Sample News Release

ATTENTION LOCAL MEDIA                          Contact: (Your Name)
November 1, 2009                                                (Local Group Name)
(123) 555-HHAW

On Tuesday, November 17, 2009, (Local Group Name) will be sponsoring a Faces of Homelessness forum as part of National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week.  The forum will be held at (place) at (time).  The forum will include the following guest speakers:

Ms. _________, homeless mother of two living in (your city or state).
Mr. _________, homeless man living in (your city or state).
Ms. _________, director of your city or statewide homeless/housing coalition.
Mr. __________, director of a local shelter in (your city or state).
_____________, president of your student hunger/homelessness organization

National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week (November 15-21) is a national endeavor to promote education, action, and awareness about hunger and homelessness.  (Local Group Name) is sponsoring this important effort in (your community).  Other events include a “One Night Without a Home,” (date), a canned food drive, and a Hunger Banquet (date).

For more information, please call (Your Name) at (your number).
Thank you for your time and attention.

**Note: Distribute similar news releases for each of your events.  Perhaps you might choose to submit a news release that presents an overview of the entire week and then submit an individual news release for each event.