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Thank you, Orange Door Project!  Windsor Residence for Young Men benefits from Home Depot’s June Fundraising Campaign at the Walker and Division Roads Store The Home Depot Canada’s Walker & Division roads store in Windsor has raised $3,348 for Windsor Residence for Young Men. The funds from the three-week The Orange Door Project campaign in June will be used to support local at-risk and homeless youth. “We are very grateful to Home Depot Canada and the Walker & Division store for their support,” said WRYM Board Member Dave Freeman. “I want to thank our customers and our associates for rallying behind this important cause,” said Pam O’Rourke, chair, The Home Depot Canada Foundation and vice-president, merchandising, The Home Depot Canada. “Youth homelessness exists in all of our communities, and the generous donations provided during The Orange Door Project campaign, helps 120 charity partners provide the local support needed to help secure brighter futures for vulnerable or homeless youth.” Across Canada, The Orange Door Project raised $858,014 for 120 youth-serving housing charities.
One hundred percent of the funds raised at the Walker & Division roads store will benefit the transitional living program for residents of WRYM, which is a charitable organization that supports young men 16 - 24 years of age as they leave homelessness behind to build new lives. WRYM provides a transitional residence and individual counselling while teaching basic life skills such as hygiene, food acquisition and preparation, budgeting, social responsibility and work ethic. For more information, please visit www.wrym.ca The Home Depot Canada Foundation The Home Depot Canada Foundation is committed to preventing and ending youth homelessness in Canada. On any given night, more than 6,000 young people are without a place to call home, making youth homelessness one of the most urgent social issues facing Canadians today. Through The Orange Door Project initiative, The Foundation has pledged $50 million by the end of 2022 to improve housing options, support life-skills development programs, and invest in research that ensures funding is directed to the most effective solutions designed to help youth build brighter futures. For more information, please visit www.orangedoorproject.ca Media contact: Brian Worrall, Chair. WRYM PR Committee
- 519.255.7930/226.759-2802 / jbrianworrall@gmail.com The Orange Door Project is Under Way! Windsor Residence for Young Men will benefit from Home Depot’s Fundraising Campaign May 30 to June 23, 2019 - Walker and Division Roads Store  L to R: WRYM President Susan Freeman joined with Assistant Store Manager Sherri Jean and WRYM Director Dave Freeman to launch the Home Depot Walker & Division store’s Orange Door fundraising project for Windsor Residence for Young Men. The Home Depot Canada’s Walker & Division roads store in Windsor has partnered with The Windsor Residence for Young Men (WRYM) to raise funds in support of local at-risk and homeless youth. Until June 23, customers can donate $2.00 at the store’s checkout or online at www.orangedoorproject.ca. If donating online, please be sure to select the Walker & Division store fund “Windsor-7228” in the drop-down menu so that your donation benefits WRYM. One hundred percent of the funds raised at the Walker & Division roads store (store #7228) in Windsor will benefit the transitional living program for residents of WRYM, which is a charitable organization that supports young men 16 - 24 years of age as they leave homelessness behind to build new lives. WRYM provides a transitional residence and individual counselling while teaching basic life skills such as hygiene, food acquisition and preparation, budgeting, social responsibility and work ethic. For more information, please visit www.wrym.ca “Our program depends almost entirely on the generosity of the community, says WRYM Board Member Dave Freeman, “and so we are very grateful to Home Depot Canada and the Walker & Division store for their support. We can assure donors that WRYM is both effective and efficient – we have a ninety percent success rate - we do not duplicate services of other agencies, and funding goes direct to the program. Our administration is done free of charge by volunteers. So, please do donate!” Through The Orange Door Project fundraising campaign, The Home Depot Canada Foundation supports 120 organizations that are committed to preventing and ending youth homelessness across the country. The Home Depot Canada Foundation The Home Depot Canada Foundation is committed to preventing and ending youth homelessness in Canada. On any given night, more than 6,000 young people are without a place to call home, making youth homelessness one of the most urgent social issues facing Canadians today. Through The Orange Door Project initiative, The Foundation has pledged $50 million by the end of 2022 to improve housing options, support life-skills development programs, and invest in research that ensures funding is directed to the most effective solutions designed to help youth build brighter futures. For more information, please visit www.orangedoorproject.ca
Media contact: Brian Worrall, Chair. WRYM PR Committee - 519.255.7930/226.280.7203 / jbrianworrall@gmail.com  The WRYM Charity Golf Tournament invites friends, golfers and sponsors to help homeless young men build new lives!
GOLFERS This exciting day is intended to raise funds for WRYM’s ongoing work supporting young men 16 - 24 years of age as they leave homelessness behind to build new lives. WRYM’s staff of women and men delivers individual counselling and teaches basic life skills such as hygiene, food acquisition and preparation, budgeting, social responsibility and work ethic. “We work together with the community to end homelessness,” says WRYM’s volunteer executive director Greg Goulin, “and we depend almost entirely on the generosity of our citizens. The tournament will be a great opportunity both to have fun in good company and to support WRYM's continuing success.” GOLFERS - do you just want to play golf?
Register & pay here at https://tournamentcaddie.com/golfWRYM2019 Questions? E-mail golfwrym@gmail.com Would you prefer to fill in a PDF form and e-mail it to golfwrym@gmail.com or deliver to Windsor Residence for Young Men? No problem - here's the form and a Save the Date flyer. Feel free to forward them!
SPONSORS “We are inviting community sponsors to take part in supporting the WRYM Charity Golf Tournament,” adds Goulin. “It will be a great opportunity both to help homeless young men and to get your name out in the community. To start, we are grateful to Sutton Creek Golf Club for sharing their fine course and for all their expertise in organizing such a tournament!"  SPONSORS - would you like to help homeless young men and get your name out in the community, all at once? Register here at https://tournamentcaddie.com/golfWRYM2019 Do you wish to make an in-kind or prize donation? Questions? E-mail golfwrym@gmail.com Would you prefer to fill in a PDF form and e-mail it to golfwrym@gmail.com or deliver it to Windsor Residence for Young Men? No problem - here's the form. And feel free to forward it to others!
 CANCELLATION OF WRYM'S MOTHERS DAY DINNER – we regret to inform you that “Celebrating Mothers”, WRYM’s Mothers Day fundraising dinner, has been cancelled due to lack of attendance. Questions? Call 519-981-9917 or email executivedirector@wrym.ca
 Enjoy a short stack for a tall cause! You’re invited to an Applebee’s® Flapjack Fundraiser breakfast to support Windsor Residence for Young Men! Tickets are $15.00 per plate and include PANCAKES, BACON, JUICE, COFFEE OR TEA.
To purchase tickets in advance, please follow this link! Tickets in your name will be waiting for you at the Applebee’s Flapjack
Fundraiser. You may also purchase tickets, as available, at the door. We did it – WRYM’s COLDEST NIGHT OUT!  WRYM’s volunteer Executive Director Greg Goulin celebrated his 70th birthday at the event, and supporters presented him with a surprise birthday cake! “We did it!” says Greg Goulin, the Windsor Residence for Young Men’s volunteer Executive Director. Volunteers, friends and staff of Windsor Residence for Young Men spent up to 14 hours on the night of February 22-23 out in bitter cold and darkness for the WRYM's COLDEST NIGHT OUT fundraiser. The site, an industrial parking lot on St. Luke Road in Windsor, was kindly provided by Dave Woodall of Medachrom Holdings Limited.
“We can never duplicate the desperation of homelessness, says Goulin. “Our volunteers’ overnight vigil is meant to bring more attention to our community’s need to help young men leave homelessness behind and build new lives. That awareness is growing. It was really moving during this event to receive support for our programs from members of the community. One donor showed up at four-thirty in the morning to present us with a cheque!” Goulin celebrated his 70th birthday at the event, and supporters presented him with a surprise birthday cake! Windsor Residence for Young Men (WRYM) is a charitable organization that supports young men 16 - 24 years of age as they leave homelessness behind to build new lives. WRYM provides a supportive functional family with a staff of women and men who deliver individual counselling and teach basic life skills such as hygiene, food acquisition and preparation, budgeting, social responsibility and work ethic. WRYM’s program success rate, measured in the number of residents who have left the streets, is 92%, with a 3-year average of 90%. It is not too late to donate to help homeless young men build new lives:
WRYM's COLDEST NIGHT OUT!  WRYM’s volunteer Executive Director Greg Goulin spent the night on the street at the 2018 WRYM's COLDEST NIGHT OUT, and plans to do so again this year. Supporters of The Windsor Residence for Young Men will repeat their successful fundraising event, “WRYM's COLDEST NIGHT OUT!" (*Editors note - this text as been updated to avoid ambiguity with another event with a similar theme), on a parking lot at 1350 St. Luke Road in Windsor from Friday February 22 at 5:00 PM until 7:00 AM on Saturday February 23. Windsor Residence for Young Men (WRYM) is a charitable organization that supports young men 16 - 24 years of age as they leave homelessness behind to build new lives. WRYM provides a supportive functional family with a staff of women and men who deliver individual counselling and teach basic life skills such as hygiene, food acquisition and preparation, budgeting, social responsibility and work ethic. WRYM’s program success rate, measured in the number of residents who have left the streets, is 92%, with a 3-year average of 90%. During the event, registered volunteers will spend the night outdoors in the cold. WRYM’s volunteer Executive Director, Greg Goulin, will be spending his 70th birthday at the event. “We are doing this to raise funds to help our guys at WRYM through pledges based on the hours our volunteers last on that night out in the cold,” says Goulin. “We can never duplicate the desperation of homelessness. The rules allow for participants to leave at any time with the knowledge that they have a warm home, hot bath and a good meal to return to - something the homeless can only dream about while facing another night of misery.” “I would like to thank Dave Woodall of Medachrom Holdings Limited for the use of a unique piece of property,” adds Goulin. “I am pleased to say it has an on-site warming centre and a washroom!” For more information on donating or participating:
 Windsor’s Walker & Division roads Home Depot store holds holiday fundraiser for Windsor Residence for Young Men Customers are invited to donate $2 at the checkout between Nov 29 – Dec 16
WINDSOR, ONTARIO - The Home Depot Canada’s Walker & Division roads store (store #7228) in Windsor is fundraising for the Windsor Residence for Young Men (WRYM) this holiday season. Until December 16, customers can donate $2 at the store’s checkout in exchange for an orange paper door. All donations will help WRYM to support young men 16 - 24 years of age as they leave homelessness behind to build new lives. WRYM provides a transitional residence and individual counselling while teaching basic life skills such as hygiene, food acquisition and preparation, budgeting, social responsibility and work ethic. Less than ten percent of its funding comes from government sources. “It is thanks to generous individual and corporate donors that our work is possible,” says WRYM’s volunteer Executive Director Greg Goulin. “The Orange Door Campaign allows us to reach many more people than we could on our own. One hundred percent of the donations will go to support homeless and at-risk young men in the Windsor Essex area.” Anyone who prefers to donate online may do so at www.orangedoorproject.ca – in the website’s drop-down menu under “Fund”, be sure to select the Walker & Division roads store “ON, Windsor-7228” so that your donation benefits WRYM. You may also leave a note regarding your donation.
WRYM Ambassadors Requested for Giving Tuesday November 27 The Windsor Residence for Young Men (WRYM) is recruiting ambassadors and donors to take part in Giving Tuesday on November 27. “We are saying please join our WRYM family, if you haven’t already done so,” says WRYM’s volunteer Executive Director Greg Goulin. “You can donate as you are able or be a WRYM Ambassador and share our messages!”
Giving Tuesday is a global movement for giving and volunteering that takes place worldwide each year, and is called the “opening day of the giving season”! It has become an important time for charities such as WRYM to raise the funds needed to carry on their programs. Since it began operations in 2012, WRYM has depended on such community generosity. The Windsor Residence for Young Men helps an average of 50 young residents each year to leave homelessness behind and build new lives. WRYM provides a supportive functional family for young men aged 16-24 years who are in desperate need of support. Often, WRYM is the only family “our guys” have ever known — with a staff of women and men in the roles of aunts, uncles or older siblings who deliver individual counselling and teach basic life skills.
WRYM’s program is efficient and effective. We do not duplicate the work of other agencies. Instead, we integrate our guys into the community and its resources to help them become active citizens. Our annual program budget is $400,000 (Canadian). Divided by an average of 50 residents assisted each year, the yearly cost per resident is $8,000. “We will be thanking our old friends and making new ones,” says Goulin. “We are respectfully asking that you help us achieve our 2018 Giving Tuesday fundraising goal of $16,000 – that’s the yearly cost of assisting two young men to leave homelessness behind and build new lives.” Goulin is inviting supporters and donors to visit WRYM on Facebook at www.facebook.com/windsorresidenceforyoungmen, or to visit the website at www.wrym.ca. He can also be contacted directly through e-mail greggoulin@cogeco.net or telephone (519) 981-9917. Updates on WRYM’s “giving season” progress will be provided on Facebook and at an Applebee’s Flapjack Fundraiser Breakfast to be hosted by Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill & Bar, 2250 Division Road (at Walker) in Windsor on Saturday December 1, from 8:00 a.m. to 10.a.m. Tickets are $15 and may be purchased in advance by calling (519) 981-9917 or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/windsorresidenceforyoungmen. Until the Windsor Residence for Young Men opened its doors in October 2012, Windsor/Essex had no transitional housing or life skills program for homeless male youth. Concerned citizens began working to raise community support and funding in the year 2000, but it would be another 12 years before WRYM was able to purchase and renovate a suitable residence. WRYM is an effective operation that depends on community support to fulfill its mission. Green Shield Canada Supports Windsor Residence for Young Men  Photo - Wednesday, October 24 - Celebrating a successful four-year association are (L-R) WRYM Executive Director (pro bono) Greg Goulin, GSC Chief Human Resources Officer Mila Lucio, WRYM President Susan Freeman, GSC President & CEO Zahid Salman, and GSC VP of Planning & Business Solutions Cathy Morrison. Green Shield Canada (GSC) has formally presented the Windsor Residence for Young Men (WRYM) with the final cheque of four yearly donations, bringing the total amount funded by GSC to $230,736. As with the previous cheques, the 2018 payment, totalling $57,684, supports WRYM’s Mental Health Navigation Program.
WRYM assists 50 young men each year to leave homelessness behind to build new lives. WRYM delivers individual counselling and teaches basic life skills such as hygiene, food acquisition and preparation, budgeting, social responsibility and work ethic. By teaching life skills, WRYM provides “our guys” with the independence necessary to walk away from abusive situations. WRYM does not duplicate existing community services. Rather, it teaches young men how to access existing services in our community so that they can build new lives. Many have serious mental health challenges, and the WRYM Mental Health Navigation Program teaches them how to access vital mental health services. Started in Windsor in 1957, GSC is Canada's only national not-for-profit health and dental benefits specialist, offering affordable group and individual programs. GSC is also active in funding community charitable causes. The GSC Community Giving Program (CGP) is an annual granting initiative that provide financial and organizational development support to Canadian registered charitable, not-profit, social enterprise organizations that deliver frontline health care to uninsured and underinsured people across Canada. The CGP Program supports organizations that focus on oral health care, vision care, prescription drugs, disease management, mental health counselling, and have an aspect of social service navigation to help address the whole person, including housing support, healthy food programs, education, job training. “We really believe in giving back to our community and supporting the great causes that exist here locally,” says GSC Chief Human Resources Officer Mila Lucio. “Certainly, the Windsor Residence for Young Men is one of those charities that we really want to be supporting strongly.” “On behalf of the Windsor Residence for Young Men, I would like to thank Green Shield Canada for their longstanding support of our program,” says WRYM President Susan Freeman. “Mental Health issues are common in our community and this money will go a long way toward helping young men to deal with these issues.” In 2012, the Windsor Residence for Young Men began operations on the principle that the most effective way to integrate young men into the community was to assist them in accessing the community services specific to their needs. Collaboration with other agencies also allows WRYM to make the best possible use of funding dollars. |
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