[Peace] One Winter Night / fundraiser for homeless in Champaign Urbana / Friday Feb 3, 5pm-9pm, downtown Champaign

[Susan Parenti]

Hi Karen---This is being organized by Julie Pryde, who is a wonderful  
community organizer , a dynamo, and head of Champaign County public  
health. I think the organization Community Foundation asked her to  
make this happen.
susan
On Feb 3, 2012, at 5:05 PM, Karen Medina wrote:

> [I don't know anything about this group, Community Foundation, but
> they got people like Mayor Gerard and Pastor Gary Grogan to spend the
> night out on the Champaign streets tonight. -karen medina]
>
> One Winter Night / fundraiser for homeless in Champaign Urbana
> http://www.cuathome.us/one-winter-night
>
> Believe it or not, on any given night, over 500 people in Champaign
> County do not spend the night in their own home. Some sleep with
> friends. Others sleep in shelters. Some sleep in cars. And others
> sleep outside. The goal of C-U at Home One Winter Night is to raise
> awareness about those who are homeless, helping others realize that
> someday that could be me. C-U at home is dedicated to housing and
> supporting the most vulnerable homeless, those who are more likely to
> die early unless their circumstances change.
>
> One Winter Night will be held in the heart of downtown Champaign,
> centered around the corner of Neil St. and Main St. We invite you to
> come by and show your support of helping the homeless on Friday,
> February 3, 2012. All of the public figures will be outside from
> 5pm-9pm that night, and then the clock will start ticking. For every
> $100 raised on behalf of each public figure, that person will stay
> outside one more hour. The goal is to raise at least $1000 for each
> public figure and have them spend the entire night shivering outside,
> realizing a bit of what it would be like to be homeless in Champaign
> in the winter.
>
> Please make your check payable to the Community Foundation, and put
> C-U at Home along with the NAME of the public figure you are
> supporting on the memo line. Then mail your check to:
>
> C-U at Home
> PO Box 8816
> Champaign, IL 61826
>
> THANK YOU for helping the homeless!
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