AMES --- The public is encouraged to attend “One Voice, One Community,” a forum on awareness and action to be held from 6 to 8:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 12 at Commons Hall, Bethesda Lutheran Church, 1517 Northwestern Ave. The event is being organized by the Story County Housing Board and sponsored by the City of Ames Housing Division.
This year’s forum will spotlight the theme “Fighting Hidden Hunger A Year Later” and “Lessons Learned … Homelessness Solutions” in Story County. The keynote speaker will be Tony Timm, executive director with the Central Iowa Shelter and Services of Des Moines.
“Homelessness and hunger may not be easily visible in Ames, but these issues do exist in our city,” said City of Ames Housing Coordinator Vanessa Baker-Latimer. “When we support agencies that address these issues, we strengthen our entire community.”
The forum is being presented as part of Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, which continues through Nov. 18.
Other agencies involved in the forum include Assault Care Center Extending Shelter and Support (ACCESS), Bethesda Lutheran Church, Emergency Residence Project, First United Methodist Church – Food at First, Good Neighbor, Mid-Iowa Community Action Agency (MICA), Youth and Shelter Services (YSS), Salvation Army, Story County Hunger Collaboration, and Volunteer Center of Story County.
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