From staff reports
The Clarion County Shelter Task Force will host a community outreach event from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday at the Clarion Mall, providing educational, community service, fundraising and advocacy information that addresses hunger and homelessness.
The event is part of national Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week. Staff and volunteers from the Shelter Task Force and area agencies will spend the week collecting nonperishable food items throughout the county and sharing information about housing support available.
Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week is cosponsored by the National Coalition for the Homeless and the National Student Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessness.
The event originated at Villanova University in 1975 and now takes place each year in hundreds of communities across the country.
For more information on the local effort, contact the Clarion County Shelter Task Force on Facebook @ClarionCountyShelterTaskForce or call (814) 226-1080.