What is Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week (hhweek.org)?

Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week (hhweek.org) is an annual nationwide program that brings people together to draw attention to hunger and homelessness. Participating groups spend the week holding educational, service, fundraising, and advocacy events. If you want to host an event, volunteer, or learn more about the issues, the site is organized around those three actions.

What happens during the week

The program is built around a simple idea: a coordinated week of local activity, repeated across the country, makes hunger and homelessness more visible and directs support to local service providers. According to the site, participating groups run a series of events that fall into four broad categories:

• Educational — raising awareness of the causes and scale of hunger and homelessness
• Service — direct volunteer work with local organizations
• Fundraising — collecting money for local service providers
• Advocacy — pushing for changes that address the root problems

Who runs it and how big it is

The site describes the week as a long-running, widely adopted program:

What you can do on the site

The homepage presents three main entry points, each aimed at a different level of involvement:

Host an event

"Host An Event" is for people who want to bring Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week to their own community. The site directs you to register your event, which puts it into the national network of participating locations.

Volunteer

"Volunteer" is for people who want to join something already happening rather than organize it. You search for an Awareness Week event near you and find out how to get involved.

Get the facts

"Get the Facts" is the informational track — for readers who want to understand hunger and homelessness and what can be done about them, without necessarily attending or running an event.

Who this is for

• Community organizers and nonprofits — register an event and join the national list
• Individuals — find a nearby event and sign up to volunteer
• Students, teachers, and advocates — use the educational materials to run programming or start conversations
• Anyone new to the issue — start with the facts section before deciding how to participate

The site does not present itself as a direct service provider or a donation portal for a single charity; it functions as a coordinating hub that points people toward local action.