Homelessness and Housing - Orientation - October 26

The fall is in full swing and we want to bring housing and homelessness at HUC back to the forefront. There's a lot of interest in this challenging issue at HUC and now's the time to transform this energy into action. (Image courtesy of Floyd Honey Foundation)

There are four areas we are currently working on:
1. HUC Homelessness Orientation Session
2. Project Homeless Connect
3. Inn from the Cold
4. Habitat for Humanity

1. HUC Homelessness and Housing Orientation Session
In the Spring, members of HUC expressed a tremendous interest in being involved in Homelessness and Housing issues in our community. Now is your chance to learn of ways you can get involved, from one off volunteer opportunities to ongoing commitments to help manage and run programs initiatives, both new and old. To explain some of these and to really get things going with regards to homelessness at HUC, we want to have an orientation session for all those interested in housing and homelessness as follows:

When: October 26, (after the service)
What: A quick briefing on four different initiatives with 2 quick break out sessions to better understand the opportunities on how you can make a difference
Why: To help focus people's energies, reduce clutter of emails and make a bigger difference in ending homelessness and improve housing options for those most at risk.
Who: Anyone who has an interest in issues related to homelessness
Where: The Sanctuary/Heritage Room, HUC

Schedule: 10 minute introduction of five different initiatives

* Project Homelessness - Jill
* Inn From the Cold - Leanne and Kathryn
* Habitat for Humanity - Greg
* Parkdale's Emergency Fund and Homelessness Outreach in ACTION! Rep from Parkdale United
* Annual Fundraiser - Brent

Followed by 2x10-minute break out sessions to allow everyone to hear a little more about each initiative and what they can do.

2. Project Homeless Connect
Several members of the HUC community took part in Project Homeless Connect in September. We would love to connect with those of you who participated so we can hear how it went and potentially ask you to a write a short blurb to tell others all about it. If you were able to participate in the last PHC, please let us know by way of response to this message.

The next PHC is tentatively scheduled for November 22nd - more details on that soon.

3. Inn from the Cold
The next Inn from the Cold is scheduled for October 18. Please contact Leanne (l.sklarenko(at)shaw.ca) and Kathryn (kawytsma(at)gmail.com) if you would like to volunteer.

4. Habitat for Humanity
Habitat for Humanity is always looking for volunteers. If you are interested in any of a wide variety of volunteer opportunities, either reply to this message or write to Greg at greg.a.powell(at)gmail.com.