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Photo of a Huskie Service Scholar holding a coat and scarf
NIU’s Huskie Service Scholars program is collaborating with the DeKalb Area Women’s Center (DAWC) to coordinate a Winter Wear Drive for the community. This event will be held from Monday, Nov. 9, through Wednesday, Nov. 18, as part of National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week. Donations of gently used jackets, hats, gloves, scarves, boots and...
National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week
NIU students and faculty/staff groups are teaming up with community organizations to present a slate of events in recognition of the National Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week, scheduled from Saturday, Nov. 15, through Sunday, Nov. 23. The goal is to educate NIU students about hunger and homelessness in their neighborhoods, their country and around the...
Photo of a Huskie Service Scholar holding a coat and scarf
The Huskie Service Scholars program is hosting the second annual Coats with Heart competition. Coats with Heart is a campus-wide coat and accessory drive competition held in accordance with National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week in November. Huskie Service Scholars are asking student organizations, campus departments and other groups to sign up to participate in...
National Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week: Resolve to Fight Poverty
Northern Illinois University students and faculty/staff groups are teaming up with community organizations to present a week of events in recognition of Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week, nationally held from Saturday, Nov. 16, through Sunday, Nov. 24. The goal of the week is to educate NIU students about hunger and homelessness in local, national and...
NIU students packed 3,000 pounds of food that would provide 2,307 meals to families around northern Illinois last year.
Hunger and homelessness is recognized nationally each November during Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, where organizations across the country plan and host activities related to raising awareness about these issues in their communities. NIU focused this year on service projects and educational activities, ranging from packing food for the hungry, both at the local and...