THINK Together, Americorps and the City of El Monte Partner on 2011 LA County Homeless Count
A THINK Together team, including site coordinators (SCs), program leaders (PLs), school site volunteers and AmeriCorps members, came together on January 25th, to aide the City of El Monte’s participation in the 2011 LA County Homeless Count.
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From left to right: SC Hector Martinez; El Monte Volunteer; PL/AmeriCorps Dasy Valdez;
PL/AmeriCorps Kary Guzman; PL/AmeriCorps Cesar Abad; 2 city officials; Police Captain Santos Hernandez; El Monte police officer.
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The El Monte effort was part of the nation’s largest homeless census being conducted this past week utilizing thousands of volunteers who swept across 4,000 square miles of Los Angeles County to tally the number of people who lack permanent housing.
During El Monte’s homeless count, which began at 8 PM and lasted until 2 AM, the representatives from THINK Together had a chance to talk to various city commissioners and officials. They shared details about THINK Together’s local AmeriCorps program and discussed how THINK Together staff and AmeriCorps members might be more active in El Monte’s civic affairs and community events. By the time they’d finished El Monte’s homeless count in the early morning hours, all had exchanged contact information and pledged to continue the dialogue.
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