Category Archives: Homelessness

Connect and grow with FORGE

Leave a Comment Posted by on February 23, 2012

We value our volunteers for what they bring to our organization, to say nothing of the hours of support they provide. Over the last year, we have been upgrading our Volunteer Services program to empower those who serve with NightShift and equip them to serve effectively together. Now we are pleased to announce another level [...]

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Hot chocolate for the soul

3 Comments Posted by on January 10, 2012

I’d like to share a story with you from one of our recent AOK evenings.  To provide the context, our team walks the designated route, handing out hot chocolate, and we usually stop by the skate park to hang out with the youth there for a bit. We all pour hot chocolates, sit and chat. On this night, we sat down with a group [...]

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Food to spare? A meal to share!

Leave a Comment Posted by on December 23, 2011

Come down any night at around 7 pm and you’ll see a hub of activity around the NightShift centre. Serving tables are set up, the mobile kitchen is brought out, food is made ready and there’s usually a long line of people waiting patiently in turn to receive the steaming hot dish of the night. Every evening, a dedicated team [...]

Donations, Homelessness

Driving in the clothing and blanket donations

Leave a Comment Posted by on December 5, 2011

All hands and feet are working overtime at receiving, sorting and distributing the donations of warm, clean clothes and blankets that are so desperately needed at this time of the year. With chilly temperatures come warm hearts, as people turn jackets, warm pants, boots, hats, scarves and gloves into so much more than just the clothes abandoned [...]

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