The First Unitarian Church of Hamilton
A Liberal Spiritual Community Since 1889
December 1, 6:30-9:30pm, there will be a Sip and Shop event at The Handmade House, 71 King Street West, Dundas. Have a glass of wine and shop. Ten per cent of all sales will be donated to the Hamilton Alliance for Tiny Shelters (HATS). There will also be warm HATS toques for sale for a … Read more
The Hamilton Alliance for Tiny Shelters (HATS) will present to the City of Hamilton’s Emergency and Community Services Committee on Thursday December 1st, likely near the beginning of the 1:30 p.m. meeting. You can watch. Go to the city’s meeting calendar (link below) and click on the “1:30 Emergency” meeting. https://www.hamilton.ca/city-council/council-committee/council-committee-meetings/meetings-agendas-video#meeting-calendarlisting
How to Write a Good Letter to a Politician, Wednesday Nov 30 1pm. RSVP for Zoom link The Affordable Housing Team is grateful to the 30 people who stayed after the service Sunday to ask questions and learn more about affordable housing. One request was for some guidance on how to write a good letter … Read more
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, or is it? The seasonal holiday celebrations bring light to the darkest time of the year but there is an environmental impact. According to researchers at the Stockholm Environment Institute the 3 days of Christmas celebrations on December 24th, 25th, and 26th account for 5.5% of our … Read more
What the Government doesn’t know about Homelessness can Hurt In her recent report on chronic homelessness, federal Auditor General Karen Hogan reported the following: Infrastructure Canada spent $1.36 billion between 2019 and 2021 on preventing and reducing homelessness, but “did not know whether chronic homelessness and homelessness had increased or decreased since 2019 as a … Read more