January 15, 2019
This year, the InvisiYouth Charity team decided to bring back one of its most popular (and original) programs…the InvisiEvents! These are not just the events that we support our Global Brand Leaders hosting all over the United States, Canada and now Australia. And they’re not only our FUNdraiser events either—where groups ranging in all sizes bring donations to collect at their hangouts for InvisiYouth, whether that’s a dinner party, movie night, TV premiere or hangout. We still want more of these to happen in 2019 and beyond…but we’ll tell you about that in a bit.
It was a mission for InvisiYouth that we would provide official InvisiYouth events for FREE regularly during the year. A huge goal for us is to allow young adults with any chronic illnesses/disabilities—both physical and mental—the opportunities to build community and be more empowered in social gatherings. For InvisiYouth, these are hangouts or meetups, so the traditional formula for charity events and fundraising is out the door!
We want you and your friends (both in and out of the chronic illness community) to do things you enjoy WHILE giving back!
What we also want to do is host more of our own hangouts with you at the helm of our creativity. And a way to go one step further is to partner up with other nonprofits and businesses. We are all about community and partnership so when we can collaborate with other like-minded charities/businesses, and build an even larger network of young adults, the better we can be.
At the start of the year, we partnered up with one of our longtime nonprofit friends, Suffering the Silence. They are a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that use artistic projects such as photography campaigns (our founder has been featured in one photoshoot campaign too!!), documentaries, galleries, story nights and retreats to share the power of listening and sharing illness stories to generate the healing force of open and honest storytelling. They hope to build awareness and reform perception and treatment of the often silences—the chronic disease community.
And since they not only work across the USA, but also have badass female founders, Allie Cashel and Erica Lupinacci, it was a perfect fit! We wanted to start the year building all that self-care and community to provide fun hangouts. And our THREE gatherings went from coast to coast, so we could connect, relax and enjoy some food and coffee!
In Hoboken, New Jersey, our founder Dominique Viel and STS cofounder Allie Cashel, hosted a fun brunch—provided by the lovely Wicked Wolf Hoboken—with great food, good views of the NYC skyline and awesome hospitality.
In the Windy City of Chicago, Illinois, our Global Brad Leader-All Star and STS Ambassador, Effie Koliopoulos, held down the fort on our super cozy coffee house hangout. And with delicious pastries provided by Beatrix Chicago and a modern atmosphere of Tri-Door Chicago hosting, who wouldn’t love it!
And last, but certainly not least, the other wonderful cofounder of STS, Erica Luppinacci, led our Los Angeles, California coffee house meetup at the chill Madison Park and Coffee with lots of conversation!
If you want to help us bring these events to life, it’s simple—contact us on our website, or DM us on social media by Facebook, Twitter or Instagram! We always answer and we want you to join the InvisiYouth family!