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Scan Away Hunger™ 2021 Virtual Cooking Contest

October 13, 2021
Can you plan a nourishing meal for 10 people with a budget of $31.11? Show us your meal planning skills for a chance to win a $50 restaurant gift card and the opportunity to have your main dish served for neighbours in need at one of our branches! Who can enter: Anyone in the London

Thank you for all you do

October 1, 2021
Through the many challenges of this past year, your generous support and kindness has been a source of hope and joy—not only for us, but for the people we serve. We’re expecting thousands of neighbours to turn to us this Thanksgiving season. Thanks to you, they will find the help they need. Because of you,

Back to School at Rotholme

September 7, 2021
The backpacks are filled, lunches made and new shoes have been tied – it’s time for kids to head back to school. Ten kids left Rotholme Family Shelter this morning, ranging in ages from Junior Kindergarten to grade 10. “There was a lot of running around and a lot of feelings,” says Rebecca Fisher, a

Faith Today: A Spiritual Approach to Healing & Recovery at Quintin Warner House

October 19, 2020
“Hello gentlemen, welcome to Faith Today. My name is Junior, I am a Christian minister in our city and I am facilitating our session today”. So begins a Faith Today session at Quintin Warner House. The Faith Today program is the spiritual component of Quintin Warner House’s recovery program, and we believe that recovery and sobriety are

Community Mental Health Programs (CMHP) & COVID-19

May 22, 2020
COVID-19 has changed social interactions and how many of us work, and CMHP is no exception. The Resource Centre has temporarily closed and our Streetscape and TCM programs have undergone changes in the way services are provided. Care and support for individuals have moved from personal contact and interaction to “virtual” contact through technological marvels

COVID-19 Updates

May 13, 2020
The 2019 Novel Coronavirus pandemic has changed life for all of us in many new and unsettling ways. At Mission Services of London, we are committed to serving those in our community who are experiencing – or at risk of – homelessness, mental illness, addiction, and poverty. Unfortunately, many of those experiencing homelessness are among

#GivingTuesdayNow 2020 – Thank You!

May 8, 2020
On Tuesday, May 5th, the London community stood together in unity for #GivingTuesdayNow, a global day of giving as an emergency response to COVID-19. Thank you! You deployed your individual power of generosity to remain connected, to help those in need, and to heal as a community. We received more than $7,700 during #GivingTuesdayNow time

#GivingTuesdayNow 2020

May 4, 2020
On Tuesday May 5th, Mission Services of London is participating in #GivingTuesdayNow, a global day of giving and unity as an emergency response to COVID-19. As the pandemic unfolds, Mission Services of London, an essential service provider, continues to help individuals and families who are experiencing, or at risk of, homelessness, addiction, mental illness and

Save the Date for #GivingTuesdayNow: May 5, 2020

April 29, 2020
On Tuesday May 5th, we are participating in Giving Tuesday Now, a global day of giving and unity as an emergency response to COVID-19. As the pandemic progresses, Mission Services of London is providing help and support for those most vulnerable among us through access to safe shelter, healthy meals, and much more. We invite

Housing First, then Stability – a word from Executive Director, Peter Rozeluk

September 27, 2019
The Rotholme Family Shelter Housing First program that we know of as PHAF (Prevention of Homelessness Among Families) has three components: Housing Diversion, Housing Selection, and Housing Stability. I am going to focus on Housing Stability. Housing Stability includes the things necessary for families to retain their housing when it is found. Housing Stability is