We're a non-profit, volunteer network, delivering food and supplies for Toronto’s unhoused residents. Donate today via email transfer. khanley@projectfoodchain
Filled with love & gratitude for our friends @PFoodchain for this shipment of water to the Out of the Cold Meal Program @ Saint Lukes U.C. Outreach is a large part of what we do. We'll get this water to those sleeping rough & in encampments 🙏💕
@RafiInterfaith Hey @RafiInterfaith. Thanks for the shout-out and for your incredible work and advocacy. For unhoused folks who live in encampments, or sleep rough, without access to running water, too few City water trucks and no dedicated cooling centres, this is the very least we can do.
Actual question: if @cityoftoronto is piloting six 'Cleaner Air Spaces' to address poor air quality due to wildfires, why can't these spaces be opened more broadly during extreme weather events, like today's heat warning? We need 24/7 extreme weather spaces.
16 yrs volunteering yesterday was the hardest day physically for me to be outside doing outreach & that includes ice storms & extreme cold. Community members I encountered were physically depleted, having issues breathing & barely hanging on. There's no reprieve from this heat 1/
@MayorOliviaChow@TOPublicHealth Thank you, @MayorOliviaChow, @Diana_C_McNally and all of the community members who worked to make this happen. Let's make our organization's water program for unhoused community members obsolete. Now, please open the designated cooling centres.
This week's #heatwave could be deadly for #unhoused residents in #Toronto if they can't keep hydrated. With the help of @Diana_C_McNally and her fundraiser, along with everyone who has contributed and our amazing partners, we're delivering water across TO all summer! Thank you!
@Diana_C_McNally We are just incredibly grateful to @Diana_C_McNally and every single person who has donated to this cause. As Diana says, water is an emergency health intervention in a deadly #heatwave and you are ensuring our unhoused neighbours can keep hydrated. Thank you.
We are just so incredibly grateful to @Diana_C_McNally and everyone in the community who have contributed so that our team can distribute life-saving water to unhoused residents during this deadly #heatwave and all summer long. Wow! #torontoheatwave#unhoused
Thank you @Diana_C_McNally and everyone for helping us get water to our unhoused neighbours across Toronto and Peel. We're dreading this heatwave and its unequal impact. If we all had safe, affordable, housing, none of this would be needed.
Since 2020, I've relied on donated water from @PFoodchain to keep people healthy. Without ready access to running water — and more people outdoors die in the heat than in the cold — these donations have literally saved lives. We can't distribute water without your support!
For people living rough, water is truly the gift of life. Kudos to Network carriers: JDSmith, GX Transportation Solutions Inc., and Thomson Terminals Limited,and Atripco Delivery Service for moving hundreds of pallets of water donated to Project FoodChain by BlueTriton Brands.
There is also a petition being circulated in support of the life-saving services being offered at South Riverdale Community Health Centre, and the need of increased support for harm reduction and supervised consumption services in our communities! https://t.co/e3CMGSy5WA
City data shows that Toronto turned away an average of 273 people a day from shelters during the month of June, a record high for a city struggling to provide for its homeless population. https://t.co/Lf9NDjbLJx
Heat Alert for this week! Please check on vulnerable neighbours. Almost all of @tngcommunityTO housing has air conditioning. And we have two cooling spaces for tenants that need them during heat alerts. Essential for the future!
The heat continues and there's little respite for unhoused folks.
Fortunately we're still getting water to agencies including our wonderful friends at @VeahavtaNews.
Thanks @BlueTritonCA for the donation & @AtripcoDelivery & @thomsonterminal for delivery & transport!
We'd like to give a big thanks to @TrucksForChange and their incredible partner @GXTransport for bringing a truckload of vital water from our donor @BlueTritonCA in Guelph to the @AtripcoDelivery warehouse for delivery to unhoused community members across the GTA!