News from the Nest

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Life Skills - Time Management

Last week our Robyne’s Nest Mental Health and Wellness Coordinator, Breana Vanini instructed our students about how to manage tasks and overcome distractions.

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Lululemon 10K Bag Assembly

Our volunteers and staff worked organizing supplies and assembling OVER 7500 post race bags at Don’s local Ecology Tire, Inc. location, in partnership and support with Don and Lululemon!

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Life Skills - Positive Relationships

Our students who are homeless, or come from very adverse living environments with little or no parental support generally have no role models or frame of reference for healthy relationships.

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Read Across America / Dr. Seuss Day

Read Across America Day, also recognized as Dr. Seuss Day is an annual event that promotes the joy of reading. Many of our Robyne’s Nest at-risk and homeless students are severely deficient in reading literacy.

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Life Skills - Student Driver’s Education Prep

In our recent Life Skills class, instructor Janet Anderson taught our students important vocabulary, study strategies and test taking skills to prepare them for success in taking the driver’s education test.

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Welcome Brystin Davy Assistant Executive Director

Robyne’s Nest is excited to welcome our new Assistant Director, Brystin Davy! Brystin brings a multitude of skills and a diverse background to Robyne's Nest, and is diving head first into the Operations of the organization as well as the Volunteer Management, Events and our social enterprise, Threadz.

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Fireside Chats - Tattoo Artist Hek Valdez

Hector “Hek” Valdez is a talented, local tattoo artist in Huntington Beach. Hek recently spoke to our students about what it takes to become a tattoo artist, the good, the bad and everything in between.

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Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month

During Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month (TDVAM), the focus is to break the cycle of violence by providing support and services to victims, their families and their communities.

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Volunteer Spotlight - Shawna Huerta

Volunteers are the life blood of Robyne’s Nest, and this month we are celebrating our dedicated and wonderful food drive coordinator, Shawna Huerta.

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Thanks to the generosity of our community, Robyne’s Nest was able to provide much needed resources and support to our students in the fourth quarter of 2023!

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Teen Couch Surfing - “Hidden Homelessness”

Couch surfing is defined as staying temporarily in a series of other people's homes, sleeping on sofas, in a spare room, or even on the floor. Millions of teens in the U.S. couch surf annually.

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