25 for 25

We did it! Actually, we more than did it, surpassing our goal by a wide margin! Your support will help more people get from our doorstep to their own. We are so grateful for everything our community has done.

Our project of unity began in 2001, when youth activists and people experiencing homelessness pitched tents in Campbell Memorial Park during the Canada Summer Games, using the spotlight to illuminate homelessness and poverty in our city.

The message was clear then, and it remains clear today: people sleeping outside aren’t statistics. They are our neighbours. Homelessness and poverty are not personal failures, but symptoms of systems that have failed people.

From protest came progress. Today, we provide a coordinated, housing-focused response, from meeting immediate needs and building trusted relationships, to helping people find and secure housing and supporting them to remain housed.

Through it all, our values have remained the same: respect, cooperation, interdependence and compassion.

This anniversary celebrates everyone who has shaped Unity Project: participants, staff, volunteers, donors, partners, advocates and neighbours, and everyone who believes that each person deserves a safe, stable place to call home.

We don’t hope for another 25 years of homelessness services. We hope for a community where we’re no longer needed. Until then, our work continues.