{"id":7610,"date":"2023-04-03T13:46:05","date_gmt":"2023-04-03T20:46:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobs.art.ucla.edu\/?p=7610"},"modified":"2023-04-03T13:46:05","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T20:46:05","slug":"volunteer-opportunity-houselessness-day-of-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobs.art.ucla.edu\/?p=7610","title":{"rendered":"Volunteer Opportunity: Houselessness Day of Service"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dear Bruin Community,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You are invited to <strong>Houselessness Day of Service 2023<\/strong> on <strong>Friday afternoon, April 7, Week 1 of Spring Quarter. <\/strong>Jointly organized by the USAC Community Service Commission, Hunger Project, Good Clothes Good People, ECHO, Habitat for Humanity,&nbsp; join us for a day dedicated to engaging with the issue of housing insecurity in our local communities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Look forward to:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(1) Direct Service Opportunities including: a site build with Habitat for Humanity, assembling and distributing care packages in Westwood, meal service distribution at Midnight Mission and assembly of welcome home packages at PATH&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(2) Keynote Presentation by Gary Blasi, UCLA Professor of Law Emeritus, on effective ways to make an impact on housing insecurity&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(3) Transportation and Free Lunch included!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019d like to take part in making a change,<strong> REGISTER NOW at <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/hdos23\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>tinyurl.com\/hdos23<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, we will be organizing a week-long food drive in Week 1 to support new residents at PATH transitioning from houselessness into housing. Donation boxes will be set up at Bruin Walk from 11am &#8211; 4.30pm, and all donors will be entered into a raffle for 5 x $20 Amazon gift cards.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Accepted Items: Rice, Beans, Corn, Peanut Butter, Pasta, Sugar, Coffee, Salt\/Pepper, Jelly, Tuna, Soup, Hamburger Helper, Canned fruit, Canned vegetables, Crackers, Granola, Cereal, Oatmeal, Cup of noodles, Mayonnaise, Cooking oil&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do stay updated on our instagram @uclacsc and our website <a href=\"https:\/\/uclacsc.org\/hdos23\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/uclacsc.org\/hdos23\/<\/a>. Feel free to direct any questions to <a href=\"mailto:psd@uclacsc.org\">psd@uclacsc.org<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We hope to see you there!&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Bruin Community, You are invited to Houselessness Day of Service 2023 on Friday afternoon, April 7, Week 1 of Spring Quarter. Jointly organized by &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community-engagement","category-volunteer-opportunities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.art.ucla.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.art.ucla.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.art.ucla.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.art.ucla.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.art.ucla.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7610"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.art.ucla.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7611,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.art.ucla.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7610\/revisions\/7611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.art.ucla.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.art.ucla.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.art.ucla.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}