Last week staff kicked off #PrideMonth celebrations by reaffirming their positive, safe space by decorating with more flags, artwork, history displays, and encouraging messages 🏳‍🌈♥ Work has also been underway to clean up and cultivate the Willow's Place #MemorialGarden 🌱🌷

Yesterday was the grand opening of Good Shepherd's Dorothy Day Place, a 73-unit affordable housing program for women, non-binary, transgender, & two-spirit individuals affected by homelessness. We were glad to be in attendance celebrating the addition of this vital program 🙌🏻

Be part of a wonderful legacy this Spring! Please help us honour the generous, loving spirit of Barb Brundage by supporting the third annual Barb Brundage Food Drive 🙌🏻🥕 mission-services.com/3rd-annual-bar… drive is virtual and will run until June 18, 2023.

Have a passion for addressing the issues of homelessness, domestic and intimate-partner violence, addictions, mental health, and more? We need YOU to join our Board of Directors! Check out the posting to learn more and apply: mission-services.com/about-mission-… #BoardOfDirectors #JoinOurTeam

Consistent access to safe water is a need - often lacking for our neighbours experiencing homelessness, especially during the hot Summer months. We are so grateful to partner with Project Water by Engage & Change who donated 175 cases of water to help our community members!

Happy Pride! Love, respect, & celebration of our differences—let's make the world a better place for everyone! As Maya Angelou said, “In diversity, there is beauty & strength.” Today we celebrated w/ tie-dying shirts, a special Pride-themed lunch, + more ✨ #Pride #Pridemonth2023

Yesterday was the Grand Opening of our new Men's Shelter location! After 2 years of anticipation, Mayor Andrea Horwath and our community celebrated with a ribbon cutting. Thank you to everyone who made this dream a reality and for showing compassion to our neighbours in need ♥

Happy Canada Day! This week, we celebrated Pride and Indigenous History Month. Unfortunately, our Director of Women's Services also mourned those lost to femicide & our governments' inaction at a CKW Inquest memorial event. Action needs to be taken now to protect women! #EndGBV

The Woman Abuse Working Group (WAWG) has called a press conference for this Friday, July 7. The co-chairs of WAWG, accompanied by member organizations will gather outside of Hamilton City Hall at 10a to Declare Intimate Partner Violence and Gender-Based Violence an Epidemic

Happy Friday Eve 😉 Today, it's hard to name everything we're thankful for; there's just so much. Bell Canada donated backpacks for youth in The 196, Marshall Memorial United Church hosted a hygiene drive, & Hamilton Masonic District C hosted a golf tournament! #ThankfulThursday

“Life doesn’t always give you a good hand but it’s what you make of it. I didn’t expect the shelter to do what they did for me, it was a good experience,” explained Ken. Read more of Ken's story, and see other updates in our Summer 2023 The Edge: ow.ly/TVQQ50P7RaX

Mini Chefs is a cooking program that teaches youth in The 196 cooking, food safety, and other food skills. Mini Chefs involves the youth getting a chance to learn some new skills and perhaps a new recipe in the kitchen... Check out our Facebook or Instagram posts for more info!

Last week, Willow’s Place was excited to host the latest Women’s Health Days, an initiative created by the Greater Hamilton Health Network (GHHN). Many women and gender-diverse-serving organizations, got together to provide services, supports, and care for women in Hamilton 🙌🏻

Food security is not a privilege; it's a fundamental human right. But many of our neighbours and friends struggle to access food. That is why we're so grateful to Meadowlands Fellowship Church for your recent food drive - you collected 182 pounds of food 🙌🏻🥫

Want to join a team of compassionate supportive people working toward changing lives? Check out our new job postings! mission-services.com/about-mission-…

“Inasmuch House sees first-hand the effects of intimate partner violence and gender-based violence on the women and children we serve. They deserve better," - Erin Griver, Director of Inasmuch House. Read her recently published Op Ed: mission-services.com/news/

🌷 An update on the Willow's Place memorial garden in honour of those in the Willow's community who have passed away. It's so full of life, colour, and care ♥ #MemorialGarden #RememberingLovedOnes #CommunityRemembrance #InBloom #TransformationTuesday #TuesdayTransformation

We love when our community comes together to support those who need it most! Thank you Meal Care McMaster for donating 600 frozen vegan dinners, Alves Meats for their recent food drive, and everyone who took part in Summer Sponsor a Family helping over 20 families and folks!

Today, on #OverdoseAwarenessDay, we reflect on this year's theme "Recognizing those people who go unseen,". To families grieving loved ones, healthcare workers and first responders providing compassionate care, & frontline staff like those in our shelters & programs: #weseeyou