unique one day volunteer opportunity

The NYC Department of Homeless Services (DHS) is conducting their annual Homeless Outreach Population Estimate (HOPE) on January 25, 2010, from 10:30 PM - 4:00 AM. It's a unique volunteer opportunity that will take a few hours of your time. HOPE produces a point-in-time estimate of the
unsheltered chronic street homeless population in New York City. The
information gathered by volunteers during HOPE 2010 is critical to
measuring the ongoing efforts to overcome street homelessness at DHS and their partner agencies. They need approximately 3,000 volunteers to
help survey the number of homeless individuals living on city streets,
under bridges, in parks and in other public places.

HOPE 2009 found the number of individuals living on New York City
streets down by 47 percent since 2005, and a 30 percent decline from the
2008 survey.

Registration for the event is online on the HOPE website at
www.nyc.gov/dhs. Volunteers are needed throughout the city, so there are
multiple training sites. Everyone will start and end the night at the
training site they choose. Please encourage friends, family and
colleagues who may be interested in volunteering a few hours of their
time on Monday, January 25, 2010, to help the homeless.

If you need more information, call the HOPE Helpline at (212) 607-5366,
or send them an email at [email hidden].

Please help the NYC Department of Homeless Services spread the word
about HOPE - circulate this email widely!