WOW! Family Fun Day - 1 week to go

WOW! Family Fun Day It's coming up in less than a week on Saturday, September 29 from 10am until 1pm at the Lion's Sports Park and Lion's Hall at 77 & 99 Thompson Road. This is a family event and features games and activities geared to families with children 4-12 years old, like a bouncy castle obstacle course, sponge run, Frisbee golf, and musical carpets. A family passport (four people, must include one adult) is $20 which includes four hotdogs and four drinks. Passports can be pre-purchased here and will also be available the day of the event at the registration booth. Prizes will be given out every hour for participating families. Pictures will posted from the event, so come back to see if you are captured on camera!

WOW volunteers needed

Volunteers are still needed to support WOW! on September 29 We need volunteers (adults and teens) to give us a couple of hours of their time to help out with our WOW! Family Fun Day on September 29! There are a variety of jobs to choose from, but mostly we need people to supervise activities outdoors for family teams with children (games like Magic Carpets, Pool Noodle Run, etc.). If you are able to help from 9:30 until 1:30 (we'll feed you lunch). Contact denise.wentzell@miltontransitionalhousing.ca

Needs Assessment Survey

This summer a client services team at Milton Transitional Housing has been researching community partners regarding their experiences with the homeless or at risk population in Milton. The results once examined to the following questions will be summarised and communicated.

1) Who are the homeless in Milton? Over the past year, approximately how many clients have you served that are homeless or at risk of homelessness?
2) Are they accessing resources within your agency? If so, what type? What referrals have you provided them?
3) What are their barriers to housing? (Specific to the Milton community)
4) Predominantly, what are their circumstances? (Examples: single, couple, family, youth, adult, senior, correctional, family violence, additions, etc)
5) Where are they finding shelter/temporary housing? (e.g. couch surf, church, etc.)
6) What is their source of income? (Ontario Works, ODSP, EI, employment, OAS/CCP)
7) What service gaps do you see in our community for this vulnerable population?

Please add any comments of your own and we will soon share the results when the survey has been presented to the full committee.

New website

Home Suite Hope Milton has now become Milton Transitional Housing with a new website address www.miltontransitionalhousing.ca together with a new second Twitter account @MiltonTH1 and a new Facebook page Milton Transitional Housing. Having a strong online presence has become important for many businesses and not for profit organisations and will help to raise awareness.