Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day 2025
Sunday, December 21, 2025
National Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day occurs each year on the longest night of the year, the winter solstice. This particular date reminds us that no one should be experiencing homelessness - not ever, and especially not during these cold and unforgiving winter months.
This page will be updated regularly. Check back here and our social media to follow the progression of the Community Art Project!
Community Art Project
Community members are invited to help create a powerful art installation honoring the 313 individuals experiencing homelessness during Chester County’s 2025 Point-in-Time Count. Our goal is to collect 313 decorated homes.
Your decorated home will be featured with others on a large banner displayed in a high-traffic area of Chester County and shared on our social media. Together, they will create a unified message that everyone has a role in building a strong, safe community where every neighbor has a home.
You can participate in two ways:
Paper Homes: Groups and organizations hosting in-person decorating events can download and print the PDF template. Please email Rob Henry at rhenry@chesco.org to coordinate the collection of finished homes or request printed templates. (Paper homes should be 3 inches wide)
Virtual Homes: Individuals can download the PNG, decorate it virtually, and email their completed home to Kasey Schlack at kschlack@chesco.org.
The completed artwork will be unveiled the weekend of Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day as a community tribute and call for awareness.
We hope that this year’s community art project can serve as a heartfelt reminder of our unhoused neighbors while also bringing awareness to the ongoing work to address homelessness in Chester County and beyond.
How You Can Help
Since 1990, this day has served as a poignant reminder of the individuals we have lost while experiencing homelessness. This year, we unite to make an impactful statement: we cannot let this be the start of another year of growing homelessness in Chester County.
We know there are many causes of homelessness. You can help support everyone in Chester County with safe, affordable housing.
Learn more about how you can also volunteer or donate to the cause of ending homelessness in our community.