The Harvard Square Homeless Shelter recently hosted its opening dinner to inaugurate the beginning of its active season from November 15 to April 15. The organization, which opened in 1983, is the only student-run homeless shelter in the nation. The shelter, which offers shelter to 24 homeless people during the cold months, raised $130,000 in the past year, which will help pay its bills and stock its kitchen.  The Shelter plans to run a street outreach program in the coming year, through which students can continue to help the homeless. Among other initiatives to empower the homeless, the Homeless Empowerment Project (HEP) publishes a biweekly newspaper, Spare Change News: the paper sheds light on important issues from the perspective of the homeless, and, by its own example, gives experience, strength and hope that homeless people can make a difference for themselves.  

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