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Covenant House Toronto provides crisis care to homeless youth & has a range of services, including education, healthcare, & employment
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Covenant House Toronto
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Celebrating our volunteers: Ken connects with youth over a game of chess
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Celebrating our volunteers: Ken connects with youth over a game of chess
Ken Stripelis has been showing up to volunteer at Covenant House for over thirty years, making him one of our longest serving supporters.
He spoke to us about how a game ofa chess builds connections and community for some of the young people at Covenant House Toronto.
Q: How did you get started volunteering at Covenant House?  ..read more
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1w ago
Sleeper Spotlight on long-time donor, first-time sleeper Hans Ohrstrom
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Hans Ohrstrom began donating to Covenant House Toronto when he was living in a basement apartment, facing his own challenges and was barely able to pay his rent.
“I was eating 2 for 1 pizza for most of my meals – one for breakfast, one for lunch,” Hans said. “I grew up in that - that was normal.”
He had just quit his job as a district manager of an apparel company and was trying to pursue his dream of moving into a career in rea ..read more
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3w ago
Sleeper Spotlight on Tia Plona – SOCE 2024 Committee Co-Chair
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When Tia Plona did her first Sleep Out in 2016, she had little knowledge about the issues of youth homelessness and trafficking. She also didn’t yet have a sense of the wide range of programs and services Covenant House delivers to young people in need.
Now, as Tia prepares to do her ninth Sleep Out as co-chair of the Sleep Out: Champions Edition Committee, she is excited to share the ways the event has, year after year, give ..read more
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3w ago
Sleeper Spotlight on Team Next Gen Council
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Last year, Lisa Black participated in Sleep Out for the very first time. Like many rookies, she spent a restless night reflecting on what she learned earlier that evening about the increasingly complex challenges youth experiencing homelessness and trafficking face every day. Meeting some of the young people who stay at Covenant House and the caring staff who provide life changing programs and services gave her perspective on the harsh realities of homeles ..read more
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1M ago
How to talk about sex trafficking with your child: A conversation with Brenna, our anti-trafficking team’s family social worker
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The Let’s Talk About Sex Trafficking campaign aims to empower and equip parents and caregivers with tools to talk with their children about what sex trafficking looks like and how it can happen, to help prevent it. How can parents approach such a heavy conversation? And what do you do if you suspect your child is being trafficked? We talked with Brenna, who works with yout ..read more
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Helping young people experiencing homelessness and exiting trafficking find the support they need at Covenant House
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On April 11, hundreds of professionals and community members from across the Greater Toronto Area will sleep out to ensure that young people experiencing homelessness and trafficking can find the support they need at Covenant House Toronto.
Sleep Out: Champions Edition provides caring, action-oriented individuals with the opportunity to learn more about youth homelessness ..read more
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1M ago
What you don’t know about how sex trafficking happens
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Sex trafficking is a thriving, highly lucrative and misunderstood crime: over 90 per cent of sex trafficking victims in Canada come from Canada. Traffickers are master manipulators, skilled at exploiting the vulnerabilities of young people—primarily young women—trapping them in a life devoid of freedom and full of abuse for the traffickers’ personal gain.
It’s why we need to talk about sex trafficking.
Vanessa, from Halifax, was lured into sex t ..read more
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2M ago
Covenant House Toronto launches Let’s Talk About Sex Trafficking Campaign: Empowering Canadians To Start The Conversation
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Toronto, ON February 22, 2024 – Today, on National Human Trafficking Awareness Day, Covenant House Toronto launches Let’s Talk About Sex Trafficking, a campaign to spark dialogue and empower and equip parents, caregivers and teens with tools to help prevent sex trafficking in Canada.
Awareness, education and dialogue are essential to help keep young people safe and prevent sex tr ..read more
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Ontario Trillium Foundation helps Covenant House with much-needed renovations and repairs with $92,300 Capital grant
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Toronto, ON (June 27, 2023) – Covenant House Toronto was able to perform much-needed renovations and repairs to its main site in downtown Toronto due to a $92,300 capital grant awarded by the Ontario Trillium Foundation in late 2022.
"I am thrilled to extend my heartfelt congratulations to Covenant House for receiving a $92,300 capital grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation,” sai ..read more
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2M ago
Driving ambition through mentorship
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Tracy is constantly seeking growth opportunities to expand her horizons so that she can create a better life for herself. When the 22-year-old first learned about Covenant House’s programs for youth experiencing homelessness about five years ago, she took it upon herself to enroll in our on-site school and our Cooking for Life job readiness program.
Her decision has paid off after she successfully completed her secondary school education which paved her wa ..read more