wrym's netletterApril 2024 Our 50/50 Fundraiser is Happening Now! Tickets are on sale until Monday, May 20, 2024, at 11:59 p.m. Our 2nd Annual 50/50 Raffle Fundraiser is to support the Windsor Residence for Young Men and the services we offer to youth experiencing homelessness. This year, one lucky winner will take home 50% of ALL proceeds AND, a minimum prize of $500 is GUARANTEED! The draw will be held on Friday, May 24, 2024 at 1:30 p.m. The winner will be announced on the same day. Simply click on the button below to purchase your electronic tickets, to learn more about WRYM, and to read the Rules of Play.
Mother's Day is Coming! Mother's Day is on Sunday, May 12, 2024. At WRYM, Mother's Day can stir up many emotions for the young people here. Whether "mom" is a source of pain, love, or both depends on the youth, but for each of the young people we serve, mom is not there when they go to sleep at night. This year, consider giving the special mom(s) in your life a gift that helps a young person rebuild their life in the absence of one by honouring her with one of the following titles. Simply click on one of the choices below or use the button to purchase your gift. Supporter - $25 Feed 5 homeless youth with meals and snacks for 24 hours. Champion - $100 Give 1 homeless youth 24 hours of safety and housing at WRYM Superhero - $500 Give 5 homeless youth 24 hours of safety and housing at WRYM From our family to yours, we want to wish all the mothers, grandmothers, aunts, caregivers, and people who fill the role of "mom" in someone's life, a very happy Mother's Day. 
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There is Still Time to Make It Monthly!  Until the end of March 2024, create a new monthly gift of $20 or more in support of The Windsor Residence for Young Men through Canada Helps, and Canada Helps will make a one-time extra $20 donation to our charity! Looking for more information? Just click on the button below to learn how you can "Make it Monthly" in support of homeless youth and The Windsor Residence for Young Men. 
Interested in Volunteering? We are blessed to have an amazing group of volunteers who help us with everything from maintenance to fundraising; BUT we can still use your help! Whether you are simply handy around the house; interested in helping at events; or are someone who has skills or experience in leadership/governance, there is a place for you to help at WRYM. Our volunteers make a difference! Please click on the link below for more information.  
A Rough Night Out – Better With Friends We are thrilled to announce that WRYM's Rough Night Out 2024 raised approximately $6,000, due to a brave an growing group of participants! From one of our Past-Presidents to Past-Residents, and even an energetic group of St. Clair College students, we were amazed at the support of those who spent the night outside in support of homeless youth. Click below for more information and photos!
Our 2023 Program Statistics Want to learn more about the type of youth WRYM helps or the results we achieve? Check out our recently published 2023 statistics below (spoiler alert – our programs work!)
Rough Night Out 2024 is Happening!!! Every February, brave volunteers spend the night outside in the cold, snow, wind, and darkness (as youth experiencing homelessness may sometimes have to do) in order to raise awareness and funds for WRYM's housing services. This year, you can choose to do Rough Night Out your way! Whether you prefer to take the challenge alone or would rather join our President, Vice President, and myself at WRYM, the location is up to you. If for any reason you deem the outdoor challenge is not feasible or safe, you can remain indoors for a "wake-a-thon". We simply ask that all participants remain safe, sign up on our Rough Night Out page, and consider seeking pledges for their participation in the fundraiser. We will be offering some awesome WRYM "swag" to participants or teams who raise $500 or more! Please see the attachment for more information or check out the link below. If you would rather support one of our teams than take the challenge yourself, you can make a pledge to a team or a donation to the event itself: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/the-windsor-residence-for-young-men/p2p/rno2024/ Season of Giving was a MASSIVE Success! We started with $10,000 in matching pledges from Capital Power, and ended with $67,767 in total donations! What an amazing result! In addition to Capital Power, we want to acknowledge the Basilian Fathers in Sandwich Ontario and Don/Maureen Gordon who all came together to make up our group of matching donors. It is always amazing to see how the holiday season inspires such generosity, and we thank every donor and volunteer for helping us keep ending homelessness for youth and supporting our campaign. Our Netletter is Changing! Next month, we will be reformatting the WRYM Netletter to be able to easily build in images and links to our content, as well as to make it more visually appealing! This reformat will make it more enjoyable and efficient to look through what is happening here at WRYM, and we welcome any feedback you have. We will still be sending the Netletter from this email address each month, with a focus on WRYM stories, events, and relevant information. As always, you can unsubscribe anytime as seen at the bottom of each email. P.s. - every day WRYM makes a life changing difference for a young person struggling. We thank you for empowering this amazing place. Kind regards, - Jason Two Weeks to Go in WRYM's Annual Season of Giving! With only two weeks to go in our Season of Giving Campaign, we are thrilled to announce we have raised $11,005 of the available $30,000 in matching funds! We still need $18,995 in donations to take full advantage of the remaining matching funds, so please consider donating before December 31, 2023, at 11:59PM. Your donation will DOUBLE THE IMPACT in supporting youth to overcome homelessness and build new lives. To help showcase how big of an impact your donation makes, as of November 30, 2023, we have been able to achieve a 91% success rate in housing youth after our Transitional Housing Program, bringing our new 3-year average success rate to 89%! In total, we were able to support 102 at-risk youth between all of our different programs this year. This wouldn’t be possible if it weren’t for the gracious generosity of our supporters and the dedication of staff and volunteers. So, this year’s Season of Giving is more important than ever for WRYM to continue to keep the same standard of success in supporting homeless youth. With the rising costs of inflation, the expense to end homelessness for youth continues to grow, and we must be there to meet the challenge. Remember for each $1 you donate, it’s $2 for WRYM until we reach our $30,000 in matching funds, so please consider donating to make a difference in a young man’s life. To make your donation, you can either drop off or mail a cheque/cash to the Windsor Residence for Young Men, 1505 Langlois Avenue, Windsor, ON N8X 4M3 or online at https://www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/14648 or visit our website at www.wrym.ca. P.S. - Your donation does a lot of good. Check out our attached statistics for 2023 (until Nov 30, 2023), and see for yourself! Kindest regards,
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