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Dedicated to serving those in poverty in the local community, Homeless Outreach Poverty Eradication (HOPE) members participate in direct service projects and coordinate awareness raising events. Members focus on implementing new and innovative ways to serve the homeless community and better aid those in need, including projects such as documentaries, literary magazines, a community garden, the Box Out, and the Community Fund.
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Kati Barnes |
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Christine Gragonette |
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David Kayler |
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The Homeless Outreach Poverty Eradication (HOPE) is a social activist, volunteer organization that encourages students to confront homelessness issues facing both the campus and the larger community.
HOPE adheres to the Campus Y's commitment to pursue social justice and cultivate pluralism through using education and activism to fight hunger and homelessness. This mission of restoring equality and alleviating human suffering must be pursued within a framework of cultural understanding and respect for individuality.
HOPE brings attention to the causes and conditions of homelessness through awareness campaigns. HOPE also provides immediate relief to the hungry and homeless through volunteer programs and clothing drives.
If you are interested in getting involved this year, email us with any comments, concerns or questions.
Co-Chairs: Megan Strickland (
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The Community Empowerment Fund is a student-run non-profit organization based at the UNC Campus Y in Chapel Hill, NC that works locally to provide micro-loans, savings opportunities and financial services to individuals in need of employment, small business or housing assistance.
Community Empowerment FUND: click www.communityempowermentfund.org
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Box-Out
A huge event during Poverty Awareness Week every year, Box-Out 2009 will be held on Thursday, April 2nd. Students sleep in the Pit for a night in cardboard boxes with the goal of increasing homelessness awareness on campus. The event features awesome speakers, live music, free food, documentaries, and raffle prizes for participants that stay the whole night. Participants are strongly encouraged to get sponsored to sleep out for the night. Money raised during the event goes to fund Project Homeless Connect and the Community Fund (see below for more information on the Fund). Participants that can raise at least $25 will receive a beautiful Box-Out t-shirt to recognizing their contribution to the event. Click here to sign up!
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18th Annual Hunger Clean-Up
April 16, 2002
Since the 1st Hunger Clean-Up in 1984, the National Student Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessness (NSCAHH) has worked with schools across the country to make it one of the most successful student and community events. More than 110,000 students have completed thousands of work projects, raising more than $1 million in the 16-year history of the Clean-Up.
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