Organizations

We have the chance to be working with two amazing social organizations here in Gatineau.
The organization Entraide-Familial has agreed to give us clothes of bags which they cannot donate to their members for one reason and another.  Entraide-Familial is located in one of the poorest neighborhood in Gatineau and operates on donations exclusively.  They work with the less fortunates and provide the families in need with household supply and clothes.  The manager of the organization is Gilbert Paris and he was kind enough to give me a tour of the premises and explain to me how the organization works and how people qualify to become a member.  Gilbert was very enthusiastic about our project and it turns out that we are not only helping the homeless, but we are also helping his organization and the environment.  They have to pay to get rid of the clothes they can't use, by taking a few bags of their hands, we are doing him and the environment a favor for it won't end up in a landfill.

Through the organization Entraide-Familial, we got introduce to Le-Bras SIDA.  Le-Bras SIDA is an organization in Gatineau which works with HIV and AIDS affected people as well as with homeless people.  Their social street workers distribute warm clothes to the homeless before the winter, for in Gatineau, there aren't that many shelters and a lot of them are forced to spend the winter in the parks.  The manager is called Luc Lavigne and he was very enthusiastic about our project.  He mentioned that it would make a big difference for those people forced to sleep on a bench park.  He offered to publish an article in their newspaper once we donated the quilts.

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