Coldest Night of the Year Richmond Hill Returns!
The Coldest Night of the Year is a winterrific family-friendly fundraising walk. Let’s change the tune for people experiencing hurt, hunger, and homelessness… because it’s cold out there. Register, sponsor, volunteer, fundraise, and walk with us to support vulnerable individuals this winter!
Hockey Helps the Homeless Durham Tournament!
Join us at the Hockey Helps the Homeless Durham Region Tournament on April 12! Help us raise life-saving funds to end homelessness in our community by registering, donating, sponsoring, or volunteering. Together, we can make a difference!
Our 2023 Impact Report is Live!
Our 2023 Impact Report is now live. Take a moment to flip through the pages and learn about the impact Blue Door made over the last year. Thank you to our wonderful community, donors, volunteers, and staff for contributing to our Vision of A Canada where everyone can access dignified housing.
Beaverton Expansion
Blue Door is excited to announce that we have been selected by the Regional Municipality of Durham to operate the new 47-unit Beaverton Transitional Supportive Housing residence.
Blue Door increases housing access and retention, by creating and retaining new and existing affordable, transitional and emergency housing.
Blue Door strengthens people’s mental and physical health through physical, emotional, psychological and social well-being services.
Blue Door’s social enterprise, Construct, provides skills training, wraparound supports, hands-on experience, to help people gain well-paying careers needed to afford housing. Blue Door also supports the expansion and replication of its social enterprise services to other geographic areas.
Davian’s Story
At 65 years old, with health and financial problems, and feeling lonely and scared, I found solace here.
Since coming to Blue Door, I’ve met people who genuinely care about me and my safety. The attentive staff helped me apply for government supports and are tirelessly working to secure a supportive living house because the truth is, I can’t do it alone anymore.
Knowing I have an army of front-line workers behind me, I feel assured that I’ll be okay.
Marina’s Story
Facing homelessness, abuse, incarceration, depression, and PTSD, my life was filled with challenges. I relied on Ontario Works and struggled to maintain a stable career. As a single mother of four, I wanted better for my children and show them that anything is possible.
Discovering Blue Door’s Construct program, I was ready to start this new challenge as a woman in the skilled trades. Being part of Construct brought me a sense of accomplishment and the motivation to keep going.
Jessica’s Story
It was the first snow day of the winter when 27-year-old Jessica was unexpectedly thrown out of a home where she had been couch-surfing in Vaughan.
Cold, scared and all alone, the young woman from Mexico found herself wandering the dark streets, looking for a place to stay, eventually finding Mosaic Interfaith Out of the Cold.
Lifting people out of homelessness and poverty, your gift will provide employment training propelling people into well-paying careers in the trades, a bed for the night, a warm meal, psychotherapy, onsite basic healthcare, longer stays to overcome trauma and barriers, and much much more.
Thank You To Our Generous Supporters