In addition to connecting people with resources, Petersburg’s ninth annual Project Connect was an opportunity to collect data on housing insecurity. Organizers say the number of people sleeping in places not meant for habitation in Petersburg was higher than identified in previous years, according to initial survey estimates.
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Petersburg High School students spent their last day before winter break serving the community as part of the school’s Day of Giving. From handing out food bags and organizing donations for a local nonprofit, to baking and delivering cookie boxes with cards and ornaments to businesses, to babysitting, caroling, visiting elderly folks, shoveling snow, deep cleaning the school, handing out free soup and more — whatever the task, students said they were doing it to give back to the community that supports them.
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Ashley Kawashima, president of Humanity in Progress (HIP), says the local nonprofit anticipates giving out triple the amount of food this month than it usually does. Organizations throughout Petersburg are working to meet increasing needs in the community, amidst delays for federal SNAP benefits that 12.7% of the borough’s population relies on to help buy food.
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An event months in the making, Petersburg’s annual Project Connect resource fair and Point in Time count happened on Jan. 28. For the last several years, it’s been sponsored by local nonprofit Humanity in Progress (HIP). HIP President Ashley Kawashima told KFSK’s Olivia Rose there’s more to the snapshot of housing insecurity in the community than meets the eye.
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A local aid organization will count Petersburg’s homeless population on January 31st. It’s part of an effort led by HUD—the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development—to document the nation’s homeless population on a single evening. It’s called a point-in-time count.
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