Each year the National Coalition for the Homeless designates the week prior to Thanksgiving as National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness week. This holiday season, are you prepared to make a difference in someone else’s life as well as your own?
NationalHomeless.org has compiled several ways you can get involved and make a difference in your very own community:
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- Organize a One Night Out Without a Home event and fundraiser in which residents spend a night outside to learn about homelessness.
- Host an educational forum on hunger and homelessness. Invite individuals who have experienced homelessness, and  service providers to share their experiences.
- Organize a Food Stamp Challenge. Invite community members and your local government officials  to eat on a food-stamp budget for a week or a day.
- Organize a Living in a Car event in which volunteers take shifts living in a car for twenty-four hours in a public area to simulate how some homeless live while raising awareness about the plight of the homeless.
- Organize a drive to collect non-perishable items, such as food, hygiene products, clothing, blankets, books, and toys. Challenging the community organizations  to compete for which group can collect the most donations.
Read More:Â NationalHomeless.org