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Project417 is an outreach of Ekklesia Inner City Ministries, a registered charity in Canada with programs in the Toronto Area, across Canada and the U.S. [click here for more] We engage volunteers and guide them in meaningful programs which meet the homeless where they live - out on the street, in shelters or drop-ins and food banks. Homelessness and poverty affect us all. We all must play a role in rebuilding our communities. Check the menu links on the left to find out more.
Volunteer Watch - Hurricane Ike and Hurricane Katrina Recovery efforts. Looking to organize a volunteer team to take part in re-building and renovating homes damaged in the Gulf Coast Hurricanes. Recovery continues for the victims of the storm. Two locations need our help: Louisiana, New Orleans, Lower 9th Ward and Texas, Galveston County, San Leon
Summer Missions - Urban Adventures (UA) with Project417. There are still calendar spaces for your group to visit Toronto's inner city and help the community this summer. Details at Project417 Programs
Hurricane Katrina Recovery Efforts: PBS Frontline, aired Jan 6th,2009 at 9PM and online at pbs.org - the story of Mr. Herbert Gettridge and his family's struggle to re-build after Hurricane Katrina in the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans - The Old Man and the Storm by producer June Cross. Details at the Missionlog
Project417 continues to partner with the Bloor Lansdowne Christian Fellowship (BLCF) Church who are hosting a Community Dinner to reach those in need. The program began Wednesday, January 9th, 2008 and continues to run every Wednesday evening from 6 to 8PM hosting more than sixty area residents living in poverty. VOLUNTEERS needed.[click here for more](phone 416-535-9578) BLCF is located at 1307 Bloor Street West, in downtown Toronto, just 1/2 block WEST of Bloor and Lansdowne on the south side. Parking available on St. Helens Ave or the Value Village parking lot.
June 2009 Online Newsletter Click Here!
Thank-you for visiting our website - the homepages of Ekklesia Inner City Ministries - Project417. Please follow the LINKS on the menu to the LEFT to find more important information about our ministries and services to the homeless. These services include: Sandwich Runs, delivering food to the homeless on the streets in Toronto; Distributing donations of warm clothing, blankets, personal hygiene items and first-aid supplies to homeless street people; Out of the Cold dinner and foodbank for homeless or under-housed, at-risk street youth (16-25 yrs. old); Church Community Dinner Program for local, low-income families and individuals living in poverty; Street Outreach & Counselling; Volunteer coordination and training; Homelessness advocacy. Short-term summer missions, urban missions, teen missions, and Hurricane Disaster Relief missions
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Our Homeless Street Outreach Ministry goes out onto the streets of Toronto several times a week to deliver bag lunches, clothing, water or hot coffee and friendly smiles to the homeless in our community (Sandwich Run).Join us to volunteer for an Out of the Cold meal program, or join a short term mission like the ones to Texas Galveston area for Hurricane Ike disaster relief and New Orleans for Hurricane Katrina rebuilding projects.
For more details click this link - How Ekklesia Project417 helps the homeless - to view the latest updates and announcements from our most recent newsletter. - June 2009 -
"...The Warrior Workers -- Those who were rebuilding the wall and those who carried burdens took their load with one hand doing the work and the other holding a weapon..."
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