Journey For Change Sponsors

The following companies and foundations sponsored Journey for Change: Empowering Youth Through Global Service by providing funding, pro bono services, and necessary goods.

Without their immense contribution, the Journey for Change team could not have coordinated such a rich and diverse program for our Bushwick, Brooklyn participants.

The Angelrock Project encourages all visitors to exercise their consumer power by visiting all of our partners websites and support these companies who so generously championed our mission to enrich the lives of inner-city youth.

Alphagraphics New York

Provided Pro Bono Printing Services

Champion Security

Provided Reduced Rate Security Detail

Converse

Provided the Participants with (PRODUCT) RED Converse Shoes

Dell

Provided 30 (PRODUCT) RED Dell Laptops for Participants to Blog in South Africa, to use as Journey for Change Global Ambassadors, and to Help Bridge the Digital Divide in the Inner-City

Provided 2 (PRODUCT) RED Dell Desktops and 2 (PRODUCT) RED Dell Laptops for Orphaned and Vulnerable Children (OVC) in Diepsloot and Soweto, South Africa to Stay Connected to the Participants and to Help Bridge the Digital Divide in South African Shanty Towns

The Ford Foundation

Provided Funding for Travel Costs

Hallmark

Provided 1500 (PRODUCT RED) Hallmark Greeting Cards for the Brooklyn and OVC Participants

HeronBridge Retreat

Provided Reduced Rate Housing and Meals for the Participants and Management Staff

It's Easy Passport Visa & DMV Services

Provided Pro Bono Expedited Passport Services for all Participants

LJR & Associates, Inc.

Provided Pro Bono Round-Trip Meet and Greet Airport Concierge Services

Menage Graphics

Provided Pro Bono Graphic Design Work

The Palazzo Montecasino Hotel

Provided Pro Bono and Reduced Rate Rooms for Management Staff

Quo Vadis Communications

Provided Pro Bono Media Coordination for the Welcoming Press Conference

The (RED) Campaign

Coordinated the Donation of (PRODUCT) RED Items from Partners, including Dell, Converse and Hallmark

The Funds Raised from the Sale of (PRODUCT) RED Items are Donated to the Global Fund to Help Eliminate AIDS in Africa

Signature Networks

Provided Pro Bono Journey for Change Apparel for Participants and Management Staff

South African Airways

Provided Discounted Airfare and Group Reservation Services

South African Tourism

Coordinated all Cultural and Recreational Activities in South Africa and Hosted a Bon Voyage Reception for Participants in New York

Target

Provided Gift Cards for Participants to Purchase Necessary Travel Items and Supplies

The U.S. Diplomatic Mission to South Africa and The U.S Consulate South Africa

Ambassador Eric M. Bost and U.S. Consul General Steve Coffman Hosted a Reception for the Participants at the Consul General's Home in Johannesburg, South Africa

Provided Pro Bono and Discounted Photography Services in South Africa

Journey for Change: Empowering Youth Through Global Service is a volunteer program that recently took 30 at-risk youth from Bushwick, Brooklyn to Johannesburg, South Africa. Please click here to learn more. To support the year-long program, please click here.

To view a CNN.com video of the participants in South Africa, please click here.

To read Soledad O'Brien's Behind the Scenes: Out of Bushwick on CNN.com, please click here.

To read Journey for Change participant blogs on CNN.com, please click here.

To read the cover story on Journey for Change in Time For Kids Magazine, please click here

To view pictures taken by Journey for Change Participants on Timeforkids.com, please click here

To view Journey for Change photos, please click here.

JOURNEY FOR CHANGE SPONSORS
Sponsors

Media Sponsors

(RED) was created by Bono and Bobby Shriver, Chairman of DATA to raise awareness and money for The Global Fund by teaming up with the world's most iconic brands to produce (PRODUCT)RED branded products. A percentage of each (PRODUCT)RED product sold is given to The Global Fund. The money helps women and children affected by HIV/AIDS in Africa.

Read about Annie Hausmann, a full-time volunteer living in Bergen County, New Jersey.

Read about Linda Langstraat, Executive Director and founder of Adopt-A-Grandparent.

The Sustainable South Bronx
National Organization of the Month

Free the Children
International Organization of the Month

New News out of Africa by Charlayne Hunter-Gault

Higher Grounds Trading Co. is a company fueled by its social mission and driven by a passion for sourcing the highest quality coffees from around the world.