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Womens Shelter

Hope Is Greater Than Fear

Sandra Hawken Diaz | Posted 05.01.2013 | Canada Impact
Read More: Women, Violence Against Women, Canadian Women's Foundation, Charity, Women's Issues, Family Violence, Women's Shelter, Domestic Violence, Domestic Abuse, Canada Impact News
Sandra Hawken Diaz

The most dangerous time for an abused women is when she attempts to leave her abuser. And although Canada has more than 400 emergency shelters, in some communities women and their children are regularly turned away because the shelters are full.

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New Funding For Women's Centre

CP | Wendy Cox, The Canadian Press | Posted 02.18.2013 | Canada British Columbia
Read More: Missing Women Inquiry, Womens Drop in Centre Funding, Womens Drop in Centre, Missing Women Inquiry Report, Video, Downtown Eastside, Vancouver, Cp, Womens Shelter Funding, Downtown Eastside Drop in Centre, Womens Shelter, Downtown Eastside Drop in Centre Funding, Canada British Columbia News

VANCOUVER - Kate Gibson needs a lot of advice.After spending years helping to run a widely-respected drop-in service for sex-trade workers on Vancouve...

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Holiday Shoebox Drive: Helping Those in Need

Caroline Mulroney Lapham | Posted 01.13.2013 | Canada Impact
Read More: Shoebox Project for Shelters, Holiday Donation Boxes, Giving to Charity, Nazareth House, Red Door Family Shelter, Nellie's, Holidays Canada, Street Haven at the Crossroads, Christmas Donation, Women's Shelter, Shoebox Drive, Canada Impact News
Caroline Mulroney Lapham

Driving home from dinner last fall, my sister-in-law Jessica told me about her mother's holiday shoebox drive. For many years, Veronica has been asking her friends in Montreal to fill a shoebox with small gift items, which she collects and delivers to a women's shelter. Jessica wanted to do the same thing in Toronto for the Red Door Family Shelter and I immediately offered to get involved.

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