HOW IT ALL BEGAN!
Share the Warmth began in the winter of 1989 when three women were moved to collect warm clothing and food for the homeless. They put out a plea to the public via an article in the Gazette. The response was overwhelming. People called to volunteer, to donate clothes, to sort clothes, to donate food and to help with deliveries.
The group incorporated in February 1990 and moved into Point St. Charles in 1991. They continued to collect and distribute food and clothing and deliver to the homeless on the street, to drop in centres and to shelters.
It was in 1992 social workers and individuals from the community were requesting that food be given out to individuals and families living below the poverty line. That was the start of the Food Bank. The first month 39 baskets were prepared. In the next year the first request from a school for food came. James Lyng High School had a teacher who recognized that students were coming to school hungry. He began to give them snacks from his classroom. He asked for our help and that was the start of our School Food Program.
From that base Share the Warmth expanded its programs to answer many more needs of the community. Each step of the way has helped thousands of people.
Our new home on the corner of
Wellington and Fortune St.
Our original home on Rushbrooke in
Pointe St. Charles.
