Good morning Sarah and Avrum, I want to start with a thank you; the partnership and support that Ve’ahavta has brought to the work of Food For The Poor Canada in 2010 has been exceptional. We look forward to the work and successes that are ahead in 2011, and look back at the last 12 [...]

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Emily celebrated her 12th birthday in February 2010. Project Cover Up is a special project that she initiated in honour of her Bat Mitzvah. On January 21, 2010 I began my mission of Tikun Olam – to repair the world – one blanket at a time. Let me take a moment to talk about what [...]

Hannah Damiani celebrated  her 7th birthday on January 9, 2010. She asked all of her friend to make donations to Ve’ahavta, instead of presents, to help the homeless. In January, Hannah and her brother Seth, came into Ve’ahavta’s office to give us the funds they had raised to help the homeless.  What a beautiful and compassionate gesture. We learn much [...]

Ve’ahavta is proud to have responded to the recent natural disaster in Samoa. Together with the Israeli Government, Toronto businessman Walter Arbib, and the UJA/Jewish Federation of Greater Toronto, we have sent pharmaceuticals appropriate to the suffering in this country. The island nation of Samoa was devastated in late September after multiple earthquakes and tsunami. 150 people died [...]

Cold comfort With an early blast of Ol’ Man Winter whipping through the city canyons this week, the tug-of-war over sleeping bags will begin afresh, reports Wendy Banks WENDY BANKS Special to The Globe and Mail December 6, 2008 Joan Ruzsa’s client, a homeless man, woke up one morning last month to discover that his [...]