Homeless Awareness
The Iron Range Youth in Action are conducting a Homeless Awareness Overnight Sleep-Out on Saturday May 10th at the Olcott Park in Virginia. The Cherry IRYA youth came up with the idea. It is an overnight event with youth sleeping in cardboard boxes or wherever they can find shelter within the park. Students will be raising funds through pledge cards and hope to raise between $5,000 and $10,000. The event will raise an understanding and awareness of what the homeless go through. The event is opened up to other schools IRYA groups, National Honor Society,Key Clubs, etc. Youth will also be researching why people are homeless-family problems, veterans, by choice, mental illness, etc. All are invited to attend. The Chisholm IRYA group will be collecting pledges in the Chisholm/Balkan area. Please be generous.
The IRYA is the group of Iron Range kids responsible for the building of the Chisholm Youth Facility along with local volunteer help. Chisholm Horizons is working closely with the newly hired Facility Adviser to aid in his program development such as homeless awareness and financial education for the youth of Chisholm.