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Heading <br />Anoka <br />Be the Solution! <br />September 2010 <br />Ramsey City Council <br />To Whom It May Concern: <br />The Anoka County Community Continuum of Care, along with the Heading Home Anoka Education <br />Committee, is once again partnering with the community for homelessness awareness events during <br />November, Homelessness Awareness Month. <br />The purpose of the events is to promote education and raise awareness to help end homelessness in our <br />communities. We feel it is essential that all community members be aware of the importance of <br />homelessness prevention and the impact their participation can have on ensuring that all individuals and <br />families have access to a safe, stable and adequate place to call home. <br />Some of the homelessness awareness activities and partnerships include: <br />• displays of various artworks - created by Anoka County high school students, local artists, <br />and homeless or formerly homeless individuals - at libraries, government centers, Bunker <br />Hill Activity Center, Sandhill Center for the Arts, etc.; <br />• drawings created by children attending the YMCA summer camps will be produced on <br />bookmarks that will be available at all Anoka County libraries, along with resource <br />materials, throughout November; <br />• a play by the The Youth Performance Company, Just Before Sleep, on November 6th, 13th, <br />and 20th at the Mississippi, Rum River, and Columbia Heights libraries; <br />• sleepouts by some churches and schools for non - homeless youth to experience a night of <br />being homeless. <br />We sincerely thank you for your support in proclaiming November, Homelessness Awareness Month <br />in your city. At the end of October, the Anoka County Board of Commissioners will be proclaiming the <br />month of November, Homelessness Awareness Month. <br />Attached is a proclamation form your city can use to partner with us in this important education and <br />awareness effort. I am also attaching some background information on homelessness. <br />If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact me at 763- 422 -7313. <br />Sincerely, <br />Kristi Koppen <br />Housing Assistant, Anoka County Human Services <br />