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Together We Are Stronger®
One homeless person is one too many!
our Ajax Homeless Network - providing Food, Clothes and other items donated to us from our community members and organizations for our Homeless community members; and our Ajax Christmas Gift Drive - where we provide a bag of items that are essential and needed FREE to our homeless community members. We work hard to ensure that we remove stigma's and barriers so that everyone feel valued to access support. Rich, poor, middle class, it does not matter. We don't collect your information to access this program. Our mission is to make a positive impact.
Anyone can be homeless which is why it is so important for all of us to do what we can to help. We focus on helping the homeless community with empathy, love, respect and support without judgement. Each week we give nutritional meals, clothing or other items when available and provide groceries through the support of generous donors like you, community partners (Durham Community Actions Group, Durham Alliance Outreach, Circle of Love Ministry) and busniess' working together.
RIP Max aka Magnus
Magnus was homeless, he was one of the homeless individuals we brought food who lived in his car in the Town of Ajax. He was removed from his car by emergency crews, taken to the hospital for care where he went into a coma. Carion was present with his family when Magnus was taken off life support as they listened to Magnus' favourite song dreamer by Oxy Osbourne when he took his last breath. We had a candle light vigil for Magnus with his friends and family who came from out of the country. Magnus was taken back home wiht his family in Iceland where he was laid to rest beside his father. Rest in peace and love Magnus.
Happy 30th Birthday Jason
While dropping off food for our homeless community. Jason said, Carion it was my birthday yesterday, I turned 30 years old. Carion said, oh yeah, why didn't you tell me, I would have brought you cake and pizza for us to celebrate. 2 Days later, Carion and Eithan returned to the Respite parking lot with a birthday cake with Jason's name, candles, a card, chocolate and pizza for everyone and we celebrated Jason's birthday on top of Carion's car in the parking lot, showing Jason that we love him and he is important to us. His birthday was important to him, us and we wanted Jason to know that we love him.
Bags of love by Elizabeth Leyland
For Christmas 2022, Elizabeth Leyland a young lady diagnosed with Autism prepared a letter with the help of her mother Lynne Leyland, took the letter to businesses, friends and neighbours asking for domation of essential items for the homeless community. Elizabeth was able to put together 20 bags, which was given to our organzation to help the Homeless in Ajax. We delivered the bags to the unsheltered, those in the Shelter and Respite. Thank you to Elizabeth and Lynne Leyland for their amazing gift and contributions. A prime example demonstrating that we all share the responsibility of doing what we can to help if possible and a reminder of the importance of helping each other.
Why Ajax Council? Ontario judge denies request to clear Kitchener encampment citing Charter violation (CP24)
https://www.cp24.com/news/ontario-judge-denies-request-to-clear-kitchener-encampment-citing-charter-violation-1.6252506" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Jordan Omstead, The Canadian Press
Published Monday, January 30, 2023 5:10PM EST
An Ontario judge has denied a municipality’s request to clear a homeless encampment, building on decisions out of British Columbia that he says establish a constitutional right for a person to shelter themselves if accessible indoor spaces aren't available.
The Region of Waterloo had asked the court to find that roughly 50 people living in a Kitchener, Ont., encampment were in violation of its trespassing bylaw. But in a ruling handed down Friday in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the judge found the bylaw violates the Charter rights of the encampment residents because of the region’s lack of adequate shelter spaces.
Community Partners
AJAX CHRISTMAS DRIVE
Give the GIFT of a SMILE for Christmas!
Bags of Love: Christmas is a time of love, caring and supporting each other. Join us in ensuring that our Homeless Community members in the Town of Ajax, get fed and receive a gift of love with essential and other items needed to show that they are not alone, and we care about them. Lynne Leyland and her daughter Elizabeth Leyland put together 20 bags with items donated from their family and various entities. Sadly, in the first year, there was a large line up and we wish we had more to give. This left us with a hole in our hearts in feeling a sense of needing to do more to help. As we move forward wtih this project we are hoping to add more bags, and we would love to have your support. If you could donate any items or money to our Charity to help us create more bags, it would be greatly appreciated. We understand that things are tuff. If you can't contribute, no worries. We appreciate you and appreciate us all supporting each other even if it’s just giving a smile or donating your time. This project is done in honour of the memories of Kim Thompson.
Bags of Love by Elizabeth Leyland
Bags of Love by Elizabeth Leyland
Elizabeth Leyland bags of love is intended to help support the homeless community. In 2022, Elizabth Leyland donated 20 bags of food and essential items needed by the homeless community in Town of Ajax. The demand and need was do high, we ran out of bags. But for those who received it, it was exptremely appreciated. This made a big difference for the homeless knowing that there are other who care and this was how Ms. Fenn met Max who died at the Ajax Pickering Hospital. Max lived in his car on the streets of the Town of Ajax. He was taken out of his car to the Emergency Room at the Ajax Pickering Hospital, where he was in a Coma. Ms. Fenn went to his bed side as soon as she heard so that Max knew and felt that he was not alone as she did not want him to die alone or die not knowing that someone in Ajax cares about him. Ms. Fenn with his family was at Max's hospital bed side as he took his last breathe and she ensured that his favour song played as he ransition. It was telling Max about who Elizbeth is, her project, "Elizabeth Leyland Bags of love that led to him letting Ms. Fenn where to find him if he was not at the Tim Horton's in the Town of Ajax. This allowed Ms. Fenn to drop off food etc to Max each week. It was later known to Ms. Fenn that Max have a daughter who is autistic and hearing about what Elizabeth has been doing resignated with him and he gave us his trust in knowing where he was and how find him in order for us to help support him.