recent announcements
Media Alert: Let’s Put a Cap on Youth Homelessness in Edmonton
Edmonton kicks off the official launch of Raising the Roof
What: Feb. 4 media event to kick off the Feb. 5 Toque Tuesday blitz throughout Edmonton.
Tomorrow (Feb. 5) more than 100 volunteers will hit the streets and LRT stations to sell red, black and beige toques for a minimum donation of $10.
80 per cent of the proceeds will remain in Edmonton to support the Edmonton John Howard Society’s youth housing initiatives.
80 per cent of the proceeds will remain in Edmonton to support the Edmonton John Howard Society’s youth housing initiatives.
When: February 4, 2013, 11 am – noon
Where: Stanley Milner Public Library, 7 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton
Who:
- Councillor Ed Gibbons, City of Edmonton
- Victor Tanti, vice chair, Homeward Trust Edmonton
- Maureen Collins, executive director, Edmonton John Howard Society
- Jared Tkachuk, Stanley Milner Public Library, outreach worker
- Ken Franczek, general manager of Crystal Glass Ltd. and a Raising the Roof board member
For more information:
Terry Jorden,
Event Manager, Homeward Trust
780.701.3601
780.701.3601
780.934.1152
More information on the local campaign and the national campaign.
-30-
