This holiday season we want to share with you a Christmas story that took place 33 years ago…about a mother…her daughter…and this place of hope you and I call Covenant House.
From Times Square to Alaska, from Los Angeles to Guatemala, in football stadiums and parks, and Covenant House locations in 22 cities across four countries, the voices of young people experiencing homelessness were lifted up and heard this November.
Having once roamed the unforgiving streets of Los Angeles, Derrick's lifeline came in the form of a friend's suggestion—Covenant House. Guided by the glow of a white bird in the sky, Derrick embarked on a path that changed the course of his life.
The New York Knicks star will be the face of the organization's assembly of professional athletes and the athletic community joining the fight to end youth homelessness.