On Monday December 14th, Ve’ahavta, in partnership with TNT, a retail clothing chain, sponsored an entire day of meals — breakfast, lunch, and dinner — at Evangel Hall, a downtown drop-in centre. About 125 people came to each meal and left with full tummies and gifts in hand!
Below is a photo of the day’s crew, [...]

The MJRH outreach van will be changing its Wednesday and Thursday morning runs to evening runs, 6pm to 12 midnight, commencing on January 6, 2010, in order to better serve our clients and volunteers.
If you have any questions, please call our van phone at 416-906-6616. Your feedback is, as always, welcomed and appreciated.
To learn [...]

On Sunday November 8th, 2009, Ve’ahavta and the Toronto community joined together in celebration at the annual Starry Nights gala, to raise funds for Ve’ahavta’s humanitarian projects.
To read what our guests, volunteers, and speakers had to say about the event, and to view photographic evidence of the night’s success, click here!

Read Avrum’s, Ve’ahavta’s Director,  latest piece in The Canadian Jewish News!

On November 30th, 2009, with your support, Ve’ahavta will provide children with the tools to receive a proper education by sending 1,600 Kinder Kits and 40 Teacher Kits to Kenyemba Primary and Secondary schools in rural Zimbabwe. Read more.

Theresa Schrader, a woman who only a few years ago was living on the street and prostituting to satisfy her drug addiction, went on to win Ve’ahavta’s Annual Creative Writing Contest for the Homeless. Today,  Theresa is living a positive and sober life and working towards a degree in Social Service work. Read more about [...]

Ve’ahavta is proud to have responded to the recent natural disaster in Samoa. Together with the Israeli Government, Toronto businessman Walter Arbib, and the UJA/Jewish Federation of Greater Toronto, we have sent pharmaceuticals appropriate to the suffering in this country.
The island nation of Samoa was devastated in late September after multiple earthquakes and tsunami. 150 people died and [...]

A concert of youth musicians promoting harmony among people, performed by the Renanim Youth Singers and featuring the Swansea Youth Drum Squad.
Join us on Tuesday, May 12, 2009 at 7:30PM
York Woods Library Theatre (1785 Finch Avenue W.)
$15.00/adults
$10.00/students and seniors
For tickets and information, call (416) 398-0289
See the event flyer for full details.

Ve’ahavta is once again holding our Creative Writing Contest for the Homeless. This is a very beautiful program. We ask people living on or near the street to write a literary piece — be it a biography, critique, poetry — which they submit to be judged by some very high profile judges in the writing [...]

We’ve added a Frequently Asked Questions section to the web site.
Feel free to contact us. If you have more questions about this important issue.

We are currently working on our 8th annual Creative Writing Contest for the homeless. For more information about the contest and to download the talented contributions of last year’s winners, see the Creative Writing Contest section of the web site.

Ve’ahavta has established a crisis response fund in an effort to purchase much needed emergency medical equipment for the Soroka University Medical Center, now on the front lines of the ongoing crisis in Israel. Your receipted donation to this fund will help patients of the Soroka Medical Center to recover from the conflict. For more [...]