Seven residents helped put on a fantastic substance use awareness day at our Scarborough Shelter. People affected by substance use were able to access great resources as community members set up information booths and made presentations.
Residents screened the film they made in the Spring, Between the Lines, about how stigma affects drug users.
Haven’t seen it yet? View it here:http://ow.ly/HPifO
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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Andrei knows what going to bed hungry feels like – he grew up under the Romanian dictatorship. When he was part of the Occupy Toronto movement, he slept in a tent in St. James Park, and interacted with the homeless individuals who came for the free meals that were handed out. But for him, being...
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For National Volunteer Appreciation Week 2018 we shared part of Andreas’s story with you. Now we’d like to share his extraordinary journey with you in more detail. His story, like so many other Homes First residents, is one of bad luck and incredible resilience. Andreas began helping shelter staff with deliveries while still in residence....
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