HomeAid Recognizes Hunger and Homeless Awareness Week with Series of Events

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. - Nov. 3, 2014 - PRLog -- HomeAid America, a building industry charity and one of the nation’s largest builders of housing for the homeless, is spending the entire month of November holding events and undertaking activities to highlight and help to end hunger and homelessness in this country.

“Despite economic improvement the past few years, hunger and homelessness remain huge problems in this country,” said Peter Simons, CEO of HomeAid America, the national charity that was founded 25 years ago as a way for the building industry to give back to the community by addressing the issue of homelessness.  According to the National Alliance to End Homelessness, last year alone over 3.5 million Americans experienced homelessness for at least one night.  The causes of homeless are many, including job loss, medical crisis, domestic abuse, alcohol or drug addiction, and post-traumatic stress syndrome in veterans.  It is estimated that 80% of the homeless are only situational and can be moved back to self-sufficiency.

“For the richest country in the world to allow so many to go unfed and unsheltered is a national tragedy, and one we can do something about,” said Simons.  “Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week from November 16-24^th is a time to focus on this problem, have a genuine discussion about solutions, and take action to get the wheels turning.  At HomeAid, we are taking on events and activities across the country all month do just that.”

Every one of HomeAid’s 15 chapters will be holding events to highlight HHAW this month.  They include:

Nov 3—HA Houston will open its “Picture This” exhibit showing photography taken by homeless youth

Nov 7—HA Northern Virginia’s Women Giving Back is partnering with Bank of America at the WGB Store in Sterling VA

Nov 7—HA Southern Nevada will culminate a food drive with a distribution day

Nov 13—HA Northern California will hold a toy drive with the PASS group

Nov 14—HA Orange County will hold a Care Kits Day with Bank of America at its Brea Facility

Nov 15—HA LA/Ventura is having a 5K Walk/Run for Shelter

Nov 17—HA Colorado will conduct Project Homeless Connect

Nov 20—HA Atlanta will hold a Care Kits at Gateway Shelter with Bank of America

Nov 21—HA Portland with execute a clothing drive for the Portland Rescue Mission

For a complete listing of HomeAid HHAW events, visit http://www.homeaid.org/hhawideas.

ABOUT HOMEAID AMERICA

HomeAid is a leading national non-profit provider of housing for homeless families and individuals, founded in Southern California in 1989 and celebrating its 25^th Anniversary in 2014.  Through the generosity of builders, their trades and their suppliers, HomeAid has completed nearly 400 housing projects nationwide at a value of more than $200 million, of which nearly 50 percent has been donated by the building industry. HomeAid currently has 25 additional projects in development across the country. HomeAid has added over 7,500 beds in facilities helping the homeless through HomeAid’s network of 15 active chapters in 10 states across the country. For more information about HomeAid, call 1-888-3HOMEAID or visit www.homeaid.org.