Gifts of Hope

COVID-19 Tenant Support Fund
We’ve established a special fund for supporting tenants during this unsettling time of social distancing and self-isolation.
This project has been fully funded. Thank you!

$375
Bring on the Tunes
Ukuleles are a fun and accessible instrument to learn and play. Your gift will be used to purchase six to launch a ukulele club. We’ll jam together regularly, and tenants will be able to borrow the ukuleles to practice and play on their own at home.
Woodfield Gate (London)

$1,000 x 5
Provide a Bench
Encourage tenants to enjoy the green space around McQuesten Lofts and Parkdale Landing. The gardens are designed to reflect aspects of health as seen on the Indigenous medicine wheel (hoop) providing an outdoor sanctuary and welcoming outdoor retreat. (For an additional gift of $100 include a plaque with your name, in honour of a friend, or in memory of a loved one.)

$5,000
Encourage Cycling
Encourage tenants to take advantage of this healthy way of getting around by providing them secure outdoor bike storage.
$5,000 – Enclosed bike storage area, Prinzen Flats (Hamilton)
Two bikes are available for tenants to borrow. Your gift will provide for bicycle upkeep, helmets and locks.
$300 – Bike share, Woodfield Gate (London) Funded!
This project has been fully funded. Thank you!

$425 x 6
Do Something a Little Shady
Provide a large colourful umbrella and base that will shade for picnic tables and patio seating, with comfortable spots for tenants to socialize and enjoy outdoor meals.
3 – Blossom Parks Apartments (Woodstock)
3 – Harvey Woods Lofts (Woodstock)

$10,300
Support Aging in Place
Help residents and tenants move around safely by providing physical supports for those experiencing balance, polypharmacy, muscle weakness or other mobility challenges as they age.
Wentworth Program (Hamilton)
$2,800 LEVER HANDLES
$2,500 RAMP AND LANDING
$5,000 HANDRAILS
$6,500 raised so far!
This project has been fully funded. Thank you!

$400
Outfit a Collective Kitchen
At Hambleton Hall in Simcoe tenants and volunteers get together once a month to cook and then enjoy a meal (and make enough to have another meal to bring home). The cooks contribute the ingredients, which are supplemented by the local food bank. Your gift will cover the pots and pans, spoons and spatulas, casserole dishes and containers, with enough to offer this program at Dogwood Suites too, after it opens in the spring.

6 x $300
Foster Creativity
Almost there! $1,375 raised so far
Share the joy of creativity and all the therapeutic benefits this brings. With your gift, Indwell will provide canvasses, paints, brushes, coloured pencils, beads, yarn and other supplies for art classes and craft programs.
Caroline Apartments, North End Landing, Perkins Centre, Prinzen Flats (Hamilton)
Woodfield Gate (London)
Railway City Lofts (St. Thomas)

$485 x 16
Provide Online Connections
Provide tenants with tablets for common areas, enabling them to meet virtually with their professional supports, stay connected with family and friends, and access information, entertainment, and news from the wider world.
The Oaks (Hamilton)
Embassy Commons (London)
Lakeshore Lofts (Mississauga)
Dogwood Suites (Simcoe)