Knox Dinner and Food Bank for Homeless Street Youth
The Roots of the Knox Youth Dinner & Food Bank Formerly:  Knox Toronto – First Nations Gospel Assembly – Out of the Cold Program Many people ask me just what types of programs and services, other than our nightly street sandwich runs to the homeless

Gala Charity Benefit in Toronto to Help the Homeless
Toronto Charity Benefit – ‘Our Toronto includes the Homeless’ Reserve November 28th on your calendar to make a difference for the thousands of people in Toronto who are experiencing homelessness. We pass them on the streets every day and, as the cold weather comes, see them huddled over hot air grates outside Toronto’s downtown skyscapers and lining up outside the crowded emergency shelters or soup kitchens. What can we do? It has to be more than dropping small change in a panhandler’s battered Tim Horton’s cup – real change is what’s needed. For almost twenty years, Pr

A Girl Named R
A friend recently told me that people who want to help the homeless are interested in reading more personal stories about those who are experiencing homelessness.  They didn’t know I’ve been posting stories about many of the homeless people we serve at Project417 for several years. It comes with the territory of being a small grassroots organization:  how do you get the word out about the

Join the #Whyhomeless Movement – Help the Homeless
Visit Part 1 of the series at this short url - http://bit.ly/19vTNG Welcome to the continuing series exploring the root causes of homelessness. This is the #whyhomeless movement. A grassroots social action group committed to alleviating the challenges faced by people who are experiencing homelessness. Based in Toronto, but pursuing a worldwide issue,  we think global, but ACT local. I’ve proposed the creation of a task force to re-examine the core issues and we now have a small tight knit team and held the first #wh