https://padlet.com/mady_palacios/fddrolrblft9 Made with whimsy en-us 2019-10-02 01:39:11 UTC 2025-11-14 05:48:33 UTC hello@padlet.com mady_palacios https://padlet.com/mady_palacios/fddrolrblft9/wish/392225857 The Covenant House is a charity for helping youth at risk from trafficking and homelessness. They collect donations and host events to collect funds to pay for resources they need to help these young people. The Covenant House is located in many places in the US and Canada. There is a house located at 20 Gerrard Street East in Toronto. ]]> 2019-10-02 01:40:26 UTC https://padlet.com/mady_palacios/fddrolrblft9/wish/392225857 mady_palacios https://padlet.com/mady_palacios/fddrolrblft9/wish/392227239 The creation of The Covenant House Toronto started when Cardinal Carter found helpless little kids sleeping outside in the streets in front of his office. He rallied for community support to open a covenant house to help and serve the youths at risk. In February 1982 Covenant House Toronto finally opened!]]> 2019-10-02 01:46:59 UTC https://padlet.com/mady_palacios/fddrolrblft9/wish/392227239 mady_palacios https://padlet.com/mady_palacios/fddrolrblft9/wish/392230712  The Covenant's House's main objective is to help youths at risk have a life free from trafficking and homelessness. They want to help these youths have more opportunities and a bright future through their programs through job training, life skill, and education training.]]> 2019-10-02 02:03:01 UTC https://padlet.com/mady_palacios/fddrolrblft9/wish/392230712 mady_palacios https://padlet.com/mady_palacios/fddrolrblft9/wish/392763289 To accomplish their objective, they provide many services and programs. When the teens are welcomes they are provided with food, clothing, healthcare and most importantly a shelter. They have programs for well-being and they also have counselling. To help the teens go towards the right path, they provide school, job training programs and life skill workshop programs. Once they are ready to move and live by themselves they have housing and aftercare which is a transitional housing program. Ever since 1982, they have managed to support 95,000 young people.]]> 2019-10-02 22:28:58 UTC https://padlet.com/mady_palacios/fddrolrblft9/wish/392763289 mady_palacios https://padlet.com/mady_palacios/fddrolrblft9/wish/392790019
The Charities host fundraising events like "Guts and Glory" and "Sleepout" to raise money for support. Guts and Glory is a fundraising event that involves team going through an obstacle course. Mainly companies and workplace people or adults, in general, participate in this event. A sleepout is an event that people enjoy. They get to converse with the youths in the house, explore what causes homelessness and trafficking also spread awareness, learn how donations and sleeping out in the streets for night help the youths. (90% of fundraising goes straight to the youths being served. Another and obvious way they get money is from donations and from schools, workplaces and community fundraisers. All these are ways they get money to pay for the services they provide.]]> 2019-10-03 00:44:40 UTC https://padlet.com/mady_palacios/fddrolrblft9/wish/392790019 mady_palacios https://padlet.com/mady_palacios/fddrolrblft9/wish/392818425 List of Some Positions in the Covenant House:
-A mentor is a positive role model towards the youth and provides guidance towards the right path.
-Advocate(Anti-Human Trafficking) identifies survivors of human trafficking and provides counselling to this population to help them heal.
-Kitchen helpers prepare and serve food, also they clean and sanitize the cookware, equipment, and meal area.
For these positions to be filled, people are required to have experience of some sort that has something to do with the position.]]> 2019-10-03 03:12:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mady_palacios/fddrolrblft9/wish/392818425 mady_palacios https://padlet.com/mady_palacios/fddrolrblft9/wish/392822419 In google reviews I read many positive comments and comments on what they can improve on. Someone had said "The Covenant House is good when it comes to space, donations and resources" but then said "They lack on helping and focusing on mental health problems. Then I read more comments saying "The staffs are very kinds and the shelter is clean", "Experienced staff', "They could take down some rules for a little bit more freedom" and "Great place ot donate too". In conclusion this tells me that the shelter alone is clean spacious but the staffs could work on themselves and a little bit more freedom for the youths.]]> 2019-10-03 03:37:28 UTC https://padlet.com/mady_palacios/fddrolrblft9/wish/392822419 mady_palacios https://padlet.com/mady_palacios/fddrolrblft9/wish/392823615 The Covenant House spends their money efficiently based on how they spend the money they get from fundraisings. As shown from resources, in 2018 they got a total of about $29 million. Out of that $29 million 77% of the total revenue came from receipted donations and their total expenditure was about $27 million. They used it wisely since they spent less then what they got programs and such while saving $2 million.]]> 2019-10-03 03:45:43 UTC https://padlet.com/mady_palacios/fddrolrblft9/wish/392823615 mady_palacios https://padlet.com/mady_palacios/fddrolrblft9/wish/392827615 Some benefits they have towards the community is they help get kids off the streets and help change their lives to participate in the community. They also make the community aware of all the things that risk youths.]]> 2019-10-03 04:18:31 UTC https://padlet.com/mady_palacios/fddrolrblft9/wish/392827615