Matthew House
About Matthew House
Matthew House is a small shelter in central Toronto that welcomes and assists newly arrived refugee claimants who have come to the end of a long journey on the refugee highway. Since opening as a permanent home in August 1998, Matthew House has provided shelter and assistance for hundreds of newly arrived refugees who would otherwise have been homeless in Toronto. Refugees have come to Matthew House from more than 70 different countries including: Albania, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Angola, Burundi, Colombia, Congo, Cuba, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Iraq, Liberia, North Korea, Rwanda, Somalia, Turkey and Zimbabwe.
We Need Your Support!
We would love for you to be a part of the Matthew House Team at the Toronto Waterfront Marathon Group Charity Challenge. There are lots of ways to show your support!
- You can join our team and participate in the marathon, half-marathon, or the 5k race on Sunday September 28, 2008. There is even an online tool that will help make it easy for you to collect pledges for Matthew House prior to the event! For more event details, visit www.torontowaterfrontmarathon.com.
- Unable to participate in the event? No problem! You can show your support for Matthew House by sponsoring an individual participant or the Matthew House Team. Follow the links shown at the bottom of this page (coming soon) to become a sponsor.
As an added incentive to join our team, the first 15 participants to sign up for the Matthew House Team will receive free registration! Any participants who raise a minimum of $200 in pledges will also receive free registration!
Funds raised through this exciting event will go directly towards supporting Matthew House's operations.
For more information, or to register as a participant on the Matthew House team, contact Anne Woolger-Bell at 416-364-8287 or anne@matthewhouse.ca.
Thanks for your support, and God bless!