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Kids Without Homes

Kids Without Homes. A Presentation for [name of campus organization]. Contact Information. Homeless Education Liaison. Name: Office Phone: Other Phone: Email:. Discussion Overview. Kids without homes in our community. Ways in which you can make a difference.

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Kids Without Homes

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  1. Kids Without Homes A Presentation for [name of campusorganization]

  2. Contact Information Homeless Education Liaison • Name: • Office Phone: • Other Phone: • Email:

  3. Discussion Overview • Kids without homes in our community • Ways in which you can make a difference

  4. Stereotypes of Homelessness

  5. Did you know . . . More than 25 million Americans, including nearly 9million children receive emergency food assistance each year from America's Second Harvest, a national food bank network of charitable agencies

  6. Did you know . . . About 70 percent of the clients seeking emergency food assistance are living below the federal poverty line . . . Nearly 40 percent have at least one working adult in their “household”

  7. Who is homeless? Federal and state laws say that young people who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence are homeless

  8. Life is difficult for our kids without homes

  9. A helping handmakes a difference

  10. Your efforts spread the Light of Hope

  11. You help change days like this . . .

  12. into a life like this!

  13. Examples of service opportunitiesthat you may want to doonce or twice a year

  14. Service Opportunities • providing school supplies • sponsoring a book drive for kids

  15. Service Opportunities • coordinating a food drive • conducting a clothing drive

  16. Service Opportunities • providing cleaning products and personal care items

  17. Service Opportunities • collecting household items, such as lamps and small bookcases

  18. Service Opportunities • raising funds for needed items by organizing . . . -- a car wash -- a bake sale, or -- a garage / yard sale

  19. Service Opportunities • arranging transportation to and from health care appointments

  20. Service Opportunities • organizing a drive for stuffed animals and toys

  21. Service Opportunities • planting a tree at a homeless shelter

  22. Service Opportunities • offering use of your phone for local or long distance calls (which often have free weekend calls or a flat monthly rate)

  23. Service Opportunities • home-building with Habitat for Humanity www.habitat.org

  24. Service Opportunities • teaching kids how to play board games

  25. Service Opportunities • sponsoring a benefit walk or run

  26. Service Opportunities • enjoying outdoor activities together

  27. Service Opportunities • preparing / serving a holiday meal

  28. Service Opportunities • organizing a holiday party

  29. Examples of service opportunitiesthat you may want to doon an ongoing basis

  30. Ongoing Opportunities • food closet / food pantry

  31. Ongoing Opportunities • meals served on regularly scheduled days / times

  32. Ongoing Opportunities • kids helping kids • mentoring • tutoring

  33. Collaboration When exploring serviceoptions, consider theadvantages of collaboration

  34. Collaboration For example,consider local collaborations with: • Other campus organizations • Local businesses • Homeless shelters • Civic groups • Religious congregations

  35. On behalf of our community’skids without homes . . . Thank You!

  36. Contact Information Homeless Education Liaison • Name: • Office Phone: • Other Phone: • Email:

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