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Below you can find more information on the activities for this year's Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week. Check back often as we are still updating the schedule for the week. Help us spread the word about Austin's 2011 Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week by posting this flyer at your office, school, or favorite coffee shop!
Saturday, November 5th
Homeless Resource Fair, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Location: Pan Am Center Recreation Center, 2100 E 3rd St., Austin, TX 78702-4522
The Homeless Resource Fair is a one-day event connecting homeless individuals to agencies and resources that can assist them. The event provides attendees with medical services, referrals to social service agencies, benefits enrollment, legal assistance, food, haircuts, and much more! Last year, approximately 600 homeless individuals were served, and we expect even more this year!
Please click here for more information about the Homeless Resource Fair.
Thursday, November 10th
Presentation of the Official Proclamation for Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week, 5:30 pm
Location: Austin City Hall, 301 W. Second St., Austin, TX 78701
Join us as ECHO wraps up 100K Homes Registry Week with a Registry Week Press Event at City Hall.
City Council members will join volunteers, community members, and homeless advocates in Austin on November 10th to raise awareness of and share knowledge about Austin’s homeless population.
This event, which marks the beginning of Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week, will include the reading of a City Council resolution supporting the initiative, a proclamation, music, and food. A collaboration of ECHO and the City of Austin, the registry aims to improve awareness, access to care and housing for Austin’s chronically homeless population.
Speakers: Council Member Riley; Ed McHorse, ECHO Chairman; and Ann Howard, ECHO Executive Director
Friday, November 11th
Honoring Our Homeless Veterans Parade, 9 am - 12:30 am (Parade: 9 -11 am; Memorial Ceremony: 11-11:30 am; Lunch: 11:30 am-12:30 pm)
Veteran's Day is a day to celebrate the lives and sacrifices of United States military men and women. Homelessness affects many of our veterans. There are two ways to get involved in this event:
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Watch the Parade and Memorial Ceremony: Come out to support our veterans at the Travis County and City of Austin Veteran's Day Parade and Memorial Ceremony. A group of homeless veterans and their friends and allies will be marching in the parade, and they can use your thanks and support for their life-changing commitments to American freedom and citizens.
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Participate in the Parade and Memorial Ceremony and Have Lunch: If you are a veteran experiencing homelessness, and you would like to march in the parade, attend the memorial ceremony, and have lunch with your fellow marchers, contact Katie Pruitt at
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Sunday, November 13th
House the Homeless Memorial Sunrise Service
Location: Lady Bird Lake, the one hour service will take place at the Homeless Memorial & Tree of Remembrance located on Auditorium Shores at South First Street and Riverside Drive. It is just 75 yards east of the Stevie Ray Vaughan statue and just west of the Fanny Davis Gazebo.
Hosted by House the Homeless
Join us for prayer, song, and fellowship as we remember and pay our respects to the homeless women and men who were lost this year while living on the streets of Austin.
Immediately following the Memorial, we’ll continue with the events of National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week including a book signing of Richard Troxell's new book entitled Looking Up at the Bottom Line. All proceeds go to ending homelessness. Coffee, cocoa, orange juice and breakfast tacos (from the Hyatt) will be served.
More information about this special event can be found by clicking here.
In 1993, Richard Troxell obtained a spot on now Lady Bird Lake to plant a live oak and place a memorial plaque, which reads:
Homelessness
It is the essence of depression
It is immoral
It is socially corrupt
And it is an act of violence.
In the memory of those who have lost their lives on the streets of Austin.
Monday, November 14th - Hunger Day!
Sustainable Garden Workday, 9:30 am - 12:30 pm
Location: Onion Creek Baptist Church, 8214 East Riverside Drive, Austin, TX 78744
What better way to take action on Hunger Day than to get your hands dirty, growing food to benefit homeless and food-insecure Austinites? Join the Basic Needs Coalition and Genesis Gardens, a project of Mobile Loaves and Fishes that empowers the homeless through involvement in small-scale urban agriculture projects, for a morning helping out at an urban garden. Over lunch, learn what Austin organizations are doing to create a more food-secure community, and how you can get involved! Bring gloves, a water bottle, a sack lunch, and resolve. Please RSVP by emailing Sari Albornoz at
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Tuesday, November 15th
In Our Own Voice Luncheon, presented by NAMI-Austin, 11:45 am – 1:00 pm
Location: Austin Resource Center for the Homeless, ARCH - Front Steps, 500 E 7th St, Austin, TX 78701
 In Our Own Voice (IOOV) is a unique public education program developed by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), in which two speakers share compelling personal stories about living with mental illness and achieving recovery. IOOV is an opportunity for those who have struggled with mental illness to gain confidence and to share their individual experiences of recovery and transformation. Learn more by clicking here.- Metered parking is available, as well as a paid parking lot across the street from the Austin Resource Center for the Homeless.
- Lunch will be served. Please RSVP on Facebook.
Also on Tuesday, November 15th
Proclamation at Travis County Commissioner’s Court, Time: 9 am
Location: Travis County Commissioner's Court, 314 W. 11th St., Austin, TX 78701
This event will include the reading of the Travis County resolution supporting Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week. Come out to witness and support the resolution!
Wednesday, November 16th
Movie Night at Alamo Drafthouse, the Ritz: 7:00-9:30 pm
Location: Alamo Drafthouse, the Ritz, 320 E 6th St, Austin, TX 78701
Join us for a FREE showing of Art from the Streets (http://www.artfromthestreets-themovie.com/), a film that combines awareness, humor, and humanity as it introduces you to a local art program for people experiencing homelessness. Stick around for Q&A with producer and director Layton Blaylock, as well as volunteers and artists from this important program. Copies of the film and art by Art from the Streets artists will be available for sale.
Attending the film showing is free, but space is limited! Reserve your seat by purchasing a $5 food voucher from the Alamo Drafthouse events page. You can also RSVP to the event on Facebook to let others know you're coming!
Thursday, November 17th
Awareness Austin Networking Happy Hour, 6:00-8:30 pm
Location: Molotov Lounge, 719 W 6th St, Austin, TX 78701
Join us for a FREE networking event and learn how you can help the hungry & homeless in our city! You simply can't beat happy hour on a Thursday evening at Molotov, especially with a dollar off of all drinks! You won't want to miss live music from WhiteStone and raffle & silent auction items from Austin-owned businesses. Yummy food will be provided by Antonio's Mexican Restaurant and The Gruene Flour Cupcakery. Thanks also to Fleurish Austin & Innovation Event Management for their promotion & coordination of this important event.
Come be a part of this fun evening where Austin helps Austin!
RSVP on Facebook
Friday, November 18th
Downtown Service Provider Crawl, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Location: Starting Point is at the ARCH, Conference Room A, 500 E. 7th Street
The Downtown Service Provider Crawl will spotlight the four major service providers in the downtown area: Trinity Center, Front Steps (ARCH), Salvation Army, and Caritas. Participants will take an interactive, walking tour to follow in the footsteps of a person or family experiencing homelessness. Experience the emotional component of seeking assistance while in a safe, controlled environment. (Think pub crawl; but, minus the beer and focused on social service community education!)
We need to know you're coming so that we can have enough tour guides! Please RSVP on Facebook.
Help us promote this event by printing the flyer and spreading the word!
Saturday, November 19th
ECHO Family Festival, 11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Location: St. Ignatius Family Center, 126 W. Oltorf St., Austin, TX 78704
All Austin Families are invited to attend the ECHO Family Festival, the final event during Austin's 2011 Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week! This FUN-filled event was designed to give families the opportunity to experience the joy of helping our neighbors while learning more about homelessness in our community.
The Family Festival will feature:
- Food and drinks - Hot Dogs, Nachos, and lots of other yummy treats!
- Service stations - Opportunities for kids and parents to work together to make a difference! Stations will include a Survival Kit Assembly Station, a Holiday Card Decoration Station, and more!
- Fun games for the kids - Fishing booth, bean bag toss, and much more!
- Entertainment - A Magician, Clown, Facepainter, and Caricature Artist to name a few!
- An educational station for parents to get answers about how to talk to their kids about homelessness
We look forward to seeing you there! Click here to download a flyer that you can share with your family, friends, and neighbors!
If you would like to sign up to volunteer at the ECHO Family Festival, please click here or contact our Volunteer Coordinator,
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If you have questions about the ECHO Family Festival, please click
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to contact Amber Fogarty.
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