partner with the following organizations. Covenant House International www.covenanthouse.org The largest privately funded agency in the Americas providing shelter and other services to homeless, runaway and throwaway youth. Stand Up For Kids www.standupforkids.org Their mission is to help homeless and street kids. They do this, every day, in cities across America through volunteers who go to the streets in order to find, stabilize and otherwise help homeless and street kids improve their lives. All facets of their mission are guided by the mandate that their volunteers tell kids they care about them and then, at every point, prove it. Do1Thing is a project of The Heart Gallery of New Jersey, a unique not-for-profit dedicated to raising awareness about foster children available for adoption. Through the volunteer efforts of some of the country’s most prestigious photographers, portraits are taken that help capture the individuality and spirit of each foster child who is eligible to be adopted. www.heartgallerynj.org To view more of Pasquale Chieffalo’s work, visit his website: http://www.pasqualechieffalo.com/
Tags: adoption, aftereffects, aging out, animated short, animation, covenant house, do 1 thing, do1thing, documentary photographer, homeless, homelessness, motion graphics, motionographer, parsons, photographer, photojournalist, pulitzer prize, the new school, trailer, valentines day Posted in Uncategorized
Covenant House International places do 1 thing photographer David Bergman’s video portrait of homeless youth “Perry” on the home page of their web site.
Do 1 Thing is proud to partner with Covenant House as we raise awareness for the more than 1.3 million homeless youth in America.
Join Do 1 Thing and Covenant House on Valentines Day 2009 by doing your thing!
Tags: covenant house, david bergman, do 1 thing, homeless, homelessness, nyc, perry Posted in Uncategorized
David Bergman used the
new Nikon D90 to produce his video doc on homeless teen “Perry”, as aspiring piano player in NYC. Go to David’s blog and read all about his work on the Do1Thing project.
http://www.davidbergman.net/blog/2009/01/09/will-you-do-1-thing-on-valentines-day/
Tags: aging out, covenant house, david bergman, do 1 thing, do1thing, foster care, homeless, music, piano, teen Posted in video
Pulitzer-prize winning photojournalist David Leeson filmed homeless teens at Covenant House in Houston as they shared their struggles of life on the street. Filmed for Do1Thing (hyperlink to www.do1thing.org), Leeson introduces us to teen after teen, as they tell their heart wrenching stories as they are thrown into adulthood.
For more about David Leeson go to www.davidleeson.com
Tags: aging out, covenant house, david leeson, do 1 thing, do1thing, foster care, homeless, homelessness, teen Posted in Uncategorized
Homeless youth, Shanita “Knowledge” Stubbs in Newark, NJ. Knowledge was
placed in foster care as a child, adopted and later back into state care. Mark Peterson has been documenting Knowledge for several months producing some outstanding work.
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Martin Scholler is on a quest to photograph dozens of homeless teens for th do1thing project. His portraits offer a study of characters rather than personalities w
hile seeking to answer the basic question, what can you read in someone’s face?
Every week, Schoeller is called upon to capture portraits of the most recognized personalities of our time, from Britney Spears to President Bill Clinton. This German-born photographer spent the last seven years collecting this series of portraits, otherwise known as his “Big Heads.”
A few early portraits from the NYC Covenant House shoot.
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Shanita, known to her friends by Knowledge, entered foster care as a baby staying in care several years until being adopted.
Photojournalist Mark Peterson has been chronicling Knowledge’s journey as a homeless teenager. His photographsenter Knowledge’s private life, her experiences on the streets of Newark, her struggles with drugs, self esteem, depression and survival. His work is stunning.
Below is a recent photo from Mark’s project. More to come…..
Tags: covenant house, do1thing, do1thing.org, foster care, homeless, homelessness, knowledge, Mark Peterson, newark, shanita stubbs Posted in Doing 1 Thing, photojournalist
