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CANADIAN AGENCIES RECEIVE $2.3M

Thursday, 22 January 2009

TORONTO - Canadian social service agencies have been allocated $2.3 million (US) by the Claims Conference to help Holocaust survivors in Canada this year.

Canada is one of 43 countries that will receive a total of $168 million (US) in assistance in 2009.

“In these times of severe crisis for Jewish philanthropy, the need for the Claims Conference funds for social services is even more essential to the well-being of elderly Nazi victims,” Claims Conference chair Julius Berman said last week in a statement.

'HUGE' DONATION FOR YWCA PROJECT

Wednesday, 21 January 2009

TORONTO - The time for investment in Canada's social future has never been better. Earlier today, YWCA Toronto unveiled plans for a major new $80 million affordable and supportive housing development called the YWCA Elm Centre. The complex will take up a city block in downtown Toronto and feature 300 permanent affordable apartments for women and their families.

In support of the project, the YWCA has received a record breaking $5 million gift from the estates of the late Ken Thomson and the late Audrey Campbell in memory of their sister Irma Brydson, who predeceased them.

"This gift, which is believed to be the largest gift ever to a social service organization in Canada's history, leads the way, both in terms of this important resource in Toronto, and of investment in Canada's social infrastructure", says YWCA Toronto CEO Heather McGregor.

FINAL COUNTDOWN TO FAMILY LITERACY DAY

Wednesday, 21 January 2009

TORONTO - ABC CANADA Literacy Foundation, Honda Canada and best-selling author Robert Munsch, are rallying Canadians across the country to make family literacy a priority through national Family Literacy Day (FLD) promotions and celebrations taking place over the next week.

'TOUGH LITTLE FIGHTER' PASSES

Tuesday, 20 January 2009

TORONTO - Mona Winberg wasn't afraid of anyone.

Despite her small frame and difficulty in speech and mobility from severe cerebral palsy, the long-time Sun columnist was remembered as someone who took many high-ranking politicians to task. Winberg, the Sunday Sun's Disability Today columnist from 1986 to 1999, passed away yesterday at North York General Hospital after complications from pneumonia. She was 76.

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