Supporting

Each year we select two or more women's support organizations in the city and then ask each member, on the membership form, to give us their preference for our group support.

In the last 2 years we supported Immigrant Women's Services Ottawa but each of the others were also well received. We supported them with $1000 in 2022 and $1500 in 2023 with an additional $1000 from our spring Trilliums and Tea event.

For 2023-24 we are asking, on the membership form which of the following 3 groups will might suppoer this year:

Youville Centre which helps young moms to complete their schooling, find child care and counselling support, and work toward abetter life. Read more about them at https://www.youvillecentre.org
Elizabeth Fry Society , who work with your and adult women who have been or may become criminalized, to reduce harm and oppression, and to contribute to a healthy community. Read more about them at https://efryottawa.com
Young Women's Shelter . This program offers young women aged 16 to 20 immediate access to safe housing. Open 365 days a year, the Evelyn Horne Young Women’s Shelter is always ready to welcome youth with nowhere else to turn. The shelter has 30 beds and offers both emergency shelter and transitional housing for up to a year .

The chosen charity of Women on Skis for 2024 is the Evelyn Horne Young Women’s Shelter of the Youth Services Bureau of Ottawa. Safe housing and supportive programs are provided to young women 16 to 20 years of age 365 days year round. They have 16 shelter beds and 16 transitional beds for young women preparing to live independently.

Gratefully accepted and received by the young women would be household items such as cutlery, pots and pans, dishes, towels, towels,towels! and single bed sheets ( sets and flats). Also, unopened lotions, toiletries, gift cards and birthday gift bags. Each young woman is given a small gift bag on her birthday so small gift items would also be appreciated.

These will be collected at our last outing of the season and delivered directly to the young women at the Shelter. Thank you in advance for your generosity !