{"id":5856,"date":"2024-01-23T14:54:41","date_gmt":"2024-01-23T14:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kitsforacause.com\/charities\/haven-toronto\/"},"modified":"2024-04-18T17:45:14","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T17:45:14","slug":"haven-toronto","status":"publish","type":"charities","link":"https:\/\/kitsforacause.com\/charities\/haven-toronto\/","title":{"rendered":"Haven Toronto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.haventoronto.ca\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.haventoronto.ca\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1713285445778000&amp;usg=AOvVaw30H8tbyeTdpgL8r77A1cN5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Haven Toronto<\/a> is a drop-in centre where elder homeless, marginally housed and socially isolated men can feel safe, where they can form and cultivate friendships, and become part of a community.<\/p>\n<p>Our\u00a0VISION\u00a0is a safe and just community in which elder homeless men have the opportunity to live a quality, dignified life.\u00a0 Our\u00a0MISSION\u00a0is to be a national leader in services, programs and advocacy for elder homeless men.<\/p>\n<p>Haven Toronto, formerly known as The Good Neighbours\u2019 Club, was founded in 1933 during the Great Depression to help unemployed men.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ZGnRi2BINJI\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/youtu.be\/ZGnRi2BINJI&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1713285445778000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0E6aidTQvvMP_mtbHmY032\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May Birchard<\/a>, the founder, was a politician and anti-poverty activist.\u00a0Haven Toronto has had a storied history and has played an integral role in helping elder homeless men in need. In fact,\u00a0the agency is the only organization in Canada focused on serving elder homeless men\u00a0age 50 and over.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Our\u00a0MISSION\u00a0is to be a national leader in services, programs and advocacy for elder homeless men.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5857,"parent":0,"template":"","kits-categories":[156,159,160],"charity-catagories":[73],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kitsforacause.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/charities\/5856"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kitsforacause.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/charities"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kitsforacause.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/charities"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kitsforacause.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kitsforacause.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kits-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kitsforacause.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kits-categories?post=5856"},{"taxonomy":"charity-catagories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kitsforacause.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/charity-catagories?post=5856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}