Homes For Dinner 2017
Homes First – Homes for Dinner Guess who’s coming to dinner? That’s exactly what you’ll be wondering when you take part in Homes For Dinner, a night of mystery dinner parties happening all over Toronto on Saturday, November 18; all in support of raising funds aimed at helping Toronto’s homeless. Your ticket gets you…
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Green with Joy
Pratheesh Nair, Homes First volunteer, shares his experiences of participating in our very first parade together. Read on! March 19, 2017, Sunday, Toronto: The slightly chilly yet reluctantly sunny morning of Sunday, the 19th day of March, brought with it some color (read green, lots of green) and merry bagpipe music. For those who do not…
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Homes First in the St. Patrick’s Parade
Is that the leprechaun and where’s the pot of gold? Great news! Homes First will be celebrating in Toronto’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade and you can join us. The parade is an amazing annual carnival that attracts 500,000 people a year in Toronto. It is widely celebrated by the Irish diaspora around the world…
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Join us! Live Reading "Streets to Script"
Celebrating voices of recovery! Please join us. Share the dreams and hopes of Homes First residents. In these pages are poems and reflective anecdotes written by our residents on topics such as homelessness, mental health, forgiveness, family and recovery. This anthology is the voice of our community. Streets to Script is the culmination of Homes First’s year-long…
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Homes For Dinner Blog
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We have a Homes for Dinner blog (specific to the event) – check it out here! In its third year, Homes For Dinner is one of the coolest and most unique fundraising events to ever hit Toronto. This city-wide celebration of community spirit offers guests an element of mystery and adventure, as they buy tickets…
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Rocking for the Homeless
Samantha Martin and Delta Sugar will be rocking the stage at Tie One On on May 13, 2015 to help house Toronto’s homeless. If you love music that rouses your soul and features Toronto’s top talent, join us at Tie One On! Tickets on sale now! What’s Tie One On? Toronto is one of the…
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Friday the 13th brings good luck
Our luck is changing this Friday the 13th! Join us for Rotaract‘s exciting event! All proceeds generously go towards Homes First and housing Toronto’s homeless. We’re so grateful to this wonderful partner for choosing us as their charity to support! Learn more and get your tickets today!
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Underwear Show for Homes First Feb 20!
Join us this Feb 20th for the longest running all female stand-up comedy show in Toronto’s “The Underwear Show”, all in support of Savards Women Shelter. The show will be at 10:00pm at the Comedy Bar, 945 Bloor St W. Tickets can be bought here. Mary-Janes of Comedy are breaking tradition and including some top…
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SOLD-OUT – 40 Homes for Dinner
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40 Homes for Dinner is officially sold-out! You can still get involved this year though – here’s how. What is 40 Homes for Dinner? On Friday, Nov. 7th, Homes First and local celebrities will host the second annual40 Homes for Dinner, a city-wide dinner party event that celebrates the importance of “home” while raising funds to help the more than…
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Free ZipCar anyone?
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Want a free ZipCar membership? There’s a tweet for that! Join us on twitter and tell us why homelessness is an important issue to you! And don’t forget to follow us!http://ow.ly/Dzarw ZipCar is a proud sponsor of 40 Homes For Dinner. On Friday, Nov. 7th, Homes First and local celebrities will host the second annual40 Homes…
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Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam hosts for a cause near to her heart
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We’re thrilled that Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam has decided to join 40 Homes for Dinner as a host this year! Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam has an extensive career investing in the City of Toronto through both the public and private sectors. Her contributions have led to the development and support of numerous social planning programs, business ventures,…
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Hosts for 40 Homes for Dinner live!
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As a successful entrepreneur, fund manager, business partner, philanthropist and board member, Moez Kassam brings a wealth of experience and creative energy to all that he does. His passion for food knows no bounds, often traveling great distances for a single meal and documenting it all in a food-focused Instagram account with a following in…
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Big on Bloor this weekend!
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Looking to escape the summer heat, but there’s no cottage in sight? Embrace summer in the city this weekend with a cold glass of lemonade at Big on Bloor this Saturday and Sunday. Homes First will be selling lemonade on Bloor St W between Lansdowne and St Clarens South. We’ll be there all day so…
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Whose Tie Will You Buy?
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What do Chris Hadfield, Pat Quinn and Margaret Atwood all have in common? They’ll all be attending Tie One On…or at least their ties will be! Join us on May 7th for an evening of entertainment and a spectacular auction of ties and scarves from well-known Canadians and Hollywood celebrities. Hosted by CBC’s Mary Wiens,…
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Homes First Competes!
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A monumental tie tying competition took place at Strachan House in support of our upcoming event Tie One On. Homes First staff competed to see who could tie a tie the fastest! But who won the competition?! Was it Fast-Fingered Francine Robinson? Was it Mawkish Michael Lyster? Was it Ablazing Alva Lambert? Was it Better-Watch-Out-Brenda…
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Celebrate Giving Tuesday
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Giving a little can mean a lot, as two little girls found out when they visited our Scarborough shelter. This Giving Tuesday, we want to thank our amazing supporters for their generosity. Without you, we could not providing the housing or supports for 550 men, women and children across the GTA. We’re very excited to…
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20 Homes for Dinner a Raging Success
20 Homes for Dinner launched Friday, October 25 and was an instant “raging success”! There have been countless stories of laughter, spectacular food, and a new sense of community. This is truly the start of something very special, something that will grow into a city-wide dinner party in years to come. Guests attended a reception…
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Wool Fundraiser in Cabbagetown
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Over a weekend in September a group from Homes First got together for the Wool Fundraiser in Cabbagetown. Even though the sky was keeping a lot of people inside with all of its rain over the weekend, the group was amazingly able to sell all the wool it brought. They raised $1308 over the weekend….
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Jack Layton's tie inspires fundraiser for Homes First
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After Jack Layton’s death, one of the tasks his son Mike Layton took on was sorting through his father’s things. As one might imagine, Jack Layton, the leader of the federal NDP party who died in August 2011, had accumulated quite a number of ties – nearly 300 of them, Layton said. “There were ones…
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Not your typical fashion show at Strachan House
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It wasn’t the typical pouts and puckers on the faces of Ghetto Chic fashion show models, but rather beaming smiles from ear-to-ear as they strutted down the runway. But then again, this wasn’t your typical fashion show. The second annual Ghetto Chic fashion show, held Oct. 17 at Strachan House, is produced by Homes First,…
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Home, Sweet Home Gives Hope to Mentally Ill
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The evil man in Eriann Day’s life disappeared after she moved into her new apartment. He had a beard, carried a knife and had followed the 22-year-old Vancouver woman for months. She was homeless, but he would tap on the window of wherever she was staying. He wanted in. “It is hard for me to…
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