Hey all, there is 12 more days till Christmas and we are attempting one final push to collect items for Spare The Cold 2007!  Remeber the items we are hoping to receive are 

Hey Change Everything community,
I would like to let you all know it's about that time of year again. Spare The Cold (www.sparethecold.org) has launched it's 2007 initiative.

Hey All,

For those of you that remember, last Christmas an initiative called Spare The Cold blossumed.

Spare The Cold has now become an annual initiative that aims to bring Christmas to
those less privileged in our local communities, such as people facing homelessness, working in the sex trade and struggling with addictions.

Hello everyone,

It's been quite some time since we've last spoken.  No I am not dead, just recovering from a insane Christmas season. 

I would like to update you all on what happened with the Christmas packages for the residence of the Downtown Eastside.  It was an INCREDIBLE success!  This a HUGE thanks to everyone that contributed to the SPARETHECOLD.ORG project!  Thanks Thanks Thanks!  All 102 backpacks held: 2 pairs of socks, deodorant, 100g jar of vaseline, hygene products a hat, a pair of mitts and treats!   

Hello Everyone,
Well it's been a crazy ride! We've been extremely successful with our SpareTheCold project. This is a quick update to let everyone know that we will be packing the backpacks at DEYAS (612 Main St.) at 1pm on Friday Dec. 22nd. For those of you who are interested let me know ahead of time so we don't over load the space!

Hey Everyone,
So the 22nd is getting closer and closer and this project (Everyone Deserves Gifts AKA Spare the Cold)is become more and more of a reality thanks to the community. I would like to ask everyone who has any donations to please drop me an email at gab@sparethecold.org. If you can let me know how many items you have, which ones they are and where you are dropping them off then that would key!!! Check out a our kindly donated website (by http://www.retrix.com/) at http://www.sparethecold.org/ for the projects cool poster and info about donations!

Hey Everyone,

There has been great response for this initiative. I am so happy to see everyone coming together to brighten up the lives of people in need! As promised I have put together an inital tally-up of what people had commited to donating. So far we have:

100 out of 100 Treats (Woo Hoo quota met!!)

100 out of 100 little jars of Vaseline (Woo Hoo!!)

Hello dear bloggers,
My name is Gab and I helped Kate with the clothing drive on Nov. 28th. The response and generousity has been overwhelming. Thank you to all who have contributed to saving lives. The reason for my post today is a call out for help. I work in the downtown eastside with a couple different organization. I am working with DEYAS (Downtown Eastside Youth Acitivities Society) in the Needle Exchange Van throughout the Christmas season including Chritsmas Day. The holiday season is a especially a hard time for people in the DTES. My goal is to organized packages to hand out to people on xmas as gifts. I am trying to reach 100 packages because that is how many people I tend to see in a night. I've done some consultations and here is what was said that was most needed.