From Andrew Simon, partner, chief creative officer at Blammo, in Toronto: We just launched this initiative and I wanted to share. Project Winter Survival is an amazing grassroots organization that provides survival kits (containing things like a sleeping bag, gloves, tuque, basic essentials) to the homeless so they can survive winter. This PSA was shot […] Read More
You never know what a situation is really like until you see for it yourself. Homelessness in Vancouver is no exception to that rule. As someone who has a long history of dealing with social service agencies, homeless shelters, and outreach people across Canada, I thought I knew about the living conditions on the streets […] Read More
TORONTO — With temperatures plummeting recently, the cold snap came as a bit of a shock to Torontonians. But it was much worse for the homeless. For most of us, it’s hard to imagine being homeless, never mind living on the street in the extreme cold. When temperatures drop to extreme-cold levels, homeless shelters are […] Read More
The Mumbai Egotist I bet you didn’t see this coming – the message at the end is a knock out punch. Riveting ad with a big ‘Aha!’ moment. To view the original article, click here. Read More
Backpacks stuffed with items being handed out VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – Vancouver’s homeless are about to get some extra help from a volunteer-based organization based in Toronto that is setting up shop here for the first time. Project Winter Survival founder Jody Steinhauer says the inspiration came from seeing homeless people who refused to go into […] Read More
A News 1130 story on the first Project Winter Survival in Vancouver which was hosted by Hain-Celestial Canada. The story features an interview with Jody Steinhauer about the contents of a survival kit, which are distributed to the homeless to help them survive the winter weather. Read More
A News1130 story about Vancouver’s first Project Winter Survival event hosted by Hain-Celestial Canada. This story features an interview with founder Jody Steinhauer who explains some of the reasons why people are forced to live on the streets rather than in shelters. Read More
An News1130 Vancouver story about Project Winter Survival. The story features an interview with founder Jody Steinhauer who discusses the contents of a survival kit which help the homeless deal with the winter weather. The event takes place annually in Toronto, however, this year Hain-Celestial Canada hosted an event in Vancouver on Friday, January 25, […] Read More
An interview with Program Coordinator of Project Winter Survival, Marnie Zamperoni. In the interview Marnie highlights some items contained within a survival kit, and details the efforts of Project Winter Survival in helping homeless people survive the cold winter weather. This story aired on January 24, 2013 at 7:13am Read More
New initiative aimed at keeping people warm during cold nights COBOURG — During frigid cold nights on patrol, Cobourg Constable Randall Curr comes across people who have nowhere they can go to keep warm. Const. Curr would not say Cobourg has a homeless problem, but did say he and other officers deal with people “who […] Read More
