Review the one page report on the Project Homeless Connect day:

One page report

Review the results from our service tracking analysis:

Service tracking report

Our Project Homeless Connect volunteers are the reason we had such a great event! Please take a minute to tell us how we did, and how we can improve the event for next year.

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The first annual Columbia/Boone County Project Homeless Connect went off without a hitch!

With the help of over 100 volunteers we were able to serve more than 82 participants throughout the day. We had a great time meeting all of the volunteers including a fabulous group of stylists from St. Louis and a whole crowd of Commerce Bank employees!

Read more about the event here.

We’ve heard from a few folks that they can’t make the Tuesday or Wednesday training this week. We understand that your schedule is busy, just come to an orientation at 8:30 a.m. on Friday (morning and all-day shifts), or a noon orientation (afternoon shift) on Friday.

Morning and all-day volunteers can check in starting at 9:00 a.m. and afternoon volunteers can check in starting at noon. You will be able to leave your t-shirt with us at check out to be recycled for next year.

We have an amazing group of volunteers signed up, but we still need an additional 20 volunteers to act as ‘guides’ for Project Homeless Connect participants.

Consider asking a friend, family member, or co-worker to join you in reaching out to the homeless in our community!!

If you’re having trouble with the web forms, please feel free to call us at 573.489.7119 or email us with your registration information.

Volunteers may also sign up at the volunteer trainings.

Send an invitation to Project Homeless Connect to all of your friends on FaceBook. Find us here.

Volunteer training will be held on August 4th and 5th at the Boone County office of CMCA, 400 Wilkes Blvd. in Columbia. The training will begin at 5:30 and last for about one hour. Volunteers can come to either training, but do not need to attend both. Don’t forget to register!

The Project Homeless Connect Committee is excited to share that we are coordinating the first Project Homeless Connect event for Columbia on August 7, 2009 at the Silverthorne Arena on the Stephens College campus. While Project Homeless Connect is new to this community, it originated several years ago in San Francisco and has been proven effective in more than 100 communities throughout the United States.

The Homeless in our Community Lack Many Things We Take for Granted

The event will serve as a single access point for homeless individuals and families to receive assistance, resources and services including: access to shelter/housing, dental hygiene and education, food and clothing donations, legal assistance, child care assistance, employment resources, haircuts, identification cards, medical check-ups, mental health screening, substance abuse screening, Medicaid and Social Security applications, vision, credit counseling, HIV/AIDS testing, and more.

The goals of the day are simple:

–Improve access to services and housing for homeless consumers in Columbia and Boone County.

–Engage and increase the collaboration of homeless consumers, local businesses, non-profit agencies, and individual volunteers to create solutions for homelessness.

–Improve the system of care by creating opportunities and sharing ‘best practices’ among homeless providers in our community.

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