A Message from Pastoral Care and Outreach…

Earlier in 2023 it was agreed that 75% of the funds raised through the Nearly New Shop would be allocated back out into the community. Here are how the funds of over $20K were distributed in 2023:

❤️ NeighbourLink Food Hub program.

❤️ Don Valley Refugee Resettlers Program (DVRR).

❤️ NeighbourLink for their Backpack Program. 

❤️ Toby's Place - A safe(r) space for queer, trans, and questioning youth in Scarborough.

❤️ Friends of Ruby – a support program for two-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual and all gender non-conforming youth (aged 16-29) by providing free counselling, housing and social services.

❤️ Saint Luke's United – to help support their nutritional food program for their encampment neighbours.

❤️ The 519 food security program
❤️ City Lights Break Jam event that took place in November 2023
❤️ Fred Victor Centre (a Lansing Ladies tradition)
❤️ Massey Centre for Women (a Lansing Ladies tradition)
❤️ North York Women's Shelter (a Lansing Ladies tradition)

❤️ Doctors Without Borders (a Lansing Ladies tradition)

❤️Sleeping Children Around The World (a Lansing Ladies tradition)

❤️North York Harvest Food Bank

❤️ U of T Ecumenical Chaplaincy Group
❤️ Covenant House - to help support youth homelessness
❤️ Gifts with Vision (United Church of Canada) to support Canadian and Global initiatives
❤️ Cummer Avenue United Church's Drop Inn program
❤️ $500.00 was directed to Cummer Avenue United Church's Drop Inn program