*ATTENTION*

Box City has been rescheduled from
September 30th, 2011 until April 21st, 2012.

Box City is an experiential learning event, held for the last 5 years in partnership with Sussex County Interfaith Hospitality Network (SCIHN), to promote homelessness awareness to high school students.  Participants will be given a light supper, hear testimonials from current and former homeless individuals and participate in exercises that will help one understand what it is like being homeless, including sleeping outside in a cardboard box. If you have any questions regarding this event, you can contact Pass It Along at 973-726-9777 or SCIHN at 973-579-1180.

Forms will be available soon!

Fast Facts About Homelessness and Poverty ~ Family Promise Organization~ Families with children comprise one of the fastest-growing segments of the homeless population today. 13% of Americans live in poverty, including one in five children, the highest rate in the industrialized world. 42% of homeless children are under the age of 6. Almost 60% of Americans will spend at least one year below the poverty line at some point between ages 25 and 75. There is no city or county anywhere in the United States where a worker making the minimum wage can afford a fair market rate one-bedroom apartment. The cost of rent and utilities for a typical two-bedroom apartment has increased 41% from 2000 to 2009.  2 million additional American children will fall victim to the foreclosure crisis over the next two years.