Mary's Home Emergency Shelter

OUR HISTORY:
 

• Mary’s Home opened in December 1996, originally combining long-term housing, a 12 bed emergency dorm and an Out of the Cold program. The program changed to an emergency shelter as the need became increasingly urgent.
• Mary’s Home can accommodate 38 women, aged 16 years or older, and we welcome women of different ages, cultures, religions.
• Mary’s Home participates in the City of Toronto ’s Extreme Weather Alert program.

OUR MANDATE:
 

• To provide safe and secure accommodation, support and accompaniment, informal counseling, nutritious meals and basic necessities to the women who stay at Mary’s Home.
• To assist each woman with identifying her goals and developing and implementing plans to secure safe, appropriate and affordable long-term housing.
• To advocate on each woman’s behalf as necessary, assisting them in resolving their situation.
• Encouragement of each woman’s competence, independence and self- esteem.
• Assistance for any woman seeking shelter to find a bed on any given night.
• To ensure that each woman has access to appropriate community resources that provide financial support, health care, emotional, support, education and training, social and recreational opportunities, spiritual support and appropriate long-term housing.

THE CHARACTERISTICS AND NEED OF OUR RESIDENTS:
 

• Women come to Mary’s Home from a variety of situations including leaving abusive relationships, newcomers to Canada , family breakdown, eviction, job loss, addictions and/or mental health issues and poverty.
• Women are usually in crisis, facing many obstacles and not knowing where else to turn.

STAFFING:
 

• Director: Bolanle Oluwole-Rotimi                                                                   
• ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: Tammy Hookway
• 24 hour staffing includes full-time, part-time and relief Residential Counsellors, housing and advocacy workers, a cook, maintenance and cleaning staff.

  CONTACT INFORMATION:

• PHONE NUMBER: 416 595 1578  (main number)
                         416 595 1071 (management direct line)
• FAX NUMBER:     416 595 6442
• EMAIL ADDRESS: boluwolerotimi.maryshome@rogers.com

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