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This is the eighth and final episode of “Rachel’s Gift”.  Listen as Rachel finally reveals her “Gift”.  Invite your friends to listen and...

“Rachel’s Gift is an 8 part series until December 23.  To listen to the audio backgrounder, click: Rachel’s Gift episode 5   If you...

“Rachel’s Gift is an 8 part series until December 23.  Go to www.chri.ca for the audio backgrounders to Rachel’s stories. This time when...

“Rachel’s Gift is an 8 part series until December 23.  To listen to the audio backgrounder, click:  Rachel’s Gift episode 3 If you missed...

Rachel’s Gift is an 8 part series until December 23.  To listen to the audio backgrounder from CHRI radio, click:   Rachel’s Gift episode...

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...

Thanksgiving weekend this year was  perhaps the nicest ever – weather was perfect, leaves at their prime and the roads dry and clear of...

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...

The Street Outreach team met Bess and Ken near Confederation Park near the first of September.  They came up to us asking for sleeping...

Our youth outreach worker recounted this story of last Monday’s events, and I thought you would be interested. Eddy was one of the first...

Greg Payne is our volunteer chiropractor at the drop in.  He told me a story about an encounter he had with one of our guests, and I...

Our street youth art program is really making a difference in young people’s lives.  Street-engaged youth are finding housing,...

A non profit, NGO, faith-based charity, supported by regular people (like you) who REALLY believe in what we do, some churches and...

Big transition of our drop in this past week from Salvation Army Gladstone Street to Dominion Chalmers U/C on Lisgar.  For those who...

I sat at the table with three guys at the drop in this week, just starting a hot game of euchre, when Rod asked if he could please ask a...

A totally unexpected outcome was realized at our youth art show just a few months ago, and I don’t think I told you about it.  So have a...

We receive many donations of clothing at the drop in and we invite folks to help themselves to whatever they need.  From time to time we...

A sunny bright first week of January and many greetings of “Happy New Year” were offered from our friends at the drop in.  New Years is...

Merry Christmas!  Just a quick note today, on the eve of Christmas eve, to invite you to do a last minute gift purchase – for someone...