OneRoof Youth Kitchener
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Youth services in Waterloo look for better ways to house people experiencing homelessness and at-risk individuals
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Amid a city-wide recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, OneRoof Youth Services, a Kitchener-based non-profit organization, hopes to expand a program they have offering temporary housing to at-risk youth. The program is called Host Homes. It involves volunteers providing spaces in their homes for those who might otherwise go into shelters. OneRoof hopes that with COVID-19…
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Waterloo supporting several projects to provide affordable housing in the region
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The Waterloo regional council has approved several funding projects to help develop affordable housing projects in the region. In early March, two municipal grants were approved for YW Kitchener-Waterloo and OneROOF Youth Services to begin developing affordable housing and to help offset some cost of development charges. YW K-W is set to receive a grant…
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February reads to make the most of your week off
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Not so Perfect Life by Sophie Kinsella Not so Perfect Life by Sophie Kinsella If you were a fan of the Shopaholic series, Sophie Kinsella’s newest book will not disappoint. Kinsella perfectly captures the “young woman in a big city” trope, much like Rebecca Bloomwood’s character in the Shopaholic series. This trope resonates with newly…
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Hillel Waterloo hosts Pack with Purpose event
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On Tuesday Feb. 13 from 8-9:30 p.m., Hillel Waterloo hosted an event called Pack with Purpose, located in Bricker Academic building on Wilfrid Laurier University’s Waterloo campus. The event was for both Jewish and non-Jewish students from both Laurier and University of Waterloo. In partnership with OneRoof Youth Services in Kitchener, the event involved guided…
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