Eight Canadian non-profit organizations will receive $25,000 to help homeless youth

TORONTO, March 28, 2017

TORONTO, March 28, 2017 /CNW/ - Eight Canadian non-profit organizations are getting a boost in their efforts to prevent and end youth homelessness through The Home Depot Canada® Foundation's Orange Door Awards.

Youth advisors play a central role in selecting the Orange Door Award winners each year. The advisors draw on their own lived experience to evaluate the applications, ensuring that each $25,000 grant goes where it will make the biggest impact in building brighter futures for youth.

"It meant a lot to me to turn the adversity I've experienced into something positive by contributing to a project like this one," said Tyler Henderson, a youth advisor with the Street Youth Planning Collaborative – Youth Leaders Committee. "It feels good to contribute to something bigger than yourself."

The award recipients for 2017 are:

• British Columbia: Kamloops A Way Home Committee to End Youth Homelessness
• Manitoba: Macdonald Youth Services (Winnipeg)
• Newfoundland: Choices for Youth (St. John's)
• Nova Scotia: YWCA (Halifax)
• Ontario: Windsor Youth Centre, Youth Opportunities Unlimited (London), oneROOF Youth Services (Kitchener), Wyndham House (Guelph)

The Orange Door Awards is one of three grant programs available through The Home Depot Canada Foundation to support organizations working with homeless and vulnerable youth.

"We're committed to preventing and ending youth homelessness in Canada," said Jeff Kinnaird, chair, board of directors, The Home Depot Canada Foundation and president, The Home Depot Canada. "Over the past three years we've supported the work of more than 300 non-profit organizations, giving them the chance to help more youth in need."