At least two organizations in Toronto served free Thanksgiving lunches downtown on Monday to ensure residents in the city celebrated the holiday with good food. At the Scott Mission, 502 Spadina Avenue, about 320 people were served Thanksgiving lunch. Staff prepared dozens of turkeys, hundreds of potatoes and more than 100 litres of soup. Meals were served at 10:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. The … Read More
Toronto shelter Scott Mission serves up Easter meal
Silhouetted against the aqua blue glass wall of the Scott Mission chapel, the late morning sun filtering in, Andrew Zeidman preaches gospel as meaningful to the godless as the faithful. “It’s springtime,” says Zeidman, the grandson of Morris Zeidman, who founded the mission more than 70 years ago. “This could be the beginning of new things.” He speaks to a … Read More
Scott Mission, Humanity First serve up support and joy to Toronto homeless
Blake Henstridge had finished one dinner at the Scott Mission on Christmas morning and was outside on Spadina Ave., chatting, when volunteers from Humanity First arrived to hand out pizza and drinks. “Cheese pizza, that’s awesome,” said Henstridge, who arrived in Toronto from Newfoundland in July 2011. There are scads of charities who feed the homeless and others in need during Christmas. … Read More
Former Scott Mission client hands out 1,400 turkeys
Alex Haditaghi remembers the Wonder Bread and how it was always on top of the weekly basket of groceries his mother picked up from the Scott Mission. Haditaghi, 38, came to Canada as a refugee from Iran with his mother, brother and sister in 1988, following the death of his father in a car accident. His single mother couldn’t afford … Read More