Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Canadian Champion
The Milton Canadian Champion published notice of our Open discussion forum in the dateline of last Friday's paper. Thanks Milton Canadian Champion. We hope someone from the media may attend the meeting and I will create a press release and send photographs of the forum. I am preparing a presentation myself on this blog and the survey we conducted.
Blankets Milton Chapter
The leader of the Blankets Milton Chapter contacted us to offer their support for our Out-of-the-cold program. A chapter of Blankets for Canada has recently started here in Milton. They knit and crochet eight inch square blocks and then join them into blankets. They have been donating the blankets to organizations that help people in need of warmth and shelter. This is wonderful news and motivates us that our message is getting out there.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Open Discussion Forum June 10
Please join us for an Open Discussion Forum on an Out-of-the-cold program in Milton taking place in Graham Hall at St Paul's United Church on Main Street on Wednesday June 10, 2009 starting at 7.30pm. Everyone from the Milton community is welcome. We hope the discussion forum will bring together a number of interested parties, including other churches in Milton. David Jenkins, of All Saints Anglican Church in Etobicoke will make a presentation about their similar program, which has been running successfully for 14 years. There will be a presentation reviewing of this blog and survey conducted in 2008. Paul Gregory, a project manager from the Halton Region is attending as he also has experience of an OOTC program in Toronto. Kathy Sellers urged all St Paul's Council members to attend this information meeting.
Halton Funding release
At a recent meeting of Halton Housing Task Force, it was learned that Halton has access to $3 million for housing projects, if applied for by November 2010. Mission and Outreach, on behalf of the Out-of-the-Cold program, has been encouraged to make an application for seed funding of $10,000 for a facilitator to help start the Out-of-the-Cold project.
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