Task Force To Count Unsheltered Homeless
by Georgia Berland
2007 Homeless Count Gearing Up
If you would like to help plan and coordinate the Count (e.g. event production, outreach, volunteer recruitment, training, etc.), or participate on an event or outreach team, please call the Task Force at 575-4494, or contact Georgia Berland, Count Coordinator, at gberland@aol. com.
Volunteer for the 2007 Homeless Count
Interview and Serve Homeless People Help, and learn from, our homeless neighbors. Volunteer with the Task Force for the Homeless to serve food, distribute gifts, or interview people without housing at one of twelve Count Events throughout the county as part of the 2007 Sonoma County Homeless Count on January 31. People without homes who attend Count events will receive a hot meal, gifts, and services for sharing information (anonymously) on their situation. Results help preserve c. $2 Million in federal Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funds used by Sonoma County agencies to build homes and provide essential services. And they inform local planning efforts for affordable homes and services, and build connection and community between those of us lucky enough to have homes and those of us who are not. Volunteers experienced with people in crisis may serve on an Outreach Team between January 25 & 31, helping survey people in encampments, labor centers, meal programs, and gathering places.
To volunteer contact Shanna Peterson at 536-6111 or cinzin@hotmail.com .