REMAX ESCARPMENT MAKES HOMELESS WOMEN FOCUS OF FUNDRAISING EVENT

SUNNY DAY FOR HOW’S THE WEATHER CAMPAIGN

Posted by: RE/MAX Escarpment Realty Inc.

On Thursday Dec 6, 2012, at the annual holiday event for Remax in Hamilton, the bold new campaign to bring awareness to the current crisis for homeless women in our community will be the featured charitable cause. 

550 attendees will be informed about the crisis and invited to make donations the campaign.  They will be provided the How’s the Weather signature Red Umbrella buttons as a thank you.

“Homeless women in Hamilton may not have the same kind of Christmas that we might enjoy,” says Conrad Zurini of Remax. “In addition to the fundraising at our event,we will write about the campaign in our blog and put links on our Remax Escarpment website which has a lot of traffic.”

This is the second contribution to the campaign by Mr. Zurini.  He also presented a cheque and spoke about his support of the campaign at the launch of How’s the Weather November 22, 2012.

Katherine Kalinowski, Chair of the Women’s Housing Planning Collaborative says, “Local women’s shelters are turning away women on hundreds of occasions each month because they are full.  These occupancy pressures are not new but as the weather turns cold the urgency to find solutions escalates.  ”

People are invited to visit howstheweather.ca to find out how they can help homeless women.

Background

The Women’s Housing Planning Collaborative is a coalition of local service providers who provide emergency shelter and transitional housing services to women who are homeless. Member agencies include: Good Shepherd Women’s Services, Mission Services Inasmuch House, Native Women’s Centre and Honouring the Circle,  Phoenix Place, YWCA Hamilton and Womankind.

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