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Welcome to Inn From the Cold |
As a registered charity, Inn From the Cold provides a charitable tax receipt for any donation $20.00 or greater. Just click the DONATIONS Now icon below and go directly to our charitable donations management website.
 Our Tax Charity #: 856197967RR0001
Location:
510 Penrose St, Newmarket, Ontario. L3Y 1A2
(Off Bayview Ave, between Mulock Dr and Water St) How to find us: Map Check us out on Facebook: click HERE.   Welcome: Inn From the Cold Inc. is a non-profit organization manned by trained volunteers, providing emergency food, clothing and shelter to the homeless since 2004. We are open 5 nights per week, plus any night when the temperature drops below -15C.
Season:
Nov. 18th, '10 - March 31st, '11
Open:
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday nights and nights when the temperature is below -15 °C
Shelter Hours- during season:
8:00 pm to 8:00 am
Office Hours - during season:
8:00 am to 4:00 pm or during our off season please contact us by email or call the office and leave a message. Someone will get back to you asap. Contact: 905-895-8889 or email:
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Charity #: 856197967RR0001 |
Y’all it’s back! The 2010 Wild Wild West Hoedown will take place on Saturday, September 18.
Inn From The Cold partners with the Magna Hoedown! Inn From the Cold has been selected as a recipient organization of funds raised at the 2010 “Wild Wild West” Hoedown. As a recipient organization, Inn From the Cold will be responsible for fulfilling a number of requirements that are vital to the success of the Hoedown, including: Providing at least 20 volunteers who will be available to work during the week of the event; Selling a minimum of 40 event tickets and 1000 raffle tickets; Assembling a team of at least 4 individuals who will be responsible for various Hoedown duties (e.g., coordinating raffle and event ticket sales, poster distribution, etc.);
Sales of raffle tickets will be at the Inn from 7:pm-9:pm on following dates:Wed. July 28th, Tuesday Aug. 10th 17th and 31st .
Tickets will be sold at the Farmer’s Market each Saturday from 8:00a.m-1:00p.m.
Also we are scheduled for 3 days at the Mall the last week in August. Please consider supporting IFTC by purchasing raffle tickets, event tickets and volunteering. ***************************************** For more information please click HERE to visit the Hoedown website! (www.hoedown.ca) |
Mark Oct 2nd 2010 in your calendar!  It's our Fall Open House. Come along to 510 Penrose and bring a friend. Find out what we do at the Inn.Become a volunteer and part of our team to help our lessfortunate neighbours find a warm place, a meal, a shower, a bed and breakfast ........ Inn from the cold.  We will serve hot dogs, burgers, pop & water.
A bunch of good folks will help you betterunderstand the work we do at the Inn. Also look out for the Inn From The Cold booth at the Newmarket Farmers Market this Summer and Fall, Jul 24. Jul 31, Aug 7, Aug 14, Aug 21, Aug 28, Sept 4. Sept 11, Sept 18, Sept 25, Oct 2, Oct 9, Oct 16, Oct 23, Oct 30  Stop by and have a chat, find out more about what we do! 
Training Opportunities: Fall 2010Inn From the Cold is offering several exciting training opportunities in the fall of 2010: New Volunteer BASIC Training: Please Note! Basic training is MANDATORY before volunteers can do a shift! Monday, October 4th @ 7:00pm to 8:30pmThursday, November 4th @ 7:00pm to 8:30pmSaturday, November 6th 1:00pm to 2:30pm(Additional dates may be offered depending upon demand) *******************************************************************************
New Shift leader Training:
Please consider becoming a shift leader if you volunteered more than five times last season (this coming season we will also provide SL mentoring) Wednesday, November 17th 7:00pm to 8:30pm******************************************************************************* Refresher Shift Leader Training: dates TBD Refresher Volunteer Training: dates TBD First Aid Training: dates TBD ******************************************************************************* Deescalating Confrontational Situations /AODA Training / Updates - Annual Volunteer Waiver Training: Monday, October 18th 7:00pm to 8:30pmWednesday, November 10th 7:00pm to 8:30pmAccessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) Under the Accessibility Standards for Customer Service (Ontario Regulation 429/07) of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA), every person who provides direct service to the public, or interacts with the public, on behalf of York Region, must receive training about how to serve customers with disabilities. This includes volunteers, students and employees of the service provider. York Region has developed an Accessible Customer Service training video to help contractors and agents train those who require Accessible Customer Service training.
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An opportunity to volunteer outside the Shelter! We participate in the Aladdin Newmarket Charities Association -Bingo It is a great Fundraising Opportunity for the IFTC. We require volunteers to participate in this out of shelter activity. This a year round activity and will contribute significantly to our fundraising efforts and the running of the shelter.
We need some more volunteers to form another team (usually 4 people per team) Each team will be provided a training session. A current Police check must be on file.
Each team works a 5 hour shift, just once every two months. Please consider this very valuable volunteer activity Send us an email if you are interested or call 905.895.8889 and leave a message The next few shifts are: July 19, Monday 11:45am to 3:45pm Aug 2, Monday 3pm to 6pm Aug 16, Monday 6pm to 9:30pm For more details click here! |
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IFTC: COMMUNITY MEAL Will start serving again in the Fall of 2010! The Board of Inn From The Cold are delighted at the success of our Friday Night Community Meal Program at 510 Penrose St. The response from local families and the support and contributions from various partners (faith groups, service clubs, businesses and individuals) went above and beyond. * more details ......... Community Meal Teams: Thanks to: Bethel Christian Reform Church /Cedarview Community Church / Church of Christ / LaFave Family / Mount Albert United Church / New Hope Methodist Church / St. Andrews Presbyterian Church / St. Elizabeth Seton / Sharon Hope United Church / Trinity United Church / Quaker Society of Friends / Victory Baptist Church / Theta Upsilon Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi SPONSORS: Thanks to: York Region / Newmarket Lions / Trinity United Church / OSSTF / Vince’s Markets / Valleyview Alliance Church / Benson and Keasley / Smith Rogers Financial / Fast Eddie Racewear /Beta Sigma Phi / LaFave Family / Linda and Thomas Clark / Rob Clark / Kate Taylor /Lena Thorogood / John Taylor / Robert Shelton / Pat Noble / Livija Ficker / Kim Armitage / Tony Van Bynen / Bill Tibbo and Associates / Living Waters Fellowship / Borealis Naturopathic Health Centre / Engineered Air / Newmarket Rotary Club / Tom Diane Mitchell Realty |
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