Thank You

The results of Operation Good Thing (OGT) 2008 were published in the latest issue of Youth Unlimited’s newsletter. Last year – in the program’s 14th year – OGT received its highest record of donations!

And our group contributed 20% of YU’s total Street Packs (38 out of 184)!!! Amazing!!! It’s also great encouragement to see the packs in use too. We’ve seen it on the streets!

Thanks again to everyone’s contributions last year and continued commitment to reach out to our greater community!

- Cecilia

Habitat

On Saturday, the MCBC Housing Issues Life Long Learning Class carpooled out to Scarborough to participate in a Habitat for Humanity Build! Thanks to everyone who came out to build (uh, paint), and for all our supporters – thanks for your prayers and donations!

blog mention and updates

Thanks to Andy at Mission: Help the Homeless – Project417 for mentioning our blog on his (see May 20 – “More Than Good Intentions – Social Justice Working”). It’s great to network and partner with other people pursuing a just lifestyle. Let’s spur each other on!

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Here’s a photo from our most recent justice group meeting. Poverty is hard to define, but we have set out to learn more about it this summer. We are planning to do community service all summer long, so if you’d like to join us, please give us a shout!

Pics from May 10′s Grocery Run :)

Select photos from our biggest grocery run of the year – thus far! Thanks for coming out everyone.

put it on my tap

The fruits of our Tap Project involvement. Can’t wait to find out how much Canada raised during the week!

appalling housing conditions

I was doing some surfing today and stumbled across a small photo collection of housing provided by Toronto Community Housing on the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) site. Can you imagine having to live in such conditions (i.e. collapsing ceilings, walls with holes, exposed wiring) on a daily basis?

Some housing sites of interest:

• Toronto Community Housing
• More housing news on the OCAP site
• Habitat for Humanity Canada’s housing advocacy brochure (“It’s time to address every Canadian, because every Canadian counts” – it’s a great visual piece)

If you know any other interesting housing stories or sites, leave a comment. Thanks!