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Big transition of our drop in this past week from Salvation Army Gladstone Street to Dominion Chalmers U/C on Lisgar.  For those who...

I sat at the table with three guys at the drop in this week, just starting a hot game of euchre, when Rod asked if he could please ask a...

Some time ago, we learned that our weekly drop in program would be interrupted for a period of three to six months while a construction...

A totally unexpected outcome was realized at our youth art show just a few months ago, and I don’t think I told you about it.  So have a...

We were eating lunch when about twelve taps at the door came, softly, rhythmically and then stopped. We looked at each other and guessed...

Returning to the office in the early evening to gather some materials I had forgotten, I discovered the first of the evening outreach...

Just after the Thanksgiving holiday.  Wednesday drop in.  Friend after friend came up to me and spoke with me very candidly about how...

I can become invisible in three seconds. In the time it takes for me to move to a standing position on the sidewalk to sit on the curb...

At our drop in staff and volunteers meet early for some words of encouragement and a time of prayer.  The brief passage of Scripture was...

Some have asked me to print a story that Brent Daley, one of my buddies at our drop in, has written.  Here it is, with only moderate...

Speaking with Brent at the drop in last week, I discoverd he had an aptitude and interest in writing.  I asked him to write about our...

‘So what kind of success rate do you have with people?’  I looked at this person while a whirlwind of thoughts raced around in my head,...

Just a few weeks ago we initiated chiropractic care at our drop in.  What an amazing outreach! Dr. Greg Payne from Ottawa came to us last...

The first time I met Kaylin she was on street outreach two years ago. I noticed her sitting on the sidewalk on Bank Street with a torn up...

It was an amazing evening! Thirteen street-engaged youth presented their art work at Dominion Chalmers United Church, and over 110 guests...

Our street youth art program, ‘Passion for Youth’ is making an impact on young people’s lives.  Last year we had nine street-engaged...

As we work among people experiencing poverty and homelessness, we have discovered an unusually powerful component that has become one of...

Working with people who are poor or homeless can be a challenge: there is great satisfaction and fulfillment, but it can be hard when we...

“Urban Intervention Training” is the name of our volunteer training program which we host three times a year.  It’s a full Saturday,...

Sam was always going to go to detox in Thunder Bay  – some day.  His mother would send money and Sam would spend it on booze.  His mother...