Family Shelter News

Our Fall newsletter is now available! Read about trends in GTA food bank usage, see some of our summer highlights, and more.

Our 2011 Annual Report is now available.  We are pleased to have increased our support to over 600 families this year through both our shelter and outreach programs.

Our 2011 spring/summer newsletter is now available!
One of our recent ex-resident's tell her personal story, see program and volunteer spotlights, and more.
 

Louisa Jewell recounts her experience of sponsoring a Red Door family this holiday season and writes about the joys of giving in an article for Positive Psychology News Daily.  Read the story.

Our 2010 Annual Report is now available.  We are pleased to have supported 530 families this year through both our shelter and outreach programs.
Inside:
-A Message from our Executive
-Shelter and Outreach use stats
-Our 2010 Financials
-Thank you to our Donors

Our spring/summer newsletter is now available!
Read about shelter use growth in Toronto, see our donor and volunteer spotlights, staff service awards and more.
 

From the May 8th edition of the National Post:
In 2008, according to Statistics Canada, 4,273 women spent Mother's Day in a Canadian shelter. In a given year, Canada's shelters support over 100,000 different women and children, the largest demographic of homeless individuals by far. Many of these women are mothers who have struggled to make a safer future for their children and each one of them deserves to be honoured this Mother's Day for their extraordinary strength and courage.

This year marks the 25th Anniversary of the Red Door Family Shelter. In response to increasing family homelessness at that time, the Woodgreen United Church founded the Red Door Family Shelter which opened its doors to 28 homeless people in December 1982 on Queen Street East. The agency was incorporated in 1983 as a non-profit charitable organization, providing emergency shelter and support to families.