Friends for Youth One of Fifteen Organizations to Receive Pro Bono Advice from Morgan Stanley

REDWOOD CITY, April 3, 2012 - Friends for Youth, Inc. has been chosen to participate in the Morgan Stanley Strategy Challenge, a volunteer program that provides select nonprofits with pro bono strategic consulting.

Friends for Youth leadership heads to New York on Wednesday to kick-off the 8 week strategy challenge. Friends for Youth will work with a team of Morgan Stanley employees to improve its growth strategies. In June the pro bono team will present its recommendations for Friends for Youth to a panel of experts from both the public and private sectors. Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman will present awards to the top three teams.

Friends for Youth Executive Director Becky Cooper said, “being selected for the Morgan Stanley Strategy Challenge is an honor and also a tremendous opportunity. Friends for Youth is excited to work with Morgan Stanley, and we look forward to a very fruitful eight weeks.”

The Morgan Stanley Strategy Challenge is now in its fourth year, and serves nonprofits in San Francisco, Chicago and New York.