Here are some interesting, worthy and cool organizations that you can get involved with.

Whether it’s attending a fundraiser, volunteering once a week or donating some moula – we want to provide you with ideas of how you can give back to your city, and make it that much more of a great place to live.

Give Back to the Arts

Create opportunities for street involved and homeless people ages 15-29, to engage in the arts in a cross-discipline studio environment or in the community.

• space for self-expression and skill-building through self-directed time in studio or instructional workshops
• art making out in the community
• exhibition and sale of artwork
• connections to mentorship and apprenticeships in the arts industry
• support for education or a career in the arts
• jobs for participating youth facilitating workshops and programs
Contact Info:
Phone:
Administration: (416) 516-5428
Program: (416) 516-1559
Fax: (416) 516-6286
Email: info@sketch.ca
www.sketch.ca

Give Back to the People

About Women’s Habitat
For the past twenty-nine years, Women’s Habitat has been providing emergency shelter, support, advocacy and counseling to thousands of women and their children fleeing violence.

We operate a 25-bed emergency shelter where women and children receive food, support, counselling and referrals to other community services, such as legal aid, subsidized childcare, subsidized housing, welfare, translation/interpretive services, employment counselling, and assistance with immigration/refugee claims.

Our outreach program offers crisis counselling as well as brief individual counselling for women and children, small group work for women and girls, drop-in services, transitional support, housing support, advocacy and much more for women in the south Etobicoke community.

Outreach General Line
416-252-7949
General Email
habitat@womens-habitat.ca
Website
www.womens-habitat.ca

ERNESTINE’S WOMEN’S SHELTER

Ernestine’s Women’s Shelter provides shelter and support to women and their children fleeing violence. In addition to meeting daily needs, like shelter and food, Ernestine’s provides housing and legal support, skill development programming and long term support to help women maintain their independence.

Contact: 416.743.1733
www.ernestines.ca

Give Back to the Environment

Second Harvest is a charity which picks up fresh donated food, which would have gone to waste, and delivers that food to social service agencies in the Greater Toronto Area. Every day, our drivers deliver enough food for about 13,000 meals, to recipients including children in breakfast and after-school programs, women running from violence, homeless individuals, seniors struggling on fixed incomes, working class families, and thousands more who need help in our community.

For more information, please call 416-408-2594 or check out www.secondharvest.ca

Want to Post your organization on this list? Contact giveback@shedoesthecity.com

Thanks,
Jen