Nebraska Homeless Assistance Program

Hunger & Homeless Week – 2006
November 12 – 18, 2006

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National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week was first publicized and promoted as a national event by the National Student Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessness in 1988.  Hundreds of schools, agencies, and organizations in the country participate in a week of fasts, sleep outs, educational forums and speakers, canned food drives, and fundraisers.  Hunger and Homelessness Week is the week prior to Thanksgiving each year.  As many sit down for Thanksgiving dinner with family and friends and give thanks for their bounty, we are reminded that there are many that live with hunger and without homes.

The purpose of the national Hunger and Homeless Awareness Week is to raise awareness of and action on the problems of hunger and homelessness both locally and statewide.   The week promotes both thought and action on an issue that otherwise might escape public attention and national recognition.  Hunger and homelessness continue to be serious problems for many individuals and families in our country.  Individuals and communities across Nebraska participate in activities throughout the week to raise awareness and gather resources for individuals and families living in poverty.

On November 15, 2006, Governor Heineman signed a proclamation declaring November 12 through the 18th Nebraska Hunger and Homeless Week.  Individuals from across the state who work with individuals and families who are hungry and homeless attended the proclamation signing.

Photo #1: Julie Hendricks, Deputy Director of Nebraska Housing Developers Association and Chair of the Education and Awareness Committee of the Governor’s Commission on Housing and Homelessness (NCHH) provides opening remarks on hunger, homelessness and affordable housing prior to Governor Heineman’s proclamation.

 

Photo #2: Governor Heineman prepares to issue the proclamation for Hunger and Homeless Week.  Salvador Armendari, student at Union College, Judy Hughes-Anderson, HHS-HOPWA Program Specialist, Betty Medinger, HHS Administrator – NE Homeless Assistance Program (NHAP), Community Service Block Grant (CSBG), Child Care, Donna Colson, homeless case worker at Goldenrod Hills Community Action Agency – Wisner, and Courtney Parker, Administrative Assistant for NHAP, CSBG and Child Care, look on.

Photo #3: Governor Heineman and Julie Hendricks

From left to right: Courtney Parker, Donna Colson, Tammy Evans, Executive Director – Care Corps, Fremont, Lara Huskey, Department of Economic Development

 

 

Photo #4: Participants in the proclamation signing.

 

 

 

 

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