Tag: Partnerships

Image of YSM President Angie Peters with the Just Act church gathering hosts Andrew and Ruth

Partnering with churches

YSM’s President & CEO Angie Peters recently led a gathering for churches to explore how they could get involved in poverty relief and reduction in their neighbourhoods.

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Image of backpack donations to Yonge Street Mission

Backpack Day at YSM

Thanks to donations from local churches and businesses, Yonge Street Mission gave away more than 600 new backpacks filled with school supplies last week.

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Recent graduates of YSM's Computer Literacy Centre

YSM’s Computer Literacy Centre: A life-giving place

Yathu’s story Eighteen years ago, when Yathu was in seventh grade, his mom told him she’d signed him up for a computer club at YSM twice a week after school. Yathu’s parents had come to Canada as part of a wave of immigrants fleeing civil war in Sri Lanka in

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YSM Impact Stories Strengthening Family Bonds with Children’s Aid Society of Toronto

Strengthening Family Bonds

Since January, YSM’s Cornerstone Family Services has been piloting an innovative program with the Children’s Aid Society of Toronto (CAST) to provide an onsite reunion space where our staff supervises visits between Children’s Aid Society involved children and their parents. This new program is part of YSM’s Cornerstone Partnership, a

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YSM Impact Stories Corporate Partnerships with Kinectrics

The Power of Philanthropy

Partnerships play a vital role in Yonge Street Mission’s ability to serve the community. One of our trusted collaborations, which dates back to 2019, is with electric power company Kinectrics. It started when our President & CEO Angie Peters was invited by Kinectrics’ CEO David Harris to speak about YSM’s

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