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Waymakers Virtual Mileage Challenge

Mon September 1 - Tue September 30, 2025

The Young Center is a champion for the best interests of children who arrive in the United States on their own, from all corners of the world. We serve as trusted allies for these children while they are in deportation proceedings, advocating for their best interests, and standing for the creation of a dedicated children’s immigrant justice system that ensures the safety and well-being of every child.

Young Center attorneys and social workers, along with bilingual volunteers, are appointed as Child Advocate (guardian ad litem) by the Department of Health and Human Services. Our role is to advocate for their best interests—from custody and release to the ultimate decision about whether the child will be allowed to remain in the U.S. Our goal is to change both immigration policy and practice so that immigrant children are recognized first as children and their best interests are considered in every decision.

Our goal is to change the immigration system so that children in immigration proceedings are recognized as children, and their best interests are made a part of the decision-making process.

Funds raised fight for the best interests of unaccompanied immigrant children.

This is what a gift can do:
$50 - Arranges for a telephone/video call for a detained parent and child
$100 - Provides travel for a Child Advocate to visit a child in detention weekly
$250 - Offers a backpack & necessities for a child just released from custody
$500 - Assists in locating detained parents of a child
$1000+ - Provides an international safety assessment and home study for a child being repatriated

Tips for starting a fundraiser:
-If you can, make a contribution at any level first, that way you can tell your contacts that you've donated and ask them to join you.
-Make a list of people you'll reach out to! Emailing or calling is a great way to get your friends and family on board because it's personal. (Social media is a terrific option too!)

For check donations, please mail to:
Young Center
P.O. Box 2417
Chicago, IL 60690

Please include Waymaker in the memo line, or write Attn: Waymaker on the envelope.

Top Donors

$5,910 Raised By 88 Donors

$500 on behalf of In memory of Elizabeth Frankel
$500 on behalf of Liz Frankel
$500 on behalf of Rachel Pethe’
$250 in support of In Memory of Elizabeth Frankel
$250 on behalf of Marisa Guallpa
$250 on behalf of Mary Keidle
$100 on behalf of Alison Siegler
$100 on behalf of Amanda Carrillo
$100 on behalf of Ana Montelibano
$100 on behalf of Anjli Parrin
$100 on behalf of Bryanna Leon
$100 on behalf of Carolynne Jones
$100 on behalf of George Rogers
$100 on behalf of Jessica Merrild
$100 from Anonymous
$100 on behalf of Madeline & Hero
$100 on behalf of Mary Miller Flowers
$100 on behalf of Mary Prestipino
$100 from Anonymous
$100 on behalf of Sarah Konsky
$100 on behalf of Wirta-Leiker Family
$50 on behalf of Aaron Fleisher
$50 on behalf of Abena Hutchful
$50 on behalf of Alma cervantes
$50 on behalf of Amy Jo Albinak
$50 on behalf of Amy Papranec
$50 from Anonymous
$50 on behalf of Anne Borofsky
$50 on behalf of Bernadette Urbina
$50 from Anonymous
$50 on behalf of Chirlie Felix
$50 on behalf of Christy Reppeto
$50 on behalf of George Rogers
$50 on behalf of Hannah and Zack
$50 on behalf of Jane Liu
$50 on behalf of Jessica Villalobos
$50 on behalf of Jodie Boyd
$50 on behalf of Joseph Eldridge
$50 on behalf of JOYCE Grande
$50 on behalf of June F-L
$50 from Anonymous
$50 on behalf of Lisa Blaylock
$50 on behalf of Lisa Monette
$50 on behalf of Liz
$50 on behalf of Mark Templeton
$50 on behalf of Michelle Mejia
$50 on behalf of Michiko Mew
$50 on behalf of Nicole Rickard
$50 on behalf of Rocio Castaneda
$50 on behalf of Sandra Delgadillo
$50 on behalf of Sofia F.
$50 on behalf of Stephanie Johnson
$50 on behalf of Teodora Snoddy
$50 on behalf of Valerie Scott
$50 on behalf of Zoraida Saldaña
$30 on behalf of Rachel Hauser
$30 from Anonymous
$25 on behalf of Eva Duran
$25 from Anonymous
$25 on behalf of Leeann Kirchner
$25 on behalf of Mike Caruso
$20 from Anonymous
$20 from Anonymous
$20 on behalf of Desiree Hartman
$20 on behalf of Paula Carman
$10 on behalf of Alyssa Rose
$10 on behalf of Alyssa Trostle
$10 on behalf of Angela Caruso
$10 on behalf of Bernadette Urbina
$10 from Anonymous
$10 in support of Elaine Simon
$10 on behalf of Eleanor Kane
$10 on behalf of Eve Blasinsky
$10 on behalf of Jesus Sanchez Garcia
$10 on behalf of Jonathan Sanchez
$10 on behalf of Kiara Venegas
$10 in support of Kimberly Walker
$10 on behalf of Maria Woltjen
$10 on behalf of Marisa Chumil
$10 on behalf of Mark Rose
$10 on behalf of Mary Luck
$10 on behalf of Melinda Morrill
$10 on behalf of Melissa Velez
$10 on behalf of Melody Chu
$10 on behalf of Michelle Datema
$10 on behalf of Mireille Velazquez
$5 on behalf of Isabela Ballez
$5 on behalf of Patsy Payne Payne

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