VOLUNTEERS

Most of Teens4PR's volunteers are second generation Puerto Rican teenagers living in the contiguous United States, but we are excited to welcome all young people who want to lend a hand, whether they are Puerto Rican or not, and whether they are teenagers, are a few years away from becoming teenagers or are a few years past their teenage years.

Our volunteers will use bake sales, raffles, lemonade stands and other such efforts to raise funds within their schools and their communities,  All of the volunteers will also share the Teens4PR online giving link through social media, to reach other audiences. In addition to fundraising for these organizations, Teen4PR volunteers plan to donate their time to these and other organizations in future visits to the island.

2020 Earthquake Update:

A new tragedy that is unfolding in Puerto Rico as hundreds of earthquakes, both, great and small, continue to rock the island. Thousands of our fellow American citizens in Puerto Rico have had to seek refuge outdoors after losing their homes or for fear of getting hurt in their homes due to the earthquakes and tremors that have been felt since late December. In the last week, several of these earthquakes have registered magnitudes between 5.7 and 6.4 on the Richter scale. While the greater damage has taken place in the south, the earthquakes are being felt and continue to wreak havoc among all Puerto Ricans, who continue to adapt their day-to-day lives to the unannounced terrors of this seismic activity - the greatest in over a century.

As you already know, Puerto Rico is still immersed in an economic and fiscal crisis, and Puerto Ricans have yet to receive the billions in federal aid that Congress approved following the devastation of Hurricanes Irma and María. It is up to non-governmental organizations like ours and those we support to once again come to the rescue of our brothers and sisters on the island.

Here is what you can do as Teens4PR members:

• Organize a fundraising drive or event at your school and/or your community. 

• Encourage those close to you to donate at: https://www.gofundme.com/f/46ddn-help-us-help-puerto-rico

• Get some of your friends to join Teens4PR, so they too can help us help Puerto Rico: https://www.teens4pr.org/join-now

• Learn more about the organizations we support: https://www.teens4pr.org/partners

• Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/teens4pr/ and Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teens4pr/

• Learn more about the earthquakes in Puerto Rico: 

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/11/us/puerto-rico-earthquake-inspections-aid.html

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/01/why-so-many-puerto-rico-earthquakes-have-happened-geology/

https://www.npr.org/2020/01/12/795661012/aftershocks-in-puerto-rico

https://www.npr.org/2020/01/11/795599899/earthquakes-trigger-anxiety-in-puerto-rico-theres-no-way-to-prepare

Teens4PR Crew (list in progress, always!)