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fun. building community health center for Detroit youths
Written by . Published: January 21 2014
Pop stars fun. have unveiled plans to build a community health center for at-risk youths in Detroit, Michigan.
The We Are Young hitmakers are using their charity foundation, The Ally Coalition (TAC), to raise the $250,000 needed to fund the project for the local Ruth Ellis Center, which provides medical services, housing, meals and clothing for troubled lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) kids.
fun. members Nate Ruess, Jack Antonoff and Andrew Dost, who was
born and raised in Michigan, launched the non-profit organization
TAC in 2012 to unite Internet users and encourage them to develop
programs to educate the public about issues concerning the LGBT
community.