The Shoebox Project: Greater Toronto Area (North)
Local Shoebox Chapter

Greater Toronto Area (North)

Local Coordinator

Janine Morton

I'm happy to introduce myself as Chapter Coordinator for the GTA North Shoebox Project. My volunteer journey in Toronto began in December 2014, when the company I worked for during the holiday season chose to support The Shoebox Project, and I felt compelled to get involved. Understanding the challenges many women face, especially individuals experiencing homelessness, makes this mission very personal for me. I understand and recognize my own privilege and that homeownership can be a privilege, that not everyone has equal access to. My passion for being involved in this charity comes from a simple belief: everyone deserves housing security- a space that offers safety, stability, and a true sense of home. Throughout my life, my family and I have been involved with organizations that provide support to families. I am passionate about the positive impact we can create together. I look forward to collaborating and working with all Shoebox Project chapters, agencies, volunteers, partners, and stakeholders to share love, kindness and compassion by providing at- risk women with essentials and luxuries in a thoughtfully a wrapped box through community support and involvement.

Searching for Local Coordinator

While we are searching for a local coordinator for this chapter, our agencies are still being supported. If you are interested in being a local coordinator, please click here to learn more about the role and apply.

Searching for Local Coordinator

Our Kingston Chapter is currently without the necessary leadership to keep this Chapter active. If you are interested in this rewarding Volunteer opportunity to bring this chapter back to your community to support women in the region, please click here to learn more and apply!

Latest News & Events

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Spring Drive Has Ended

Thank you to everyone who supported our Spring Drive! With your generosity, we were able to provide gifts to 200 women and mothers through the Jane/Finch Centre.

We are so grateful to our community for helping us bring care, dignity, and encouragement to local women.

Keep an eye out on this page for upcoming events!

Spring Drive Has Ended

Thank you to everyone who supported our Spring Drive! With your generosity, we were able to provide gifts to 200 women and mothers through the Jane/Finch Centre.

We are so grateful to our community for helping us bring care, dignity, and encouragement to local women.

Keep an eye out on this page for upcoming events!

We're Seeking Volunteers!

Driver
Pick up and safely deliver donated gifts throughout your community, helping ensure they reach the women who need them most.
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Age suitability:

18+/retired

Gift Inspections Support
Inspect each Shoebox to ensure it is safe, appropriate and beautifully presented with care and dignity.
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Age suitability:

21+/retired

Our Gifts Go to Women At the Following Agencies...

Shelters, Agencies and Programs We Support

  • Albion Neighbourhood Services
  • Ernestines
  • Fred Victor
  • Homes First
  • Jane Finch Centre
  • Mooreland Kids
  • Positive Community Development
  • Salvation Army (Norfinch Dr)
  • Toronto Community Housing
  • We Care Department of Christ Supreme Ministry (Adeola)
  • WoodGreen Community Services (St. Hilda’s)
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    Contact This Chapter

    gtanorth@shoeboxproject.com

    The Toronto Shoebox Project occupies the ancestral, traditional and contemporary lands of the Anishinabewaki, Wendake-Nionwentsïo, Ho-de-no-sau-nee-ga (Haudenosaunee), Mississauga, Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. In particular, our Chapter resides on land ceded in the Toronto Purchase & Treaty 13, 1805. We recognize and support the Indigenous individuals and communities who live here now, and those who were forcibly removed from their homelands. In offering this land acknowledgement, we affirm Indigenous sovereignty, history and experiences.