This project began with a bold idea and has grown and continues to grow. We are currently in the stage of compiling information, and speaking with partners, with an eye towards presenting a document shining a spotlight on the gaps we find, and then working towards filling the gaps, with whichever organization best fits the work needed.
We will also be starting the planning of the Community Dinner that is part of the project. We aim to have the first dinner in the Fall of 2025. If you would like wot volunteer, or financially support this community project, please reach out to us.
We have a lot of work to do, if you are interested in working on the project, please email herhomeisatent@gmail.com
Please read below for more information on the origin story of the project.
Please use the email and letter buttons below to reach out to your local MPP.
(November 17 – 24, 2024)
POVERTY LEADS TO HOMELESSNESS
This week (November 17 – 24, 2024), a glaring, “in-your-face” spotlight is aimed at the often-ignored fact that poverty and homelessness exists in Lincoln, Ontario.
Not often thought of as a problem in this rural-turning-urban section of Southern Ontario, poverty and sub-sequentially homelessness, is rising and the needs of people seeking assistance with basic life essentials has never been this high.
Which is where a member of the congregation
has stepped in with what they hope
is a very bright spotlight.
Assuming the role of a fifty-something woman who has lost her job,
has couch surfed away all of her friends, is now homeless,
and is sleeping in a tent.
This woman will spend a week living in her tent,
and around the community, trying to stay warm, dry, fed, and healthy,
while navigating whatever help she can find in the town of Beamsville.
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Contact Information:
Rev. Jane Capstick, Minister,
Trinity United Church Beamsville
4287 William St, Beamsville, ON L0R 1B2
905.563.4943 revjanecapstick@trinitybeamsville.ca