YWCA BLOG: MY EXPERIENCE OF KEEP A ROOF OVER THEIR HEADS

2014-05-02T12:48:28-06:00May 2nd, 2014|Our View|

On May 1, 2014, the YWCA kept our temporary winter shelter open for one more night to host our fundraising event YWCA KEEP A ROOF OVER THEIR HEADS®. The event took participants through the experience of spending the night at our YWCA Winter Emergency Response (WER) program, offered during the coldest months of the year [...]

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YWCA Blog: How one man is helping homeless women

2014-04-14T13:15:21-06:00April 14th, 2014|Our View|

On May 1st, YWCA KEEP A ROOF OVER THEIR HEADS® participant Pat Walsh will line up outside the YWCA to guarantee a place to sleep in our former gymnasium, which has been converted to an emergency shelter. For many women in Calgary, this process is a familiar one as the YWCA Winter Emergency Response program [...]

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