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YouthNoise partnered with Virgin Mobile to produce a text novella about homeless tenns.

From www.youthnoise.com/novella

"Ghost Town" was the first interactive text novella from Virgin Mobile and YouthNoise, presented originally in text message format, with each message as a separate chapter and scene. It's the gripping story of a teenage football player named Ghost who is hiding a dark secret--he's homeless. This secret will shock his classmates as he tries to manage the ins and outs of high school, an uncertain future, and just trying to stay alive.

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YN is a social networking joint for people who like to connect based on deeper interests than Paris Hilton's wardrobe and get engaged within a cause. Find a cause, search for friends (we're all under 26 btw, kinda like a reverse hand-stamp at Bar 911), and get involved. Want to free Tibet? Got a thing for human rights? Whatever your cause, network it here.

Boost Mobile RockCorps, a subsidiary of Sprint Nextel, encourages teenage volunteerism by giving them tickets to rock concerts after the completion of volunteer hours.

You can also read about BoostMobile here on the MobileActive blog.

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Boost Mobile and RockCorps have partnered to spread a national youth movement: Boost Mobile RockCorps. The movement encourages volunteerism in young people. It was created to effect social change and act as a bridge between communities in need and the young people who want to make them better. Every volunteer who gives 4 hours of service, receives a ticket to a concert featuring the hottest artists today. Boost Mobile RockCorps introduces youth to service opportunities in their own neighborhood starting them on a lifelong commitment to civic engagement and service.

Established in 2002, RockCorps evolved from a concept executed by the Greenbucks Foundation that began in 1995.

Boost Mobile RockCorps (BMRC) launched in the summer of 2005. Since then our "Around the Way Revolution" has motivated 16,000+ young people throughout the U.S. to get involved, connect with their community and become a part of a youth movement for social change.

In 2007 we are even bigger. Los Angeles, Oakland, Miami, Atlanta, Houston, Chicago, Minneapolis, Detroit, Portland, Baltimore, Philadelphia,Washington DC and New York. 175+ volunteer projects. Concerts at the Kodak Theatre, the Fox Theatre, Radio City Music Hall and points in between.