Winnipeg Free Press
Stephanie Hunter and her aunt, Nancy Gabriel, try on tuques at 1JustCity Saturday afternoon. (Daniel Crump / Winnipeg Free Press)
1JUSTCITY’S washrooms and dining room for hot lunches will not just be open on weekdays this winter for the city’s homeless to use.
1JUSTCITY’S washrooms and dining room for hot lunches will not just be open on weekdays this winter for the city’s homeless to use.
Josh Ward, 1JustCity’s community facilitator, said Saturday its West End site in the St. Matthews-Maryland Community Ministry, at 365 McGee St., will now be open on Saturday and Sunday through the winter until May.
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Thanks to a $10,000 seasonal gift from Canada Life, 1JustCity has established an outdoor warming fire which will be held two days a week for the West End community at the St. Matthews Maryland Community Ministry on McGee Street, it was announced Friday.
The warming fire also serves as a space to serve hot drinks, connect with staff and engage in Indigenous cultural programming, organizers said in a press release. With the province being in code red until January, there is no longer access to our indoor drop-in site which leaves people experiencing homelessness displaced as they often rely on their space for warmth, connection and rest.