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City Council proclaims November Homeless Youth Awareness Month.

Only Hope CEO and president Michael Absher joins 12-year-old McKenzie Louise Govern in receiving a proclamation from Hendersonville Mayor Barbara Volk.

By Lightning reports, Published: November 3, 2023

Hendersonville’s City Council on Thursday proclaimed November as Homeless Youth Awareness Month during its regular monthly meeting.

The proclamation noted the efforts of the local non-profit organization Only Hope WNC to combat youth homelessness and its 12th Annual Sleep Out on Nov. 3 and Nov. 4 at the Historic Courthouse on Main Street to draw attention and support for youth homelessness in Henderson County.
Only Hope CEO and president Michael Absher and 12-year-old McKenzie Louise Govern, a Carolina Stunning Star North Carolina State Ambassador, received the proclamation from Mayor Barbara Volk.