Christmas gifts for vulnerable youth
November 21, 2024
For vulnerable Toronto youth, the Evergreen Christmas Market creates a unique “shopping” experience that helps them know they’re valued and loved.
For vulnerable Toronto youth, the Evergreen Christmas Market creates a unique “shopping” experience that helps them know they’re valued and loved.
We are always looking for ways to make Christmas and the holiday season extra magical for our nursery and daycare families.
With your help, this Christmas we expect to serve more than 12,000 freshly prepared hot meals for vulnerable youth and adults, while inviting isolated neighbours to special Christmas dinners.
This Thanksgiving, you provided more than 9,000 meals for vulnerable Toronto community members through Yonge Street Mission.
Looking for a way to help youth navigating the impact of poverty alone, Melanie became a mentor through YSM. You can, too.
Learn more through a Q&A with Yonge Street Mission’s Manager of Housing Services Kristin Booy.
As she experienced homelessness and isolation, Lia found a new beginning and a new sense of belonging through Yonge Street Mission.
After becoming homeless at 19, Evan found a caring community at Yonge Street Mission.
Thanks to donations from local churches and businesses, Yonge Street Mission gave away more than 600 new backpacks filled with school supplies last week.
While World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) was in Toronto for their July 2024 Money in the Bank event, they named YSM as one of their three Toronto Community Champions.
Housed in YSM’s Evergreen Centre on Spadina Avenue, YSM’s new Richard and Lorelei Jenkins & Family Health and Dental Centre increased the size of our health centre, which provides physicals, eye exams, chiropractic care, dental surgery, physiotherapy, and more.
Back in the summer of 2022, Renaldo had been feeling it was time for a career change. He had been praying that he’d be delivered to such a change when a friend sent him a YSM job posting seeking a Director of Street-Involved Services. The role required an established leader
In 1991, after recently coming to faith, Jan Rothenburger found herself at a unique church service at YSM’s Evergreen Centre. The church served as a safe space for community members to call ‘home’, especially those not comfortable in other faith communities. Jan attended Evergreen’s services weekly while connecting with street-involved
YSM care managers are vital in establishing a connection with our community members and in creating the trust required to support them on their unique journey towards stability. A care manager at YSM’s Evergreen Centre for Street-Involved Youth recently shared her experience with a young community member named Aisha*: “I