50 Years of...
Celebrating 50 Years of Building Futures
San Diego Youth Services’ story began 50 years ago when our founders opened their home as The Bridge, one of the nation’s first shelters for youth experiencing homelessness. Today, we serve youth in 100+ community and school locations.
Join us in building futures.
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SDYS Voices
Meet Junior, a 12-year-old youth counselor at our free camp for youth affected by a family member’s substance abuse. Junior is a Camp Mariposa camper himself, along with his four siblings.
“Addiction. We learn it’s never your fault. You can’t cure it. You can’t change it. It’s saying that you didn’t cause your parent to have addiction. It’s not your fault.”
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Become a Parent Who Fosters
Provide a safe, stable and loving home for a child
Children need parents. They need families. Amazing families look many different ways and every child needs someone to connect deeply with, someone they can count on and trust. They need it like they need water and air.
50
Years of building futures
100+
Community & school locations
750,000
Youth helped
Anniversary Partners
