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Volunteer with Homeward Trust this Fall

Make a difference in our city and volunteer with Homeward Trust in October. We are recruiting 300 volunteers for both the 2016 Homeless Count happening on October 19 and 20, and Homeless Connect on Sunday, October 23.

The 2016 Homeless Count will take place over a 24-hour period, starting in the evening of Wednesday, October 19 from 7 to 10 p.m. and continuing on Thursday October 20 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Volunteers will work in pairs as enumerators, on a day or evening shift.

The Homeless Count is a point-in-time count of our city’s homeless population. It serves two important functions. It provides a current snapshot of the overall homeless population, and it enables us to examine how this population changes over time.

Homeless Connect provides free, dignity enhancing services to people experiencing homelessness or at risk of becoming homeless, on Sunday October 23 at Shaw Conference Centre. Volunteers enhance the event in many different ways including registration, guiding, greeting and helping in different service areas.

To volunteer for the 2016 Homeless Count: www.homelesscount.ca/registration
To volunteer for Homeless Connect: www.homelessconnectyeg.com/volunteer

Homeward Trust is a community-based organization that provides leadership and resources toward ending homelessness in Edmonton. We fulfill our mandate by leading initiatives and programs, engaging community stakeholders and partners, conducting research, creating awareness, and funding housing and support projects.

Since 2009, Homeward Trust has housed and supported more than 5,500 people experiencing homelessness through the Housing First program.

Information provided by Homeward Trust.

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