Third Annual Comfort Drive
Two winters ago AtlasCare launched its first
Comfort Drive. With generous contributions from our customers and
employees, we were able to donate more than 50 gently used coats
and blankets to Out of the Cold, which provides a safe refuge,
hospitality and emergency shelter to the homeless community
throughout the City of Toronto.
In addition, thanks to generous cash donations from all
AtlasCare employees, we donated 60 personal care kits containing
toiletries and other essentials to Out of the Cold.
This past winter, AtlasCare embarked on its second annual
Comfort Drive to collect gently used coats, boots and other winter
apparel for Out of the Cold. We are pleased to announce that with
help from our corporate neighbours, many valued customers and our
employees, we were able to provide this organization with another
significant donation this year. We thank everyone who participated
and took the time to support such a worthwhile cause.
It's because of our affiliation with Out of the Cold and our
Comfort Drive program that we became aware of the other needs that
exist for this organization. On January 31, 2009, we hosted a
dinner at Blythwood Baptist Church for 85 people dependent on the
services Out of the Cold provides. AtlasCare was responsible for
purchasing the food while our team cooked the meal, served it to
the guests and took care of clean-up afterwards.
"The highlight of the evening was distributing the coats from
our Comfort Drive", says AtlasCare president Roger Grochmal. "When
we arrived there were only two coats hanging on the rack available
for guests. Due to the hard work and generosity of many
contributors, everyone got a new coat to wear for the balance of
the winter."
Special thanks to all of the AtlasCare volunteers: Robin Hanson,
Roxanne and Darin Jasan, Diane and Dick Thomas, Tina and John Hart,
Tina and Steve Youdowitch, Michael Grochmal, Chloe Shackelton,
Margaret and Gayne Howard, Stan Blomberg and Chris Jakobson.