WINDSOR, ONT. The Downtown Mission is announcing the closing date for the sale of their main facility at 664 Victoria Ave. After two decades at that locations, the mission will begin vacating the first and second floors of this location by July 30, 2021. The building will be completely vacated by the shelter no later than June 2022, when the new owner will take full possession. “The Mission has been at 664 Victoria for over 20 years now and has far outgrown our current home,” said executive director Ron Dunn. “With safety precautions at its highest level in our history, as well as all we have learned and had to navigate in providing services safely during a Pandemic, a new location is needed for the Mission to continue serving our vulnerable Community Members with the compassion and dignity that we all deserve.”
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The Downtown Mission will soon begin moving some operations out of its main facility on Victoria Avenue after confirming a closing date for the sale of the former church.
“The Mission has been at 664 Victoria for over 20 years now and has far outgrown our current home,” executive director Ron Dunn said in a media release. “With safety precautions at its highest level in our history, as well as all we have learned and had to navigate in providing services safely during a pandemic, a new location is needed for the mission to continue serving our vulnerable community members with the compassion and dignity that we all deserve.”
Just as applying hand sanitizer and donning face masks have become commonplace during the pandemic, so, too, has the use of technologies such as food-delivery…
Author of the article: Peter Hendra
Publishing date: May 04, 2021 • May 4, 2021 • 5 minute read Chris and Mike Argiris of Morrison s Restaurant are among those who signed up to use a new food delivery app called Jubzi, created by Thanos Zikantas, right. Photo by Peter Hendra /The Whig-Standard
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Just as applying hand sanitizer and donning face masks have become commonplace during the pandemic, so, too, has the use of technologies such as food-delivery apps.
While many restaurants rely on these popular apps, some restaurant owners don’t use them because the company charges 20 to 30 per cent of the total bill as a commission as well as charging the customer a delivery fee.
The company launched four months ago. Unlike other apps, which charge the restaurant up to 30 per cent commission, Jubzi charges zero. In exchange, the restaurants make a donation of five per cent of their Jubzi sales to the Downtown Mission. The restaurants then receive a tax receipt so they can write off the expense. In the past four months, more than $5,000 meals have been donated to the Mission.
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