Youth Philanthropy Council, a nonprofit headquartered in Chula Vista, is seeking volunteers in its upcoming Nick’s Kicks holiday event where the organization has collected more than 21,000 new pairs of shoes to give away to underserved women and children.
Also, the organization plans to break the Guinness World Record for the greatest number of shoes donated in a 24-hour period. St. Nicks’ Kicks event will be hosted by the Sharp Spectrum Center on Dec. 7 from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m., with an estimated 8,000 to 10,000 people coming through.
To make holiday giving more impactful than ever, the teen-led Youth Philanthropy Council and LA-based, female-founded footwear brand Jellypop are joining forces to set a new world record with a donation of over 21,000 shoes valued at $1.8 million to marginalized communities. By hosting two shoe giveaways in San Diego on Dec. 7 and New York on Dec. 14, the live-streamed event will shatter a previous world record and set a new standard for youth-led holiday giving which will amount to $1.1 million of shoes.
“No one has been able to pull off a youth-led live donation event of this scale before, involving thousands of recipients in the world’s busiest cities. By purposely making this a live 24-hour event, we hope to not only provide vital resources but also to create a once-in-a-lifetime experience for our youth volunteers, raising awareness and inspiring future generations of givers,” said Youth Philanthropy Council Founder Augustus Holm, who founded the nonprofit when he was 13 years old.
Founded in 2019, the YPC is California’s largest youth-run nonprofit, led entirely by teens, YPC has raised over $3 million in donations projects. Now 18, Holm said Jellypop has already donated all the shoes and encourages the San Diego County to join them as they give out the new shoes to people in need at its Dec. 7 giveaway.
“For anybody who would like to volunteer or help out with the event, we direct them to our website at www.ypc.care or Instagram account @ypc.care, click the contact form, we will send you a form and ask when you are available an how you would like to help. There are several jobs that people can sign up for. We need as many volunteers as possible,” he said.
