A Purposeful Gathering for Awareness of Homeless Children

The 2010 Allegheny County "point-in-time survey" estimated that on the survey day in January and on any given day since then approximately 875 children (average age 7.8 years) have been receiving homeless services from multiple governmental and community sources or are residing in homeless housing in Allegheny County.

The Purposeful Gathering is a singular opportunity to raise awareness of the circumstances of these invisible children's lives.

They have no public voice of their own, and so YOU are invited to stand-in for them on this day during the annual National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week (November 14-20).

Beginning at 3:30 p.m. all who wish to participate will receive an informational flier and the image of a child's face on card stock. Each will be invited to find a place on the installation grid. At 4:15 p.m. all participants (875+ would be something to celebrate!) will raise a child's "face" in front of their own and stand in silence for 875 seconds (approximately 15 minutes).

We need as many people as possible, so please come out and stand with us to give these children a voice.