Donor Stories Elmer’s story After seeing a campaign ad for Covenant House on Toronto’s transit, Elmer Bernadino felt compelled to help.
Program Stories Three Sisters soup recipe Young people at Covenant House recently came together for a community dinner and enjoyed a homemade Three Sisters Soup.
Program Stories The power of connecting through food and stories “When you bring food to the table, you bring dozens of cultures with it,” says Zahra, a youth worker in our CIBC Rights of Passage program who has been...
Donor Stories Northbridge Financial Corporation, stepping up to show they care Earlier this year, we hosted our first Pop-Up Shop, with racks of new and gently used clothes and tables filled with shoes and toiletry donations.
Youth Stories How Youth Reconnect helps youth struggling with mental health stay in school By the end of the last school year, *Clara’s anxiety had gotten so bad that she couldn’t leave the house – not to go to school, not to go...
Youth Stories How our rooftop garden inspired a passion for urban farming Branden remembers the awe he felt when he first set foot in the Covenant House rooftop garden as a participant in the Cooking for Life (CFL) job readiness program.
Donor Stories Going upstream At Covenant House, we believe every young person has the right to be safe from sex trafficking. We’ve made it part of our mission to help educate young people...
Youth Stories How the Cooking for Life program paved one youth’s pathway forward *Christian’s passion for hospitality sparked when he was only 10 years old and woke up early on Mother’s Day to bake a tray of cookies for his foster mother.
Donor Stories Pizzazz at the Covenant House pop-up shop Every day we see first-hand how the care and comfort young people receive at Covenant House can help them feel more confident in themselves and take control of their...