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HUB
Executive
Nan Normand,
Co-Chair
Ralph Page, Co-Chair, Treasurer
Karen Essery, Secretary |
| Don
Denver |
Emily
Goss |
| Dan
Jorgensen |
Pieter
Joubert |
| Shirley
Kelly |
Frank
Kowal |
| Erika
Olson |
Diane
Pelletier |
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Joan
Schelske
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What is Making Kenora HOME?
A concerned group working on solutions for
homelessness in our community.
Guiding Principles
EQUALITY: We are all created equal within this world that we
share
INCLUSION: Every person living in Kenora is a part of our
community
SHARING: As a community we must care for each other
SELF DETERMINATION: Each person has the right to choose his
or her own path providing that path does not hurt another
EMPOWERMENT: We are accountable for our own actions and need
to look inward first before looking outward for change
How do we achieve this?
Community education and awareness about homelessness and
poverty
Promoting the implementation of our May 2007 report Community
Solutions For Affordable Housing Projects
Community caring projects to address poverty.
Why is Making Kenora HOME
important to us?
Stable housing is one of the most effective ways to break
the cycle of poverty
Kenora will become a more inclusive and caring community.
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WANT TO BECOME A MEMBER?
Tell a member of our Executive
Call us at 468-8888
Make a Difference In Our Community |
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JOURNEYS
OF HOPE |
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| A second collection of stories on homelessness is being released by Making
Kenora Home during Week of Action Against Poverty. The contributors to
this year’s collection have shared their life journeys from homelessness to
hope. The book launch will be held at Ho Joe’s on February 11, 2009, 7 pm. |
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COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENTS IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING STOCKS
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The Implementation Working Group has established a working
group who are actively working towards achieving a local
build of a single family home. Affordable family home
ownership is part of the local affordable housing
strategy. |
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Gearing
Up For
Local Giving |
Application has also been made to the Homelessness
PartneringStrategy
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| extension of local emergency shelter services. |
On the funding field, the newly approved federal budget
has committed funds for renovation and energy retrofits of
social and low-income housing and extended funding for
housing and homelessness programs including the Affordable
Housing Initiative, Residential Rehabilitation Assistance
Program and the Homelessness Partnering Strategy. Specific
funding will be dedicated to low-income seniors and
persons with disabilities. Competition for these funds
will be fierce. The community plan developed by Making
Kenora Home is available to help local parties interested
in submitting applications for affordable housing. Because
of competition for funding, we are very much aware that
time is of the essence in this regard and have encouraged
City Officials to play a leadership role in directing this
funding process.
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WEEK
OF ACTION AGAINST POVERTY
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8-14, 2009 is Kenora’s Week of Action Against Poverty.
Members of Making Kenora HOME encourage citizens of Kenora
to join us in taking action against poverty through food
bank donations, coffee break discussions, meditation and
prayer, random acts of kindness, bake sales, winter wear
drives, or other projects of your own choosing. Here are
some of the activities planned for the week: |
| February
7 |
10:00
a.m. Interdenominational
Volleyball Tournament
St. Thomas Aquinas High School |
| February
8 |
Interdenominational
Prayers |
| February
8-14 |
Kenora
Metis Health & Wellness
Knit-A-Thon |
| February
10 |
Pope
John Paul II School
Classroom
Conversations |
| February
11 |
9:00
a.m. Budget Countdown
Minto Family Resource Centre
hosted by Northwest Health Unit |
| February
11 |
2:00
p.m. Pancake
Brunch
Fellowship
Centre
hosted by HOME |
| February
11 |
7:00
p.m.
Journeys
of Hope
HoJoe’s
café conversation |
| February
11 |
6:30
p.m.
Skate, Slide & Silver
Donations hosted by Parent Council,
Pope John Paul II School |
| February
11 |
6
p.m. People
First Valentine Dance,
Knox
United Church |
| February
12 |
Warm
Your Spirit Fundraiser Lunch, Kenora
Legal Aid & Kenora Community Legal Clinic
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| February 8-14 |
Non-perishable
Food Drive
Challenge Club |
| February 13 |
Red
Ribbon Campaign
People First Kenora |
| February 13 |
Making
A Difference
St.Louis School, grade 5 class |
| February 14 |
Open
Your Heart Dance
8 pm Best Western Lakeside Inn
Kenora Patricia Child & Family Services |
| February 14 |
10:30 Storytime Kenora
Library & Best Start
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| February 8-14 |
Winter Wear Drive
Mx-Fm Staff
Keystone Lock & Safe
Kenora Court House |
| February 24 |
Story Telling Birchwood Terrance,
Nechee Life Long Care Program |
| February 26 |
Luncheon Fundraiser
Kenora Court House Staff |
| TBA |
Cammie Carpenter’s Band of Awesome |
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