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2011 Camp Out to Stamp Out Homelessness
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- Published on Monday, 10 October 2011 01:13
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HOW TO HELP • For more information about the Interfaith Homeless Network go to www.ihnchattanoog...> • The Grateful Gobbler Walk is scheduled at 8 a.m. Nov. 24, Thanksgiving Day, at Coolidge Park. Advanced registration is $20 per adult. Registration is $25 for an adult after Nov. 16. For more information about the Grateful Gobbler Walk go to www.gratefulgobbler.org or call the coalition at 710-1501. Families with children under age 6 account for the fastest-growing homeless population in the Chattanooga region, local experts say. "People have in their minds what a homeless person looks like. There are a lot of people who don't fit that description. Forty percent of the homeless people in Chattanooga are families," said Kathie Fulgham, vice president of the Interfaith Homeless Network board of trustees. The Interfaith Homeless Network and Chattanooga Homeless Coalition are hosting fundraisers this fall to help end homelessness. The Interfaith Homeless Network, which uses churches to house families with children, set out to raise $15,000 at its Camp Out to Stamp Out Family Homelessness this weekend. More than 150 people attended the event and slept overnight at the First Tennessee Pavilion in cardboard boxes to bring awareness to homelessness in Chattanooga. The Chattanooga Homeless Coalition wants to raise $75,000 during its Grateful Gobbler Walk on Thanksgiving Day. The walk netted $45,000 in 2010, said Mary Simons, executive director of the coalition. According to the coalition's 2011 point-in-time count, the number of homeless families in the Chattanooga region doubled in the past year, she said. "We have some really good programs in the community, but they are stretched. We certainly do need more funding to meet the unmet needs of families," Simons said. That includes rental assistance and emergency shelters for families. More than a dozen families are waiting for shelter through the Interfaith Homeless Network, administrative assistant Ruth Votava said. Simons said net proceeds from the Grateful Gobbler Walk will be used to create a fund that agencies can access to help their homeless and near-homeless clients.
2009 Camp Out
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- Published on Tuesday, 04 October 2011 15:21
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By Annie Hall Camping out is often the highlight of a family vacation: spending memorable nights on the shores of a picturesque lake or along a scenic mountain trail. But what if you camp out of necessity? What if you’re not in a secure campground under the stars, but in a cardboard box under an overpass? What if your child’s bed is not a warm sleeping bag but the back seat of a car? Of the 1,500 homeless individuals served by Chattanooga’s Interfaith Homeless Network in the past 10 years, 900 were children. In Chattanooga, one in four homeless people is a child younger than 6. For many of these children, camping is not family pastime; it is a way of life. You can help Chattanooga’s Interfaith Homeless Network make a difference in the lives of these children by supporting IHN’s Camp Out to Stamp Out Family Homelessness October 23 - 24 inside the First Tennessee Pavilion. The goal of the Camp Out is to raise awareness of the plight of homeless families and raise funds to support IHN efforts to give them new hope and new beginnings. The 14-hour fundraiser starts at 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23, and ends at 7 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 24. Campsites for up to five campers are $100. Campers are encouraged to be resourceful in building their campsites, and will compete for prizes for the most-creative designs. Tickets for those who do not want to spend the night are $15 for adults and $10 for children under 12. Campers and non-campers alike will eat supper in a soup kitchen, enjoy familyfriendly games and activities and be entertained by talented local artists and musicians. Gather your family, friends and fellow parishioners and Camp Out to Stamp Out Family Homelessness. Registration forms are available at all IHN congregations, or can be downloaded from www.ihnchattnaooga. org. Deadline for registration is Monday, Oct. 19.
Campout Paper Registration
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2011 Camp Out Info
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- Published on Monday, 31 August 2009 14:15
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2011 Camp Out To Stamp Out Family Homelessness
Saturday, October 8th from 5:00pm until Sunday, October 9th at 7:00am
Sign Up Online for the third annual IHN Camp Out to Stamp Out Family Homelessness. Join youth groups, families, volunteers and other individuals to learn more about family homelessness.
Bring or build your own cardboard living space for Box City in the First Tennessee Pavilion. You experience one night of what it is like to live without your cozy bed in your warm home.
The Camp Out to Stamp Out event also features entertainment like face painting, a scavenger hunt, games, talent show, music and crafts. Volunteers will be on hand to serve up soup, sandwiches, coffee, hot chocolate, sodas, popcorn and fruit during your night in Box City. In the morning you eat a muffin and carry your box home to be recycled. Police security will be present during the entire event.
Some youth groups raise funds through car washes, bake sales, flea markets, chili or pancake suppers. All children and youth groups must be supervised by an adult.
Sign Up Online or Print and Mail your registration. Children under 10 years old free. All proceeds benefit the IHN program to assist homeless families become stable, employed and housed.
