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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

$16,356 Raised By 235 Donors

$500 on behalf of In memory of Elizabeth Frankel
$500 on behalf of Lindsey Murtagh
$500 on behalf of Liz Frankel
$500 from Anonymous
$500 on behalf of Rachel Pethe’
$250 on behalf of Anna Simpson
$250 from Anonymous
$250 in support of In Memory of Elizabeth Frankel
$250 on behalf of Jeff Leslie
$250 in support of Jennifer Nagda
$250 on behalf of Marisa Guallpa
$250 on behalf of Mary Keidle
$250 on behalf of Peggy /Mom
$250 from Anonymous
$250 from Anonymous
$250 on behalf of The Puhls
$200 on behalf of Chelsea Wirthlin + Tyler Seibert
$200 on behalf of Kepler and Hubble
$200 in support of The Young Center's Important Work!
$120 on behalf of Matthew Levi
$100 on behalf of Alison Siegler
$100 on behalf of Amanda Carrillo
$100 on behalf of Amy and Ryan
$100 in support of Amy Grabowski
$100 on behalf of Amy Wilson
$100 on behalf of Ana Montelibano
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$100 on behalf of Audrey Soglin
$100 in support of Augusta Gonzalez
$100 on behalf of Bryanna Leon
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$100 on behalf of Chloe Super
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$100 on behalf of Christine Lemon
$100 on behalf of David Nassi
$100 on behalf of David Soglin
$100 in support of Elizabeth Pierce
$100 on behalf of Ellen Meechan
$100 on behalf of Fred Steinach
$100 on behalf of George Rogers
$100 on behalf of Gerri Johnson
$100 on behalf of Grace B
$100 in support of Jeanette Walowitz
$100 on behalf of Jessica Merrild
$100 on behalf of Karen Basil
$100 from Anonymous
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$100 on behalf of Linda Tate
$100 on behalf of Liz Frankel
$100 from Anonymous
$100 on behalf of Madeline & Hero
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$100 on behalf of Marissa Bennett
$100 on behalf of Mary Miller Flowers
$100 on behalf of Mary Prestipino
$100 from Anonymous
$100 on behalf of Memory of Liz Frankel
$100 on behalf of Naomi Rivas
$100 on behalf of Om and Kiaan Bienvenu
$100 on behalf of Renee Stith
$100 on behalf of Sarah Konsky
$100 on behalf of Sherry Blaylock
$100 on behalf of The children of Guatemala
$100 on behalf of Tracy Harrington
$100 in support of View Imaging in Motion
$100 on behalf of William Fried
$100 on behalf of Wirta-Leiker Family
$75 on behalf of Jennifer Nagda
$70 on behalf of Eva Lundgren
$60 on behalf of Amy Rowe
$50 from Anonymous
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$50 from Anonymous
$50 on behalf of Anne Borofsky
$50 on behalf of Annie Worsham
$50 in support of Audry Loosier
$50 on behalf of Bernadette Urbina
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$50 on behalf of Carolina & Ron Dulin-Ordonez
$50 from Anonymous
$50 on behalf of Chirlie Felix
$50 on behalf of Christy Reppeto
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$50 on behalf of Eilish Murray
$50 on behalf of Eleanor & Adam
$50 from Anonymous
$50 on behalf of Emily Clement
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$50 on behalf of George Rogers
$50 on behalf of Hannah and Zack
$50 on behalf of Jane Liu
$50 on behalf of Janie Gattari
$50 on behalf of Jeremy Owsowitz
$50 on behalf of Jessica Villalobos
$50 on behalf of Jodie Boyd
$50 on behalf of Joseph Eldridge
$50 on behalf of Joshua Taylor
$50 on behalf of JOYCE Grande
$50 on behalf of Judith Anderson
$50 on behalf of June F-L
$50 on behalf of Justin Shaber
$50 from Anonymous
$50 on behalf of Karen Reinke
$50 on behalf of Kathy Smith-Wenning
$50 on behalf of Katie Satarino
$50 from Anonymous
$50 on behalf of Lisa Blaylock
$50 on behalf of Lisa Monette
$50 on behalf of Liz
$50 on behalf of Maranda Hanna
$50 on behalf of Mark Templeton
$50 on behalf of Mary-Beth Johnson
$50 on behalf of Maryann & Derek
$50 on behalf of Maryvonne Neptune
$50 from Anonymous
$50 in support of Memory of Elizabeth Frankel
$50 on behalf of Michelle Kershner
$50 on behalf of Michelle Mejia
$50 from Anonymous
$50 on behalf of Michiko Mew
$50 on behalf of Nicole Rickard
$50 on behalf of Rocio Castaneda
$50 from Anonymous
$50 on behalf of Sandra Delgadillo
$50 from Anonymous
$50 on behalf of Sean & Amber
$50 on behalf of Sofia F.
$50 on behalf of Stephanie Johnson
$50 on behalf of Tate & Tyler
$50 on behalf of Teodora Snoddy
$50 on behalf of Terri Cohen
$50 from Anonymous
$50 on behalf of The Deegans
$50 on behalf of The innocents
$50 on behalf of Tomas Gergely
$50 on behalf of Tracey Tuohy
$50 on behalf of Valerie Chu
$50 on behalf of Valerie Scott
$50 on behalf of Valerie Scott
$50 on behalf of Veronica Garza
$50 on behalf of Zoraida Saldaña
$40 on behalf of Beverly and Dan Horvath
$40 on behalf of Christine Murphy
$40 on behalf of Natasha Nudel
$30 on behalf of Maria Chaparro
$30 on behalf of Rachel Hauser
$30 from Anonymous
$30 in support of Susan Savage
$25 from Anonymous
$25 in support of Audry Loosier
$25 on behalf of Barbara Beebe
$25 on behalf of Benjamin Johnson
$25 on behalf of Cheryl Hanna
$25 from Anonymous
$25 on behalf of Eva Duran
$25 on behalf of Grace Barnett
$25 on behalf of Hillary Warren-Stevens
$25 from Anonymous
$25 on behalf of Joyce Pusel
$25 on behalf of Judy Kuhel
$25 from Anonymous
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$25 on behalf of Leslie Hayner
$25 on behalf of Marion Nankin
$25 on behalf of Mike Caruso
$25 from Anonymous
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$25 on behalf of Sandra Ganji
$20 from Anonymous
$20 from Anonymous
$20 on behalf of Audry Loosier
$20 from Anonymous
$20 on behalf of Carol Amira-Hall
$20 from Anonymous
$20 on behalf of Desiree Hartman
$20 on behalf of Emma Soglin
$20 on behalf of Lawrence Bapst
$20 on behalf of Madeline Hassett
$20 from Anonymous
$20 on behalf of Noorjahan Akbar
$20 on behalf of Paula Carman
$15 on behalf of Alyssa Tuohy
$15 from Anonymous
$15 on behalf of Heather Pink
$10 on behalf of Adam Basil
$10 on behalf of Alyssa Rose
$10 on behalf of Alyssa Trostle
$10 from Anonymous
$10 on behalf of Angela Caruso
$10 on behalf of Beatriz de Llano
$10 on behalf of Benjamin Weinhold
$10 on behalf of Bernadette Urbina
$10 from Anonymous
$10 on behalf of Elaine Harman
$10 in support of Elaine Simon
$10 on behalf of Eleanor Kane
$10 on behalf of Eve Blasinsky
$10 on behalf of Fern Murtagh
$10 on behalf of James Worsham
$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 Leonel Brito
$10 on behalf of Lindsey Perez
$10 on behalf of Lizzett Mora
$10 on behalf of Malene Sanchez
$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
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$10 on behalf of Michelle Datema
$10 on behalf of Mireille Velazquez
$10 on behalf of Patricia Boswell
$10 on behalf of Rebecca Kirchheimer
$10 on behalf of Shannon Murtagh
$10 on behalf of Shannyn Block
$5 from Anonymous
$5 on behalf of Isabela Ballez
$5 from Anonymous
$5 on behalf of Patsy Payne Payne
$5 from Anonymous
$1 on behalf of Ellen Fisher

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