Covenant House Hosts First-Ever Rally to End Youth Homelessness in Times Square

On Nov. 1 Comedian Suzy Eddie Izzard, Podcast Host Aurora Culpo, and CBS News Anchor Jericka Duncan joined Covenant House leaders, alumni, and partners in Times Square at the Rally to End Youth Homelessness. The event, the largest gathering of advocates and allies across the region, marked the start of Youth Homelessness Awareness Month.

Millions of young people experience homelessness each year. Every November, Covenant House brings together a global community to confront this crisis head-on. This year, Covenant House reached 57,000 youth facing homelessness, provided 862,000 nights of safe housing, and served 1.8 million meals to youth and young families experiencing homelessness.

The Rally featured an all-hands challenge for volunteers to fill an all-electric Kia EV9 three-row EV Sport Utility Vehicle with outreach kits for homeless youth. The kits were filled with essential items thanks to the generosity of Bombas, Bumble and bumble, IKEA Brooklyn, Huron, L'Oreal, Shed Rain, Shutterfly, Starbucks, and W New York – Times Square.

Meal sponsor, Chick-fil-A Tri-State, provided Rally participants with a meal at the Chick-fil-A Bullpen and coffee sponsor, Starbucks, served hot beverages from the Starbucks tent.

A highlight of the program was a special announcement from Wells Fargo, which made a commitment of $300,000 to Covenant House to directly support five Covenant House locations: New York, Georgia, Orlando, Los Angeles, and St. Louis. Their grant will help provide transitional housing and critical services that give young people the stability they need to rebuild their lives.

Take action with Covenant House this November.