Housing Homeless Veterans
Kingston, ON – As many as 5,000 military veterans are homeless and living on the streets in Canada. Many of them risked their lives to protect our freedom and some suffered injuries and post-traumatic stress making it more challenging to integrate back into civilian life. Sutton Group – Masters Realty Inc. is proud to support an innovative Homes for Heroes project in Kingston that will provide temporary housing, counselling, and training for veterans. This will be the first such village in Ontario and it will serve the eastern portion of the province.
REALTORS® at Sutton Group – Masters Realty Inc. are donating a portion of their commissions to this important cause. The growing list of participants include Ryan & Gail Power, Kay Langmuir, Sharon Moorecroft, Jack Green, Karen Donnan, Diane Giberson, Sue Henker, Joy Todd, Bruce Parks, Don and Janet Armour, Catherine Arnold and Ted Custance, with more to come!
The Sutton Group – Masters team also plans to participate in the Ride for Refuge (https://rideforrefuge.org/) on Saturday, October 2, 2021, with all proceeds benefiting the Homes for Heroes Foundation.
“We're pulling out all the stops from hanging riders on our listing signs and making a donation on each sale (usually $100 per) to getting involved in the Ride for Refuge event,” says Gail Power. She is pleased to note, “We're just getting started in the Ride for Refuge and we've already collected over $1,700 in the first three days! Please donate to Homes for Heroes via our team using this link.”
The Homes for Heroes Foundation opened their first tiny homes village in Calgary (pictured left) on November 1, 2019. According to the foundation’s website, “Fifteen veterans who were previously homeless are now warm, safe, secure and on the path back to mainstream society.” A second village is underway in Edmonton.
Their third project, the village in Kingston, will also consist of tiny homes constructed from prefabricated modular housing. Each self-contained unit is approximately 300 square feet and includes a kitchen, living room, bathroom and sleeping area. All the homes face inward to facilitate peer-to-peer support, and each village has a resource centre, counselling office, community garden and other amenities. To learn more, visit homesforheroesfoundation.ca.
Sutton is a 100% Canadian-owned and operated company with more than 6,500 REALTORS® in over 200 offices nationwide. To find out more about Sutton, visit www.sutton.com. To learn more about Sutton Spirit, visit www.suttonspirit.com.
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Sutton Group Realty Services Ltd. Contact:
Brooke Matthews
604-691-1689
stories@suttonspirit.com
Sutton Group – Masters Realty Inc. Contact:
Gail Power
613-384-5500
gpower@sutton.com