Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Empty Bowls fundraising success - $7,500

The 5th Empty Bowls event supporting the goals of Milton Transitional Housing has again achieved staggering amounts in the region of an estimated $7,500.


This reinforces the overwhelming support in this largely affluent community for those who are at risk of homelessness.

Thank you to the following supporters of the Empty Bowls event.

Bowl Sponsor: Simply Creative
Bowl Donor: Tree Top Pottery
Media Sponsor: Ads At Work
Food Sponsors (in alphabetical order): Allison's Catering, The Bistro on Main, Boston Pizza, Hawthorne Cafe, La Rose Italian Bakery, Mohawk Chop House, Scooters Catering, Shoeless Joe's, South 202 Restaurant, Swiss Chalet & Gay Lea.

Milton Transitional Housing is a proud recipient of a grant from Ontario Trillium Foundation and The Gear Foundation.

The money raised will go to help Milton Transitional Housing’s participants as they “move from HOPE to HOME!”

Sunday, April 19, 2015

Another inspiring Empty Bowls event

Today we witnessed a true community coming together for others; those at risk of homelessness in Milton. The soup was wonderful, the creativity of the bowls stunning and the sense of community inspiring.


Watch this terrific interview with Donna Danielli, Executive Director, Milton Transitional Housing. Danielli talks about the great work of Milton Transitional Housing, this 2015 Empty Bowls event and the exciting news about a new Ontario Trillium Foundation grant to enable growth from 3-10 units.

Photographed one of the volunteer servers, Sarah Quart.

Watch for the next blog post formerly thanking all the sponsors by name as well as news of the funds raised from this excellent annual Empty Bowls event.

Saturday, April 18, 2015

Don't miss your Empty Bowl on Sunday April 19th

Be sure not to miss the Empty Bowl event at Milton Centre for the Arts on Sunday April 19th 11.30am - 2.00pm. Tickets available on the door for $50 which allows you to try the fabulous gourmet soups in your own special hand-painted bowl. But this event is not really about bowls or hot soup although we can enjoy both.

This fifth Empty Bowls in the MinMaxx Hall, Milton Centre for the Arts helps us raise awareness, understanding and actively do something to support those at risk of homelessness in our Milton community.

I look forward to seeing you there. I will be taking video. Please tell me where you are there and why you consider it important to help our residents at risk of homelessness. I will post the videos to this blog.

Thank you to all the restaurants and sponsors.

Friday, April 3, 2015

Annual Empty Bowls event coming up April 19th

It is amazing to think back that the first Empty Bowls event back in 2011 was the first major awareness and fundraising event for what has become Milton Transitional Housing. It is tremendous too that what started as a real vision has become a reality which has demonstrated that it has helped residents in the Milton community.


It is incredible to encourage you to support this 5th Empty Bowls event and show your support for those at risk of homelessness in our community. You can buy tickets to this Empty Bowls and donate here

Sunday, April 19, 2015 from 11:30am until 2:00pm. MinMaxx Hall at the Milton Centre for the Arts, 1010 Main Street East.

Exciting things have been happening at Milton Transitional Housing and we want to tell you about them. The best news we have to give you is that in 2014 we graduated three successful participants who have moved into independent housing!

And one of those participants who has been able to reconstruct her life with MTH’s support expressed her gratitude by saying:
“On behalf of Joey and I, we would like to thank Milton Transitional Housing for the tremendous support and ongoing assistance, in our journey forward. Without your organization, our struggles would have been unbearable.”