National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week

Each year, one week before Thanksgiving, National Coalition for the Homeless and the National Student Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessness co-sponsor National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week. During this week, a number of schools, communities and cities take part in a nationwide effort to bring greater awareness to the problems of hunger and homelessness. If your community has already joined this effort, this guide can serve as an evaluator for past efforts and possibly offer fresh ideas for the future. If this is your first time participating, this guide will explain how your community can get involved!

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Comment by Delilah on November 16, 2009 at 7:42am

SC college campuses mark Hunger-Homeless week

Associated Press - November 16, 2009 4:05 AM ET

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina college students are doing their part to raise awareness of hunger and homelessness nationwide as the holiday season approaches.

Charleston Mayor Joe Riley reads a hunger proclamation Monday at The College of Charleston after which students participate in the Missouri Community Action Poverty Simulation.

The well-known exercise has students taking on roles of the homeless, disabled, senior citizens and other who may not have enough money to make ends meet.

Up the coast, Coastal Carolina University, which scheduled a food drive last weekend, holds a Feed Hungry Hearts with the Arts event on Tuesday.

Works by both students and professionals will be sold with the proceeds going to fight poverty.

Comment by jerdonna on November 5, 2009 at 6:28pm

I will attend! I try to help at my church also i make homade soup for people who we call shut ins,and i also make my soup for church 4 times a month i do what i can do because i know god and others appricate it,thanks.

Comment by GWENNIE J on May 2, 2009 at 10:25pm

If I am not feeling ill I will be doing something for this. Hugs.