Vermont will hold its annual homeless memorial vigil Jan. 13 at noon on the Statehouse steps in Montpelier.
The state’s homeless shelter and service providers will commemorate the thousands of Vermonters who received housing and/or services this past year. Stay after to discuss what can be done for the others who aren’t able to receive these services.
Of the estimated 5,400 homeless in Vermont in 2008, approximately 3,750 were sheltered while the remaining 1,650 were unsheltered.
During a one-day count in January 2009, 46% of people who were homeless were children and adults in families, including 754 children under 17 (28% of all people counted that day).
For more information on the day's event, contact Linda Ryan, 802.373.6505, [email protected].
Sponsored by Vermont Coalition to End Homelessness.
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