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Last Revised: July 18, 2003

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To the maximum extent permitted by law, in no event shall Eva’s Initiatives, its officers, directors, employees, agents or their respective successors and assigns, be liable for any direct, indirect, exemplary, punitive, incidental, special, consequential, contingent or other losses or damages, whether foreseeable or unforeseeable, based on any claim arising out of or in any way connected with the use of or inability to use this Site or any other website accessed through this Site, whether based in contract, tort (including negligence), strict liability, infringement of intellectual property rights, breach of representation or warranty, failure of essential purpose, fundamental breach or otherwise, even if advised of the possibility of such losses or damages.

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Privacy Policy

November 28, 2011 By

Eva’s Initiatives is committed to respecting the personal privacy of individuals using our website (the “Site”), currently located at www.evasinitiatives.com. Eva’s Initiatives recognizes the importance of protecting information that can be used to identify you (“Personal Information”). This Privacy Policy (the “Policy”) describes the Personal Information privacy practices relating to this Site.

By accessing this Site you are agreeing to be bound by this Policy, and consenting to the collection, use and disclosure of your Personal Information in accordance with this Policy. If you do not agree with this Policy, please exit from this Site and do not disclose any Personal Information through this Site or access any other pages. Changes may be made at any time to this Policy without prior notice.

This Policy was last updated on July 18, 2003.

How Information is Collected and Used

Eva’s Initiatives only collects Personal Information if you voluntarily supply your name and contact information by contacting us via email to be put on our mailing list or if you make a donation through the charity link located on the Site. Personal Information will not be disclosed to anyone except Eva’s Initiatives’ staff, associates or partners who need the information in order to respond to your request. We do not use this information to create personal profiles. We do not gather any Personal Information during your visit to the Site nor do we distribute, provide or sell Personal Information voluntarily supplied by Site visitors to any third party.

Please be aware that the operators of any linked website may collect information about users when users access to their websites. Eva’s Initiatives is not responsible for how such third parties collect, use or disclose Personal Information, and recommends that you check the privacy policy of such websites before providing any information about yourself.

We do not distribute, provide, sell, rent or loan any Personal Information to any third parties, except as required by law.

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We keep track of use of this Site, including the number of hits this Site receives and the web pages that are visited. We collect this information so that we can develop this Site to meet visitors’ needs and identify appropriate new features, content and services.

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Security and Retention Matters

We will use reasonable industry standard technology to keep your Personal Information secure. However, there is no guarantee that data transmission over the Internet can be kept completely secure. Consequently, Eva’s Initiatives does not represent, warrant or guarantee that Personal Information will be protected against misuse, loss or alteration and does not accept any responsibility for Personal Information submitted to Eva’s Initiatives.

How to Contact Eva’s Initiatives

We will, upon request, provide you with access to any Personal Information that we have collected about you through this Site or by email. To gain access to Personal Information, or if you believe that any information that we have collected about you is inaccurate or out of date, please contact us at 416.977.4497 ext. 124.

We welcome your feedback. If you have any questions or concerns about our Policy, please contact us at info@evas.ca.

Last Revised: July 18, 2003
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Bulletin!

November 28, 2011 By

Let me start by saying a huge THANK YOU to all of you.  It is so important to have friends like you, and in particular friends who are so quickly moved to action!  Your response to our request was swift and substantial, and most importantly, it had a significant impact.   The Mayor and Government Management Committee received many letters, e-mails and phone calls.  The on-line petition has over 1,000 signatures.

As you know, the matter went to Government Management Committee yesterday.  Many young people appeared to depute before the Committee.  They were current and former residents of Eva’sPhoenix, (including one young man who traveled from out of town to depute).  I also deputed, as did the President of our Board of Directors.  Councillors Layton and Shiner were incredibly supportive, and both spoke passionately about the importance of Eva’sPhoenix, and the need to find a viable solution for its relocation.

The Committee passed a motion, which represents three significant achievements for Eva’s, as we move to the next step in this process.   Firstly, the entire Committee unanimously affirmed its commitment to Eva’s Phoenix, and it’s importance as a vital resource for homeless and at risk youth, secondly, the motion also makes it clear that the solution to be sought must be viable for Eva’s, and thirdly, the fiscal package must be one that we agree with.   I believe this provides a very focused framework, goal clarification and timeline for us to work together with Build Toronto.   There must, however, be an agreement reached before the matter goes to City Council on November 29th.  If no agreement can be reached by that time then City Council will decide what is to be done.

We have a lot of work to do in the next two weeks or so, but our position is much improved as a result of yesterday’s Committee motion, which your support helped to bring about.

For those of you who may not have seen/heard the media coverage we have received on this issue, I am including the links below.  I will keep you posted on the progress of our negotiations with Build Toronto over the next two weeks.

Some things just bear repeating, so, I feel compelled to say THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.  We are very grateful for your support.  Your support has also sent a very important message to the youth we serve – they too, are especially grateful.

Toronto Star Nov. 3rd, 2011

http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1081146–fort-york-bridge-rises-from-the-dead

Globe & Mail Nov. 8th, 2011

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/toronto-youth-shelter-could-be-forced-to-relocate/article2230130/?utm_medium=Feeds%3A+RSS%2FAtom&utm_source=Home&utm_content=2230130

CBC Radio’s Metro Morning with Matt Galloway, Nov. 9th, 2011

http://www.cbc.ca/video/news/audioplayer.html?clipid=2165966171

Toronto Star Nov. 9th, 2011

http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1084130

Metro (Transit) Newspapers Nov. 9th, 2011

http://www.metronews.ca/toronto/local/article/1020526–nov-29-deadline-for-plan-to-relocate-shelter

The petition started by Friends of Eva’sPhoenix:

http://www.gopetition.com/petition/43831.html

 

Maria Crawford

 

Executive Director,
Eva’s Initiatives

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A message from Stacey

November 28, 2011 By

Thank You! For the best Christmas present I could ever wish for.

What I remember about my childhood started in Brantford, Ontario. I lived with my parents in a nice house with a garage that had a basketball hoop on the side and a big backyard with a swing and a sandbox. I remember feeling safe there.

Then when I was 8 my dad died. When I was 10 my mom was diagnosed with severe depression and I was moved in to my first foster home. I realize now that I was very angry, scared and lonely. I lashed out at people who tried to help me. By the time I turned 17 I had lived with 5 foster families, I’d barely finished grade 10 and I was signing myself out of the child welfare system, figuring I could manage much better on my own. Well, a bad attitude and a grade ten education don’t get you very far and so before long I was among the 10,000 homeless youth in Toronto.

From sleeping rough to a few nights on a friend’s couch and after moving from one shelter to another I was referred to Eva’s Initiatives. I’d heard about it from others but it sounded too good to be true.

I arrived last year in the middle of December with everything I owned on my back. Kari, a youth counsellor met with me. She asked me some questions, filled out some forms and then welcomed me to my new home at Phoenix. I gathered up my few belongings and followed Kari. She led me to what would be my own room in a shared townhouse. And that’s when it happened.

She handed me my own key, to my own room where I could leave my things, where I could close the door and know that I was safe. I looked at the key and I started to cry. This was my first key ever. This meant that I had something worth protecting, worth locking up and I have privacy if I wanted it.This was my best Christmas gift ever.

Since last December I have enrolled in a GED program to get the credits I need to qualify for college. I helped to plant and care for our community vegetable garden. I’ve made friends and I now know that nobody can make it on their own. We all need help sometimes. I am so grateful that Eva’s was there to help me.

In two weeks I will get my second key. This one will be for the front door of my new home —a shared house with two other students. And just in time for Christmas.

Please, if you can, make a donation to Eva’s today. Thank you.

Stacey

Make a donation online or email: donate@evas.ca

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