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I am honoured to join The Shoebox Project Niagara alongside the fantastic group of volunteers as the Local Coordinator. I am committed to supporting and creating awareness here in Niagara for those who are most vulnerable. As a lifelong resident in the Region, I'm excited to share the joy of gift-giving and helping women at risk feel valued, respected, and unique by bringing a lightness and reminder we are thinking of them, particularly around the holiday season.
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.
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!
Please check this page again soon for more information.
There has been a request from our shelters and agencies for just over 1200 shoebox gifts.
We prioritize the individuals staying in shelters and then provide gifts to those who are accessing their programs and are at risk of homelessness.
Our goal is that everyone receives a gift this holiday. Read more below on how to help!
Reach out to learn more: niagara@shoeboxproject.com
Planning your own Event?
Please email us if you are thinking about doing a drive or to learn how to best support your local Chapter. We are happy to provide resources and answer any questions you may have.
Planning for 2026 Drive is well underway and we are looking forward to connecting with you. Whether you have supported us in the past or are new to Shoebox Project Niagara, 2026 is shaping up to be a great year. Be sure to reach out to us at niagara@shoeboxproject.com to let us know what you are planning!
Want to help in a different way? Please reach out to us!
St. Catharines/NotL
Vision Clinic (St. Catharines - Ontario Street) - 553 Ontario Street, St. Cath, ON L2N 4N4
Welland/Pelham
Vision Clinic (Welland) - 112 Division Street in Welland, ON, L3B 3Z9
Vision Clinic (Fonthill) - 130 Highway 20 East, Unit D6, Fonthill, ON, L0S 1E6
Niagara Falls/Port Colborne/Fort Erie
CSN Maple Leaf Collision Centre - 6410 Drummond Rd, Niagara Falls, ON L2G 4N3
Bridges Community Health Centre - 380 Elm Street, Port Colborne, ON L3K 4P2
Bridges Community Health Centre - 1485 Garrison Road, Fort Erie, ON L2A 1P8
Grimsby/Lincoln
Vision Clinic (Grimsby) - 65 Main Street East, Grimsby, ON, L3M 1M7
Last Call Drop off will be November 28th!
Located at 149 St. Paul Cresent, St. Catharines 11 am - 2 PM
Special thank you to 2026 supporters:
All the businesses and Individuals who donated to our 2026 drives
May Court Club of St. Catharines
May Court Club of St. Catharines
Duliban Insurance for an amazing partnership in 2025
ETFO
Main Street Services Inc
Two Men and a Truck - Niagara
Niagara Regional Labour Council
OECTA
RWIL and Ridley School for their continued support
Bridges Community Health Centre
CSN Maple Leaf Collision Centre Vision Clinic - Grimsby
Vision Clinic - Ontario Street/St. Catharines
Vision Clinic - Welland
Vision Clinic - Fonthill
Special thanks to our core volunteer team and their families for your support and help!
There has been a request from our shelters and agencies for just over 1200 shoebox gifts.
We prioritize the individuals staying in shelters and then provide gifts to those who are accessing their programs and are at risk of homelessness.
Our goal is that everyone receives a gift this holiday. Read more below on how to help!
Reach out to learn more: niagara@shoeboxproject.com
Planning your own Event?
Please email us if you are thinking about doing a drive or to learn how to best support your local Chapter. We are happy to provide resources and answer any questions you may have.
Planning for 2026 Drive is well underway and we are looking forward to connecting with you. Whether you have supported us in the past or are new to Shoebox Project Niagara, 2026 is shaping up to be a great year. Be sure to reach out to us at niagara@shoeboxproject.com to let us know what you are planning!
Want to help in a different way? Please reach out to us!
St. Catharines/NotL
Vision Clinic (St. Catharines - Ontario Street) - 553 Ontario Street, St. Cath, ON L2N 4N4
Welland/Pelham
Vision Clinic (Welland) - 112 Division Street in Welland, ON, L3B 3Z9
Vision Clinic (Fonthill) - 130 Highway 20 East, Unit D6, Fonthill, ON, L0S 1E6
Niagara Falls/Port Colborne/Fort Erie
CSN Maple Leaf Collision Centre - 6410 Drummond Rd, Niagara Falls, ON L2G 4N3
Bridges Community Health Centre - 380 Elm Street, Port Colborne, ON L3K 4P2
Bridges Community Health Centre - 1485 Garrison Road, Fort Erie, ON L2A 1P8
Grimsby/Lincoln
Vision Clinic (Grimsby) - 65 Main Street East, Grimsby, ON, L3M 1M7
Last Call Drop off will be November 28th!
Located at 149 St. Paul Cresent, St. Catharines 11 am - 2 PM
Special thank you to 2026 supporters:
All the businesses and Individuals who donated to our 2026 drives
May Court Club of St. Catharines
May Court Club of St. Catharines
Duliban Insurance for an amazing partnership in 2025
ETFO
Main Street Services Inc
Two Men and a Truck - Niagara
Niagara Regional Labour Council
OECTA
RWIL and Ridley School for their continued support
Bridges Community Health Centre
CSN Maple Leaf Collision Centre Vision Clinic - Grimsby
Vision Clinic - Ontario Street/St. Catharines
Vision Clinic - Welland
Vision Clinic - Fonthill
Special thanks to our core volunteer team and their families for your support and help!
Gillian's Place
YWCA
Abbey's House
Birchway Niagara
Southridge Shelter
The Raft
Start Me Up Niagara
Community Care
Bethlehem Housing
ABC Program
Niagara Region Native Centre - Homeward Bound Program
Niagara Region Native Centre - Justice Outreach Program
Niagara Chapter of Native Women
Community Outreach Program Erie (COPE)
The Soup Kitchen
John Howard Society of Niagara
Niagara Reach Mobile
Strong Fort Erie Neighbourhoods (SFEN)
Niagara this Week
November 17, 2025
Strictly for Her - Shoebox Project Niagara
The Standard
November 11, 2024
Shoebox Project “Spark of Hope”
YourTV Niagara
November 7, 2024
The Shoebox Project: Niagara
The Standard
November 30, 2022
Shoebox Project returns to gift packages
YourTV Niagara
November 18, 2022
The Shoebox Project: Niagara
The Standard
November 26, 2021
Care and compassion in a shoebox: Campaign helps Niagara women living in shelters over holidays
YourTV Niagara
November 20, 2020
Interview with Mike Balson and Jess Boulay
The Standard
November 15, 2020
Shoebox Project thinks outside the box
Niagara Falls Review
June 5, 2020
Humanity and love in a shoebox
Niagara This Week
December 4, 2019
Little boxes pack a lot of love for south Niagara women in need
Niagara Falls Review
November 18, 2019
Fill a shoebox and send some love this Christmas
The Standard
December 10, 2017
Care packages assembled for Christmas
Niagara This Week
November 6, 2017
Bringing little luxuries to women in need in St. Catharines
Niagara This Week
December 5, 2013
Shoeboxes a gesture of kindness
The Niagara & St. Catharines Shoebox Project occupies the ancestral, traditional and contemporary lands of the Ho-de-no-sau-nee-ga (Haudenosaunee), Attiwonderonk (Neutral), Wenrohronon, Mississauga, Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. In particular, our Chapter resides on land ceded in the Niagara Purchase Treaty 381. 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.
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