From mobile soup kitchens to spearheading food drives, Georgetown students, faculty and staff are giving back to the community in honor of Thanksgiving. Hunger and Homelessness Week, part of the President Obama’s Interfaith and Community Service Campus Challenge, kicked off Nov. 13 with a mobile soup kitchen, delivering warm meals to D.C.-area parks.

Hoya Outreach Programs and Education (HOPE) is an organization of Georgetown students dedicated to community involvement and service.

HOPE and its programs are run by a devoted board of more than 20 undergraduate students. HOPE itself is made up of members, mostly undergraduate students at Georgetown, who receive organization e-mails, attend monthly meetings, and/or participate in any HOPE program or event. At last count, the HOPE e-mail list contained over 1,000 contacts. Last semester, approximately 500 students participated in HOPE-sponsored events.