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Since 2005, Shoot for Success has gone into homeless shelters and elsewhere in New York City and worked with homeless children in
after-school or weekend programs, teaching them how to express themselves through the camera lens. Please visit this
website to learn more about these talented children, our program --
and what you can do to help!
Admiring his work and considering placement of his new photograph.
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Shoot for Success is a program created by a high school student after working as a volunteer with homeless youth
in New York City -- and being struck by their desire to speak out… and their perceived inability to do so. Shoot for Success was created to give
these talented homeless youth a voice -- and a vehicle to express themselves to each other, and the world. That vehicle is a camera. What they
produced is an extraordinary glimpse into their lives -- through their eyes.
Our goal is to get those pictures and words out to the world. To give their voices a podium -- through art exhibits,
presentations, printed materials and this website. And in so doing, to empower these children to use their
voices effectively and educate the world about their needs, to inspire change.
To date, their works have been presented at venues ranging from the Guggenheim Museum and City Hall, to the Magnan Projects
art gallery exhibition in Chelsea -- and was selected to exhibit at the PULSE International Art Fair in NYC.
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See the photographs and expressions by these talented children -- and get a rare glimpse into their lives through their eyes.
Join Shoot for Success
Shoot for Success is starting a group of 'Artists for Children' in need. Lend us your name... or come be a guest artist for the day, a mentor, or hire a student as your intern...
To join or for more information
Shoot For Success Goes National!
Volunteers in California started a Shoot For Success program at the Opportunity Center homeless shelter outside of
San Francisco - we sent
them cameras, lesson plans, and graduation certificates and it was a great success.
Programs are starting in Florida and Boston as well.
Contact us to start one in your community.
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Shoot for Success Publishes Its First Book!
“As I See It… A Collection of Photographs and Expressions By Extraordinary Homeless Youth.”
Click Here for Reactions : Marian Wright Edelman, President, Children’s Defense Fund, Washington DC; Ron Suskind, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author
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We are thrilled to announce that Shoot for Success was awarded a 2008 Rockefeller Brothers Fund grant to expand its work.
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Chelsea Art Gallery Exhibition - "As I See It..."
In a first-time-ever exhibition, we partnered with the nation's largest not-for-profit provider of residential, education and employment centers, for homeless children and families (Homes for the Homeless) to exhibit the photographs and expressions by homeless children and teens at the Magnan Projects art gallery.
Magnan Projects Art Gallery has announced that the Shoot for Success exhibition will now be an annual event.
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Shoot for Success was selected to exhibit its students' works at the PULSE International Contemporary Art Fair.
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Guggenheim Museum's Shoot For Success photography presentation.
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Shoot For Success was proud to participate in the ServiceNation launch with a national bipartisan summit
in New York City. Shoot For Success is a proud member of ServiceNation, a bipartisan coalition
of service organizations that is working to promote community service nationwide.
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Institute for Children and Poverty Releases new data on Homeless families and children.
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Meet The Children Behind the Cameras...
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Achievement Award Winners!
Anna & Nathan were selected by their peers, teachers and Shoot For Success as extraordinary young adults.
Each received a $1,000 Shoot for Success Achievement Award. Congratulations!
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Shoot for Success Welcomes Its First California Program.
Congratulations to Marrissa and Kenlyn Mirbach and the Opportunity Center staff for launching Shoot for Success for the children in shelter in their California community!
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