When you meet
Bill Hutchinson, Faces without Places is one of the first topics he is going to
want to discuss. Bill has been
affiliated with Faces without Places nearly as long as the organization has
been around and has been an instrumental player from the minute he walked
through our doors. Bill is continually
working to foster new relationships and connections between the community and
Faces without Places and is a true advocate for children experiencing
homelessness.
In 2001, Bill
served as an AmeriCorps VISTA for FwP and created the Change 4 Change program,
which sends speakers into classrooms to discuss issues of childhood
homelessness with school-age children. In
addition, Bill worked to have the city of Cincinnati name a day in honor of children
experiencing homelessness. After Bill’s
time as a VISTA, he served eight years on the FwP board and continued to make
connections and foster relationships within the community. In 2010, Bill was awarded the John E. Pepper Award for Outstanding Volunteer in Public Education for
Cincinnati Public Schools for his work with Faces without Places.
Bill believes
the most powerful thing that FwP does is provide the tools and transportation
that children experiencing homelessness need to attend and succeed in
school. Bill is convinced that
education is essential for all children to succeed and that an educated
population of children would solve many of our nation’s issues.
Bill’s
favorite part of volunteering with Faces without Places is working with a dedicated
staff that works hard to meet the needs of children experiencing
homelessness. Bill explains that it is the
impact the staff makes on the lives of children experiencing homelessness that
motivates him to do more for the organization.
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