MEDIA ADVISORY/PHOTO OPPORTUNITY: WoodGreen Community Services to commemorate IWD2024 with announcement of significant donation to empower single mothers
Toronto, Ont. – On Friday, March 8, International Women’s Day, WoodGreen Community Services will announce a substantial contribution from The Raymond Chang Foundation to support its Homeward Bound program.
Unique in Canada, Homeward Bound is a four-year program that provides single mothers who are experiencing homelessness with housing and access to a college education to help them achieve self-sufficiency and promising careers.
Friday’s announcement will conclude a week-long activation at CIBC SQUARE (and on social media) inviting professionals to share their best career advice to participants of the Homeward Bound program. Completed cards will be incorporated into an interactive art installation, highlighting the transformative power of collective action and mentorship to help women in the program achieve financial success and independence.
Members of the media are invited to attend.
WHAT: Press conference announcing funding from The Raymond Chang Foundation to support WoodGreen’s award-winning Homeward Bound program
WHEN: Friday, March 8, 2024
TIME: 11:30 a.m.
WHERE: The Canopy (4th floor), CIBC SQUARE, 81 Bay St., Toronto
SPEAKERS:
- Anne Babcock, President & CEO, WoodGreen Community Services
Brigette Chang, President, The Raymond Chang Foundation
Avi Tesciuba, Country Head Canada, Hines
Tracy Best, Senior Vice President Mobile Advice, CIBC
Homeward Bound Graduate
PHOTO OPPORTUNITY: WoodGreen staff and board members, The Raymond Chang Foundation, Hines and CIBC to give remarks.
Twelve-by-eight-foot art installation showcasing a Homeward Bound participant transformed by the mentorship advice of established professionals.
ABOUT WOODGREEN COMMUNITY SERVICES (woodgreen.org): WoodGreen is one of the largest social service agencies in Toronto, serving 37,000 people each year. We offer over 75 programs and services tackling the social determinants that affect the health and well-being of individuals in our community.
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For more information or to arrange an interview, please contact: Jen Mayville, Senior Communications Manager; [email protected]; (437) 226-8091 (cell).