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Good morning everyone and welcome this morning to Trinity Talks.

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I am really excited today because we have a guest with us.

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We have Trish DeSimone, the Community Engagement and Fundraising Coordinator of IndWell Mississauga

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and Peel Region.

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And we are really happy to have you with us today.

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So welcome.

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Thank you.

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Happy to be here.

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Trish, today we are actually kicking off a project here that is in support of IndWell.

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So this is a really timely time for you to come and join us here because we would love

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to hear a little bit more about what IndWell is as well as a little bit more about this

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particular project that we are looking to support.

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And then finally some ways that maybe we as a church can support it.

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Yes.

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Well, thank you, Elizabeth.

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So IndWell is a Christian charity that creates affordable housing for those seeking health,

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wellness and belonging.

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So we have been around for 50 years.

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So this is actually our 50th anniversary.

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Wow.

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Yes.

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So it is very exciting.

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Very exciting.

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So it actually our roots date back to the early 70s from a local pastor and his wife

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saw a need in the community for folks that were, for families that had adult children

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with disabilities.

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So they came, they banded together and they said, hey, let's try to help someone.

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Let's see if we can help a young woman and see if we can get her back on her feet.

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And after a year of support, they saw, wow, what a difference it made.

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She got back on her feet and they thought, wow, if we can help one person, let's see

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if we can do some more.

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So that's how it's segwayed.

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Yes.

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It was called the homestead and then it kind of segwayed into a group home with housing

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support workers there.

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And then eventually they bought a apartment building and then it segwayed into more, more

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folks helping and more churches getting involved.

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And then it kind of segwayed into Indwell.

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So here we are today.

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So here we are today.

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So you had mentioned to me previously that that originated in Hamilton.

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Yes, it did.

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Yes.

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Our roots date back to Hamilton.

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But obviously here we are in Mississauga and we're talking about it.

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Whereabouts does Indwell have housing?

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Yes.

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So we're in seven cities.

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So, yes.

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So Hamilton is our main hub.

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That's where we started.

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So we have about 13 programs buildings there, but we are in London.

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We are in Simcoe.

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We are in Chatham Kent.

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We're on Kitchener Waterloo.

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We're in Mississauga and Woodstock as well too.

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So and St. Thomas.

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Wow.

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Yeah.

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So we've really grown over the years and it's very exciting right here in Mississauga.

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We have two programs actually.

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We have one in Lake Shoreloft's program in Port Credit East of 68 units.

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So we have about 74 folks there.

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And then of course here in Streetsville, we have our cornerstone suites, which will be

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opening soon.

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I can't wait to talk about that.

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Absolutely.

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I'm very excited.

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Very excited.

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Construction is to be completed this month.

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So we hope to have staff moving in actually next month, the first week of July.

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Okay.

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So you mentioned that there are about 70, did you say 74 people being served down at

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Lake Shoreloft?

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Yes.

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That's impressive.

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So what is the population?

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What is the demographic there?

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How do people come into being residents in these houses?

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So as I said, we deal with folks that are on a fixed income.

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They could be on ODSP.

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Folks maybe have a mental health issue, could have mental disabilities.

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They could have substance abuse or anything like that.

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So we do provide housing support workers in our buildings.

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So that's the difference that we make.

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And we have different levels of programs for our buildings.

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So our Lake Shoreloft's program is actually a blended program of enhanced and standard

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care.

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So what does that mean?

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Right?

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So a standard care would be minimal supports.

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Folks that are able to manage their mental health that just need extra support or just

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the affordability factor.

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Because with the rents and so forth, especially in Mississauga, the rents are very high.

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So I've volunteered for 14 years with a charity out of my church as well.

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And I've seen where folks live.

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And when it comes down to either do I pay my rent or do I eat?

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That's a real problem.

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And our food bank has seen like an 80% increase in the amount of folks going there as well.

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So another thing I should mention in our Lake Shoreloft's building, we do have the Compass

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Food Bank as a tenant in our building.

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So that does supply food security as well.

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So that's really helpful for our tenants too.

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So they are able to access food.

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That's incredible.

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Yeah, it is.

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It is.

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And the Compass there has been a godsend to folks, but again, they've seen an 80% increase.

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So there's a lot more folks coming and it's not who you think they are.

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So it's grandparents, it's single moms, it's single dads, it's young people, it's old

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people, it's homeless people, it's everyone.

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It's everyone.

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Well, this is a beautiful program then.

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Yeah, it is.

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And then you mentioned that there's a new housing community starting up right here in

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Streetsville.

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Yes, we're so excited.

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Our cornerstone suites, we just named the building a few months ago.

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It's a nice name.

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Well, I thought it was befitting.

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So we're on the corner of Thomas and Victoria Streets and Jesus is a cornerstone.

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So I thought it was very befitting.

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I love it.

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And those will be bachelor apartments, so about 40 units.

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I'm not sure if you're familiar with the story that was there before.

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There was two houses on there before.

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No, tell me.

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Okay.

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So maybe I can tell you a little bit about the story behind Streetsville.

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So there were two houses on the property, older homes.

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They were long-term care homes.

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So they were housing about, I think they were housing about 12 folks there.

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It wasn't very pleasant.

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The housing, no one was really taking care of the housing.

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It was really decrepit conditions.

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Folks were kind of left to their own devices.

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So it wasn't a good situation.

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So a couple of churches had come in, maybe even your church could have been, trying to

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help to see what happened, like what can we do?

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How can we support these folks?

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So then we heard from one of the churches said, hey, Indwell, is there something that

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you can do maybe?

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So luckily we were able to come in and buy the property.

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So we actually were able to come in, convince the owner to sell the property.

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So we've kept the two houses on the property, but we've housed the folks that were there

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temporarily at our Lake Sherlock's building.

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So the region did step in to kind of house them temporarily in a hotel till our Lake

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Sherlock's building was completed.

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Because that building's only been open for two years in Lake Shore, in Port Credit.

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So we've been housing them there, hence while this building's being built.

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So it's quite amazing.

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It's quite a story.

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And we're so happy that we could actually come in and build 40 units there so we can

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house more folks there, you know, and get more folks in a safe environment so that we

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can foster that health and wellness.

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So it's a really good story.

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So yeah.

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And then so, and the tenants that are living at our Lake Sherlock's are doing really well.

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Do you have any success stories that come to mind?

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Yeah, absolutely.

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So one of the tenants from that, from the long-term care home will now be staying permanently

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at Lake Sherlock's because it's a blended program.

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They don't need the enhanced program that our cornerstone suites will be.

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He's done well.

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He can cook his own meals now, do his own laundry.

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He has his own, he has a pet now that he takes care of.

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He's got a whole community of friends that he's developed there as well too.

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So it's a real good success story.

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Sounds like a full life.

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Absolutely.

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Just with having a support system around you makes the difference.

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And that's, that's the end-all difference is having those housing support workers that

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kind of, we call it, we wrap around supports around our tenants.

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And then we foster a community too, where we get to know each tenant by name and they

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get to know us as well too.

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So that makes a difference as well.

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You know, it's, it's a whole program there and it's a whole community.

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Actually it's a family.

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Yeah, it is.

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It's more like a family.

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You were showing me your calendar.

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Yeah, we do.

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I don't know if you have it there on hand.

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But it looks like there's a program almost every day going on.

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So we do have a monthly program of events.

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So depending on the month, this was January, but we do have our gratitude coffee every

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Monday.

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So folks can sit down together.

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They can have a coffee together.

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They can, you know, foster community together, chat with each other.

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They may even play cards together.

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We do have another tea time as well.

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We have bingo that we do, you know, we have speakers that come in.

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So it's a whole program.

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We do karaoke.

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We have a beautiful sunroom upstairs where we can have meditation.

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We have community walks because we are close to the lake.

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So every Monday as well, they do a walk.

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So yeah, it's just, it's really having a community and having, having something to do too.

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It gives folks, you know, opportunity to get together and to foster again that health and

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wellness.

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Just recently they started a gardening club.

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Really?

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Because one of the churches through a donation, we were able to install a raised garden bed.

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So now we have fruit, our vegetables that we're growing.

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So it's like a community garden.

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So our, our food security person, Grace also picks items too, to cook with at different

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events and things.

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And the tenants also take care of it.

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That is wonderful.

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So again, it's creating that community.

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Yes.

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It makes the difference.

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It looks like it's been incredibly well thought out and well implemented as well.

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Absolutely.

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So you mentioned again, this housing community starting up here in streetsville, and I believe

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it's happening fairly soon.

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When does it open and when are tenants moving in?

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So yes.

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So construction is slated to be completed the end of this month.

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Yeah.

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And our staff will be moving in next month.

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So very exciting time.

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So the staff will probably move in about the first week of July and then they'll get start

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setting things up.

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So we won't have tenants probably move in till mid August.

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And it's not a quick process.

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It's a slow process because we do work with SHIP, which is services and housing in the

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province.

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They do vet a list for us.

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So we give them the criteria for our building and then they vet a list for us.

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And then we do the process of we do a phone interview, an in-person interview, and then

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we make sure that they're the right fit for our building as well.

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And our cornerstone suites will be an enhanced program.

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So we'll have a full-time staff there.

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So the staff will include a housing program manager, a program supervisor.

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We will have food security on site to provide hot meal.

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We will have an addiction support worker.

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We'll have a psychosocial support worker.

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We'll have a facilities manager there as well to overseeing the building to make sure that

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everything's run properly because we do own the buildings.

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We are the landlords.

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We take care of the buildings.

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So yeah, so it's a huge staff.

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That's very comprehensive.

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Yes, absolutely.

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So comprehensive.

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I love that.

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Well here at Trinity, I know that some of our staff had a conversation with you a few

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months back and we were talking about the welcome packs that you like to supply to the

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new tenants to get them started when they do move in.

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And we would like to engage in helping with that project and that endeavor.

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And so I know I'm going to put up a list of some of the items that you like to meet people

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or greet people with when they do move in.

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And I see them there up on the screen.

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I'm just going to say them out loud.

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We've got toilet paper, paper towel, hand soap, dish soap, J-cloths, tea towels, a

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broom and dustpan, toilet bowl brush, toothbrush and toothpaste, and small garbage can.

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And I wanted to let you know that we're going to be starting on July 7th doing a sign up

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sheet where we're going to invite our members of the congregation to donate some items to

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this and then in a few weeks we can help put the packs together and deliver them to the

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cornerstone suites.

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That is so wonderful because a lot of our tenants too may be coming from precarious

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housing or from homelessness.

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So they basically have nothing.

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So having a welcome kit like this is amazing to have.

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You know, it's the little things that you don't think about, right?

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But when you move in that you have them right there.

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So that's just amazing.

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And we're very grateful and thankful for that, that each tenant will have this welcome

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kit when they come home.

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And it is their home.

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It is their home.

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It's permanent housing.

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It's their home.

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Thank you for mentioning that.

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The permanent housing.

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We don't want it to be a house.

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We want it to be a home.

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Absolutely.

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And, you know, it's just such an amazing feeling to watch folks just when they come home.

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You know, they open that door, they have furniture because at cornerstone suites we will have

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furnished apartments.

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So each apartment will be furnished.

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So we'll have a welcome kit supplied by the church here, which is wonderful.

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We have bed kits that were also donated.

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So they'll have a fresh pillow.

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They'll have fresh sheets.

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They have a fresh comforter.

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Another local church has also made beautiful quilts.

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So each tenant will have the opportunity to pick their own quilt.

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Yeah.

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It was another church group that they made these beautiful quilts by hand.

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And they also made them for our Lake Shore Lofts program as well.

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So they made 68 for that building and an extra 15 actually just recently and 40 for this

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building.

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That's impressive.

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And they keep going.

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Oh really?

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Yeah.

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So we do, we are so grateful for our church support and our church communities because

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they really make a difference too.

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We can't do it alone.

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Okay.

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We really can't do it alone.

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You know, we do get funding for our building capital funding to build through CMHC and

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especially in the region here through the Rapid Housing Initiative.

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But everything else really is, you know, it takes a community to raise those funds, you

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know, and yeah, we're so appreciative for our church folks here.

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Absolutely.

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Amazing.

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Absolutely.

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Now on the phone yesterday when we briefly chatted, you had mentioned another opportunity

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that maybe members of the community could help get involved with.

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And that is that there's the chance that you may need some help unboxing and moving some

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of the furniture and appliances.

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And what's that all about?

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Yeah.

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So as I mentioned, each apartment will be fully furnished.

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So that was part of our fundraising goal too.

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We raised funds to furnish the apartment.

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So that's part of our gifts of hope.

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So we do have these different packages and things like that to raise funds for our program.

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So through our gifts of hope, we furnish apartments.

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So each apartment will come equipped with a kitchen table and chairs, a comfy chair,

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a coffee table, a bed, a dresser.

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So we need folks to actually help to unbox all these items that will be delivered the

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first and second week of July.

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So I'm actually organizing for the Monday and the Tuesday, July 15th and 16th, a day

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of volunteers.

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So it takes many hands.

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We need folks to unbox, to crush boxes, take away the garbage and even some handy folks

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that maybe are able to put furniture together.

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Well, I know we have some handy folks in our midst.

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So we'll definitely get the word out for that as well.

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So that's two days.

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So I'm going to do like two shifts per day.

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So like nine till 12 and one to four.

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So just kind of to accommodate folks because I know it's summer.

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But yeah, so over two days, so the July 15th and 16th, the Monday and the Tuesday.

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Yes, we're looking forward to that.

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So yeah, I would love that.

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So yeah, anyone just please contact me and happy to organize that.

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Absolutely.

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Well, thank you very much for joining me.

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I feel so much more enlightened about what Indwell is and I just, I can see your passion

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coming through for the organization.

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We did recently do a community needs assessment through the church and affordable housing

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was just top of the list.

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So we are happy to support this amazing initiative that you are you are part of.

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I also want to let everyone know if you are watching this with us here on July the seventh

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that today during our barbecue, we will be collecting funds for Indwell over at the barbecue.

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We have a tap and a box donation.

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So if you are so inclined, I know that that would be greatly appreciated as well.

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But again, thanks Trish for everything.

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Yeah, and I want to say thank you too for having me here.

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So as I mentioned, for 50 years, we've been providing supportive housing that transfer

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Lime.

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So every door we open together becomes a solution to homelessness.

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Beautiful.

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Well, thank you.

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You're welcome.

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Thank you.