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Students march to draw attention to
homelessness
Advocates say young people in Toronto need support to prevent chronic homelessness
into adulthood.
Students holding signs and singing songs began Eva's Walk for Homeless at
Upper Canada College on Tuesday (JAREN KERR / TORONTO STAR)
By JAREN KERR Staff Reporter
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Three hundred students marched throughOrono on Tuesday tO raise awareness about
homelessness among young people.
Holding signs and singing songs, St ents from lic and private schools participated
in v's Walk for Homeless Youth, a io-year-oldevent organized by v's Initiatives for
Homeless Youth, a local charity.
Eva's provides transitional housing, mental health services and employment training to
homeless people aged 16 to 24. It can shelter 123 people every night.
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Gunraj said young r ♦ make Up ♦ cent of the city's homeless population, and
urgently need support to prevent chronic homelessness into adulthood.
"The services for children ten rop off around age 16, so we try to fill int e galas,"
she said. "You ive them all the support they need so that they don't grow up into
chronic homelessness."
Gunraj said people In support homeless youthbyvolunteering . and money,
educating themselves
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"The question (for) the people asking themvote for them is, what are they doing for
youth homelessness in particular?"
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"This church has
Tuesdayand economically struggling," said Sherman Hesselgrave the pastor of the church, wh
addressed the crowd. "The work that you're doing, the consciousness -raising that you'
doing, is helping all of us to leverage our communal support for (the homeless)." I
On the second every month, the church holds a memorial for the homeless
who have passed away. Many are unidentified, and listed as John Doe or Jane Doe. Last
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year, the city began tracking homeless deaths.
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