GATEWAY CHRISTMAS PP

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THE GATEWAY : 

THE GATEWAY What’s in a year?

What’s in a year? : 

What’s in a year? 12 months 52 weeks 365 days 8765 hours 525 948 minutes

56 263 : 

56 263 The number of visits The Gateway had in 2008

That’s an average of 154 different people each day : 

That’s an average of 154 different people each day

Of the 39 528 beds The Gateway has to offer each year… : 

Of the 39 528 beds The Gateway has to offer each year… …39 604 were used in 2008 (Hint…it was a leap year)

That’s a 100.19% capacity : 

That’s a 100.19% capacity The highest on record for The Gateway

If we live in one of Canada’s richest cites… : 

If we live in one of Canada’s richest cites… …why is homelessness a growing problem?

2 : 

2 The number of housing specialists on staff at The Gateway

227 : 

227 The number of men The Gateway’s housing specialists moved into apartments in 2008

41.7 : 

41.7 The average age of the men that stayed at The Gateway in 2008

116 483 : 

116 483 The number of meals The Gateway served in 2008

…that’s 5000 more meals than the previous year : 

…that’s 5000 more meals than the previous year

7576 : 

7576 The number of volunteer hours tabled at The Gateway in 2008…

…Thank you : 

…Thank you

1103 : 

1103 The number of visits to The Gateways health clinic in 2008

Slide 16: 

…That’s around 92 people a month that get safe and accessible health care

365 : 

365 The amount of days each year that our outreach team heads out to help the people who live on the streets…

18 000 : 

18 000 The amount of additional meals served in our drop-in centre each year…

Slide 19: 

…The volume of people using the drop-in centre in constantly rising, yet we’re still not funded by any source… …We desperately need to find a funding source for the $80 000/year program.

7000 : 

7000 The amount of free articles of clothing distributed in 2008

300 : 

300 The amount of towels used by Toronto’s Salvation Army shelters each day

$325 000 : 

$325 000 The amount it costs Toronto’s Salvation Army Shelters each year to wash sheets and towels…

Slide 23: 

…These huge numbers got The Gateway thinking about the possibility of doing their own linens….

…Thinking turned into a business plan… : 

…Thinking turned into a business plan…

…That business plan turned into fundraising… : 

…That business plan turned into fundraising…

…that fundraising built an industrial linens facility… : 

…that fundraising built an industrial linens facility…

…and that industrial linens facility is now home to The Gateway Linens Program… : 

…and that industrial linens facility is now home to The Gateway Linens Program…

…And each year The Gateway Linens program gives 8 homeless people training, skills and hope… : 

…And each year The Gateway Linens program gives 8 homeless people training, skills and hope…

In just one year The Gateway does all this… : 

In just one year The Gateway does all this… …But we couldn’t without generous support from people like you.

Your help matters : 

Your help matters

Merry Christmas… : 

Merry Christmas…

…and a happy New Year : 

…and a happy New Year