A Tucson entrepreneur, Klaus Axen serves as the CEO of Innovative Senior Living. In addition, he owns crowdfunding site Fundreasy.com. Klaus Axen supports a number of charitable organizations including Youth on Their Own.
Since 1986, Youth on Their Own has provided a support network to Pima County, Arizona, teens who are homeless. The organization works to equip these teens with the resources they need to graduate from high school. Statistically, Arizona has the fifth-highest occurrence of youth homelessness in the United States. Without help, teens who are homeless are unlikely to graduate from high school and often find themselves living in poverty during adulthood.
In an effort to address these concerns, Youth on Their Own provides a number of services to teens who are facing homelessness. In addition to offering a monthly stipend based on school grades, the organization helps provide for basic needs, transportation, and guidance services, such as housing assistance, counseling, health care, and mentoring.
Each spring, Youth on Their Own hosts a fundraiser to help fund these services. The organization’s 2017 fundraiser will take the form of a luncheon where teens who have been helped by the organization can share inspiring stories of success in the midst of adversity. The event will take place at the Tucson Marriott University Park on Thursday, March 30.
