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Mobile Jewish Response to the Homeless Van

MJRH Van III

MJRH Schedule

MJRH Van V

  • Sunday: 9am-4pm
  • Tuesday 6pm to 12 midnight
  • Wednesday 6pm to 12 midnight
  • Thursday 6pm to 12 midnight

If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Eric Cisterna at eric@veahavta.org or at 416-964-7698 ext. 17.

Depending on the season, shifts are booked 2-4 weeks in advance.

With your help the MJRH program is now making a difference. Together we have:

  • Distributed over 5,000 meals a year
  • Took over 520 emergency calls
  • Distributed over 62,000 pairs of socks, 5,000 t-shirts, 1,200 jackets & 275 TTC tokens
  • Teamed up with other high support agencies and encouraged people to work towards more positive lifestyles

MJRH History

In most cases, the person sitting on the sidewalk requires more than food and clothing, they also require another human’s time and compassion. This is when our outreach professionals use their unique communication skills to help them believe, if but for a moment, that they are worthy of respect. The more we can foster self-respect, the more believable the option of moving inside becomes.

The cargo on the MJRH van contains survival necessities such as clothing, toiletries, eyeglasses, resource materials, sandwiches, hot coffee, and snacks. We also carry gift baskets of everyday necessities, provided by your participation in our Bnei Mitzvah and Simcha Basket programs. These are tools we use to accelerate the development of relationships with people society has all but forgotten.

MJRH Van IV

Our Volunteers

We encourage all members of the “housed” community, aged 12 and up, to join us in making a difference.

Our volunteers deepen their understanding with this disheartening social malaise. They quickly discover the misconceived “us and them” perspective is in reality just “us”. Sensitivity toward others is heightened and their personal will to respond is activated.

I never really thought about how homeless people lived and behaved. Now, I understand they are much like any other people but [they] don’t have much hope … most were friendly and polite and extremely grateful for the aid.

- Ross Casey, MJRH volunteer

Ve’ahavta depends on our volunteers to help deliver this vital service.

Financial Costs

Delivery of this vital service is not free. Each 8-hour shift of the MJRH Van costs Ve’ahavta approximately $400.00.

This program is valuable both to volunteers and to those we assist. Please help Ve’ahavta keep the Mobile Jewish Response to the Homeless on the road. Consider donating one of the following amounts:

  • $400 to sponsor a full 8-hour shift
  • $200 half shift
  • $100 quarter shift
  • $72 4 X Chai
  • $36 2 X Chai
  • $18 Chai
  • Another amount

Donate online, by phone at 416-964-7698 Ext. 21, or by sending a cheque (payable to Ve’ahavta MJRH) to:
Ve’ahavta: The Canadian Jewish Humanitarian and Relief Committee
2221 Yonge St. Suite LL12
Toronto, Ontario
M4S 2B4
Canada