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Jul 22, 2013

Unexpectedly – my day completely turned for the BEST!!

Sitting in a coffee shop in Hintonburg last week with all my attention focused on the completion of a report for an upcoming meeting, my...

Jul 8, 2013

Caring Volunteers

Every Thursday evening in the P4Y art room, 20 or so youth gather and let their creative juices flow. On a typical night, one youth is in...

Nov 18, 2011

Kids on the Street

Sometimes people talk to me about how they came to be on the streets, and there are as many reasons as there are people. Whether young...

Nov 14, 2011

Come as you ART – AMAZING SUCCESS

Imagine: You have lived your whole life thinking you are a ‘zero without the rim’. Violence in your ‘home’ has forced you to leave. The...

Oct 27, 2011

COME AS YOU ART, Art Auction & Coffee House

We wish to invite you to our next PASSION 4 YOUTH ART AUCTION showcasing the artwork and musical talents of street-engaged youth this...

Oct 2, 2011

Wrongs turning out Right!

Mich and his mother came to be friends of OIM first through our outreach teams and then started coming to the drop in. Mich is 19 and...

Jun 24, 2011

Just ‘doing their job’? You decide…

A few weeks ago, one of our street youth was found drowned in the Ottawa River. I can tell you he came from a broken home, with all the...

Oct 8, 2010

Auction 2010 Report

Our second (which might become an ‘annual’) auction happened this past Monday, October 4. Here is a brief report about our evening: Over...