Doylestown Presbyterian Church and Salem United Church of Christ will host Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week events Nov. 15–21, according to Bucks County Housing Link.

The campaign offers residents opportunities to remember people who have died, learn about housing services and volunteer. Family Service Association of Bucks County is leading the local effort, New Hope News reported.

Housing Link receives more than 2,000 housing-crisis calls a month, Murielle Kelly, Family Service’s director of housing services, told New Hope News. That figure reflects calls, rather than a count of individual people experiencing homelessness.

Events in Doylestown

A Homeless Memorial and Remembrance Day potluck begins at noon Sunday, Nov. 15, at Doylestown Presbyterian Church. The community meal will be followed by a nondenominational service, according to the Housing Link schedule. Attendees are asked to bring canned goods in memory of late street outreach leader Chris Cramp.

New Hope News reported that the remembrance will honor people who experienced homelessness and staff members who died while working in the field.

Salem United Church of Christ in Doylestown will host a community discussion on homelessness at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19. A separate discussion takes place at the same time at SOZO Church in Penndel, according to Housing Link.

Other ways to take part

  • Monday, Nov. 16, noon: A virtual Code Blue information session will cover the county’s three winter shelter programs, their operations, locations and needs. Participants are encouraged to wear purple.
  • Tuesday, Nov. 17: Fair housing training. Space is limited and advance registration is required.
  • Wednesday, Nov. 18, 10:30 a.m.: A county commissioners’ proclamation in the first-floor commissioners’ meeting room at 55 E. Court St., Doylestown.
  • Friday, Nov. 20, 1–4 p.m.: A Housing Link partner volunteer day at the United Way HELP Center to sort, pack, label, stock and organize donations.
  • Saturday, Nov. 21, 10 a.m.–noon: A community art exhibit at SOZO Church in Penndel.

Event details, registration and streaming links are available through Housing Link’s awareness-week schedule.

Central Bucks residents interested in winter shelter work can find training information through the Coalition to Shelter and Support the Homeless.