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Homelessness
Given the housing crisis in Greater Montreal and the alarming increase in visible homelessness, Centraide is firmly committed to tackling these two critical issues. For example, Centraide invited partners to the Together for Housing event to come up with sustainable solutions to this problem. Centraide also swiftly responded to the perfect storm of homelessness by...
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Jeux de l’entraide: Creative Solutions for the Community
On Friday, November 1st, the National Bank offices came alive for the very first edition of the Jeux de l’entraide....
“Benado helped me feel confident again.”
At 26 years old, Magalie is now a manager at a furniture company, a position her younger self never thought...
La maison des Grands-Parents de Villeray : One agency, multiple generations
For over 30 years, La Maison des Grands-Parents de Villeray has been a key stakeholder in promoting intergenerational connections in Quebec....
Growing the hope of a better life
Max discovered the Nouvelle-Ère Pie-X Community Garden, a project by Enfant d’abord, while waiting for his first work permit in...
Volunteering: Show Your Local Love
Can you imagine our community without volunteers? Impossible! Volunteers are an integral part of the human resources who, along with...
Four good reasons to volunteer
When you volunteer, your good actions come back around to benefit both you and your community. Volunteering brings great personal...
Citizen Organizers
A safety and solidarity net in Mercier-Est Imagine a neighbourhood where residents have created a large support network to ensure...
Holiday Calendar
Today is December 1, or Day 1 of our year-end calendar filled with ideas about how you can spread some...
Five questions to a volunteer: Leonidas Assogba
Leonidas Assogba has been a board member for the Foundation Centraide of Greater Montreal for two years. Centraide of Greater...
Discover the role of an agency speaker
Did you know that Centraide of Greater Montreal has about 100 volunteer agency speakers? These representatives of agencies supported by...
Volunteering during a pandemic
Despite the pandemic, volunteers—who work every day in community agencies or directly with Centraide of Greater Montreal—have continued to show...
New ways to volunteer to meet the needs of vulnerable people
The pandemic has clearly not weakened our social fabric: in fact, it has only made us more close-knit. Certainly, we...