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LETTER: Project Connect 2011 needs you!

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Staff

On Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011, Orange County will host its fifth Project Connect event at Hargraves Community Center in Chapel Hill from 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Project Connect (formerly Project Homeless Connect) is a one-day, one-stop center created to efficiently provide people experiencing or at risk of experiencing homelessness with a broad range of services. These services include housing, employment, health and dental care, mental health care, veterans’ and social service benefits, legal services and more. At the 2010 event, 131 guests were served with 1,616 individual services provided. Since the first event in 2007, more than 700 guests have been assisted.
Project Connect is made possible by the generosity of the entire community. Through a unique community-wide partnership, Project Connect unites dozens of businesses, local governmental agencies, faith-based communities, UNC students and departments, service providers and several hundred volunteers to assist fellow community members to end and prevent homelessness in Orange County. Project Connect educates the community about the issues of homelessness while allowing individual community members to contribute their efforts, talents and compassion. Many volunteers are still needed to make this Oct. 13 event a success. Volunteer positions are available for all schedules, abilities and interests; shifts are between 2 and 2.5 hours. Spanish interpreters are especially needed.
Please visit our website, phc-orange.org, for more details and to register as a volunteer. We hope to see you on Oct. 13 and thank you in advance for your efforts to end and prevent homelessness in Orange County.

Meredith Costa
Chapel Hill

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