May 2020 | The Stop

Advocates are keeping our community connected during COVID

Posted on May 26, 2020 (May 29, 2020) by admin

The Stop’s Community Advocacy Office is a peer-run project where trained Advocates with lived experience of poverty provide information, referrals, and help to fellow community members. When COVID-19 broke we had to close the physical office, but we’ve kept supporting peers in innovative ways that maintain public safety. Every weekday, they’re on the phone answering […]

St. Clair Supports The Stop!

Posted on May 20, 2020 (May 26, 2020) by admin

COVID-19 has hit the West Toronto community hard. Local restaurants and food businesses are fighting to stay in business, while thousands of our neighbours are struggling to keep food on the table. Our strategy: Led by local business Cocoa Latte, we’re raising money for St. Clair chefs and stores to prepare hundreds of healthy, wholesome […]

This Mother’s Day is Different

Posted on May 10, 2020 (May 10, 2020) by admin

Dear friend, To be honest, I’ve always been a little cynical about Mother’s Day. I think it’s because my own mother always scoffed at the idea of a one-off holiday. I can hear her saying, “Mothers should be celebrated every day!” And I don’t disagree. But today, I think it’s so important that we pay […]

🌱 An update from The Stop’s Greenhouse 🌱

Posted on May 4, 2020 (May 4, 2020) by admin

For over a decade, The Stop’s Greenhouse team have spent their spring months growing thousands of seedlings for The Stop’s four garden spaces—the Green Barn sheltered garden, the Global Roots intergenerational garden, the Mashkikii;aki’ing medicine wheel garden, and Earlscourt—and for giving away to community gardens and food organizations across the city. Here’s an update from […]