Homeless Action Committee
Sleep-a-thon Report
HAC’s Sixteenth Annual Sleep-a-thon was a tremendous success!
This year’s Sleep-a-thon had a record number of participants- 180 people attended! It turned out to be a very warm night for early March, which helped.
A total of 10-15 people stayed out all night.
Thanks to everyone who participated and donated, we have raised $18,654 thus
far from this event. If all outstanding pledges of $1,210 come in, our total raised will be $19,864. We beat last year’s total raised of $16,485!
Our fundraising goal for this event was $20,000. After the event, we usually receive additional pledges from participants as well as other donations
from supporters on our mailing list. Hopefully, we will meet our goal of $20,000 in the next couple of months. This will assist in helping to meet
our budget gap for 2009. HAC's 2009 budget calls for raising $75,000 in donations, an overwhelming burden for a non-profit organization. This year,
we are especially concerned about NYS budget cuts that will impact our housing program. Thank you to everyone who signed a letter to
your Assemblyman/Senator at the event! Over 100 people did so and all letters have been mailed out.
As you may know, this year’s Sleep-a-thon was full of energetic
people, all uniting for a common goal of helping people who are homeless. Signs were held to oncoming traffic, horns honked in unison in support,
and an amazing $1,900 was collected from the traffic alone! A special thanks to everyone who helped to collect this money. The event was covered
by Capital News 9 & Channel 13. I would also like to thank musician Frank Jakliitsch who entertained the crowd with great music!
Participants at the Sleep-a-thon included the following individuals/groups:
- NYS Assemblyman Jack McEneny
- Albany County Executive Michael Breslin
- Albany County Legislators Ryan Horstmyer & Chris Higgins
- Albany Common Council members Barbara Smith, Dominick Calsolaro, and Michael O'Brien
- St. Paul’s Church
- Albany College of Pharmacy
- SUNY Sigma Psi Zeta sorority & Alpha Phi Omega fraternity
- Siena College students
- CSR students; HVCC students
- Doane Stuart students
- Harriet Tubman Free School
- United Tenants of Albany
- Interfaith Partnership for the Homeless
- Catholic Charities, St. John & St. Anne’s Church
- Equinox
- Solidarity Committee
- CDM
The participants who raised the most pledges this year were
as follows: Maryanne Schrank at $1,403, Andrew Harvey, at $1,335, Chris Chale at $1,100, Sean Moran at $750, Dan Wilcox at $685, and Debi Dennis
at $648. Andrew has been our top fundraiser at this event for many years and usually brings in over $1,000 every year! Several individuals who
were not able to attend, also raised pledges for HAC.
Videos from this year's event
