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Project Homeless Connect 44 Wednesday, May 9th Volunteer Hours 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM Bill Graham Civic Auditorium 99 Grove Street Follow us on Twitter, and like us on Facebook for volunteer opportunities, prizes and the #PHCdailyneed. Family Connect July 27th, 2012 We are excited to announce that our next event will be a Family Connect in the Bayview! If you have ideas or would like to participate please email our Events Manager, Kate Grzeca, or call (415) 503-2153. Backpack Drive for SF Kids We hope you'll join schools, interfaith groups and others in our backpack drive. Backpacks full of school supplies will be distributed at our July 27th Family Connect. Learn more Volunteer Today! Shifts are filling up quickly! Be sure to register today to assure yourself the volunteer opportunity of your choice. Most opportunities offer an AM shift (8:30am-1pm), a PM shift (12:30-4pm), and an all-day shift (8:30-4pm). Please note: Check-In only offers an all-day shift. Register for your shift now! Are you a licensed barber, vision specialist or a podiatrist? Our participants need your help! Please consider donating your time to help your community. For more information contact Randall Stowe at (415) 503-2124. Click here to download a copy of our current volunteer flyer for posting in your office, community room, classroom or elsewhere! Click here to download a copy of our participant flyer if you know of a person in need of our services. Hard copies of both volunteer flyers and participant flyers are also available at our office. Please call ahead to arrange a time to stop by and pick some up (415) 503-2123. Volunteer Spotlight Shelley A. Carroll, MSN, RN, CNOR(E) Newly retired from my nursing career and eager to make a difference in my community, I was drawn to Project Homeless Connect. Some people think there's no homelessness in my South Beach neighborhood, but that's just not true. There is evidence outside the restaurants and the shops I frequent and on the block where I live. As a medical entry volunteer at Project Homeless Connect for more than 6 years, I've signed in thousands of people who need medical services. I have witnessed firsthand what a difference this project makes in our community and I encourage others to do so too!

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Diapers for Family Connect

When you think about the homeless in San Francisco, you probably do not think of diapers.  Yet, diapers are expensive, vital to the health of babies and infants and something that you can help us provide at our July 27^th Family Connect.  Check out our amazon wishlist page it will enable you to buy diapers and have them mailed directly to our offices. 

Still not convinced?  Check out these facts below from The HUGGIES® Every Little Bottom Study: 

·         1 in 20 American mothers struggling with diaper need and have cleaned out and reused wet or soiled disposable diapers.

·         In poor and low-income families, a baby can spend a day or longer in one diaper, leading to potential health and abuse risks.

·         1 in 3 families in America struggle to afford diapers for their children. 34% of families surveyed had cut back on basics such as food, utilities or child care in order to purchase diapers for their child.

·         At an average cost of $18 per week, families require $936—more than 4% of poverty-threshold income—per child per year for diapers.

·         Families from a range of incomes struggle to afford diapers, including both families who fall below the federal guideline of poverty ($22,350 for a family of four) and families with incomes above the federal poverty guideline but who are still considered low-income.

Check out our wishlist now and send some diapers our way.

Or, check out our #PHCdailyneed. 

eNewsletter

Project Homeless Connect 44 Wednesday, May 9th Volunteer Hours 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM Bill Graham Civic Auditorium 99 Grove Street Follow us on Twitter, and like us on Facebook for volunteer opportunities, prizes and the #PHCdailyneed. Family Connect July 27th, 2012 We are excited to announce that our next event will be a Family Connect in the Bayview! If you have ideas or would like to participate please email our Events Manager, Kate Grzeca, or call (415) 503-2153. Backpack Drive for SF Kids We hope you'll join schools, interfaith groups and others in our backpack drive. Backpacks full of school supplies will be distributed at our July 27th Family Connect. Learn more

Volunteer Today! Shifts are filling up quickly! Be sure to register today to assure yourself the volunteer opportunity of your choice. Most opportunities offer an AM shift (8:30am-1pm), a PM shift (12:30-4pm), and an all-day shift (8:30-4pm). Please note: Check-In only offers an all-day shift. Register for your shift now! Are you a licensed barber, vision specialist or a podiatrist? Our participants need your help! Please consider donating your time to help your community. For more information contact Randall Stowe at (415) 503-2124. Click here to download a copy of our current volunteer flyer for posting in your office, community room, classroom or elsewhere! Click here to download a copy of our participant flyer if you know of a person in need of our services. Hard copies of both volunteer flyers and participant flyers are also available at our office. Please call ahead to arrange a time to stop by and pick some up (415) 503-2123. Volunteer Spotlight Shelley A. Carroll, MSN, RN, CNOR(E) Newly retired from my nursing career and eager to make a difference in my community, I was drawn to Project Homeless Connect. Some people think there's no homelessness in my South Beach neighborhood, but that's just not true. There is evidence outside the restaurants and the shops I frequent and on the block where I live. As a medical entry volunteer at Project Homeless Connect for more than 6 years, I've signed in thousands of people who need medical services. I have witnessed firsthand what a difference this project makes in our community and I encourage others to do so too!

Project Homeless Connect Backpack Drive

According to a December 4, 2011 article in the San Francisco Chronicle, "in the [San Francisco's] public schools, there are 2,200 homeless children, some in shelters, others in cars, or on couches, or in long-term hotel rooms. That's 400 more homeless children than a year ago."

We hope you’ll join school groups, interfaith groups and others in our backpack drive. Backpacks will be distributed at our July 27th Family Connect.

How you can help:

• Purchase one or more backpacks and the supplies needed for one student (we’ll send you the list of supplies after you sign up below)
• Label the back pack with the grade and sex it’s intended for
• Deliver the backpack to Project Homeless Connect or one of our drop off locations around the Bay Area (we’ll send you information about delivery after you sign up below)
• Sign up to help now and we’ll send you supply lists for the grades we still need backpacks for.  Click here to sign up.

Thank you: Sports Basement for supporting our backpack drive by offering a 10% discount to customers who mention Project Homeless Connect

Pete Talks about Haircutting: Volunteers Needed

Interested in volunteering? Contact Randall Stowe at 415-503-2124 or by emailing Randall.Stowe@sfdph.org


Able to help donate some barber stools? Contact Megan Rohrer at 415-503-2196 or by emailing Megan.Rohrer@sfdph.org

A Closer Look at Books

Dear PHC Supporters,

Life on the streets is hard for everyone. Housed and homeless alike often need a break from the stresses of daily life and a book can provide an escape to another world where we can be among friends, fight dragons, or be the President of the United States.

Project Homeless Connect is grateful to the Friends of the San Francisco Public Library who, since 2005, continue to donate a variety of books for each event. A book offers knowledge, adventure and humor, which is why the book table continues to be a popular and frequented space at each event.

In July we are hosting a special PHC focused on families and children. Books are an essential tool for building reading and life skills and can be the key to success. Please consider donating a new children's book to help enrich the lives of our youth. Below are the remaining event dates for 2012. We hope that you will support us and we look forward to seeing you at our upcoming events.

2012 Dates
May 9 - Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
July 27 - Bayview Family Connect
October 17 - Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
December 5 - Bill Graham Civic Auditorium


Kara Zordel
Director,
Project Homeless Connect

Thank You: River Soap Company

A big thank you to the River Soap Company, who donated 7,500 bars of soap to Project Homeless Connect.

Did you know that we give out toiletry kits to each participant at our events?

This donation is about a years supply of soap for our events. During this cold and flu season, toiletry donations are vital to the health of our participants.

The donations above are the result of a toiletry drive organized by a San Francisco student who encouraged her family and friends to support Project Homeless Connect. Donation drives like this remind us that people of all ages can make a real difference in the lives of San Francisco's homeless residents.

We're still looking for toiletry donations for our July 27th Family Connect. This special event will focus on families and children and we will need 2,000 donations of baby lotions and shampoos.

Let us know if you're interested in supporting this project. Remember, you can always support our project buy donating online.