Grace's News

February 12, 2010

Hydro and Haiti

In keeping with our commitment to reducing the carbon footprint at Grace’s Places properties, tenants at Dalton Road were challenged to reduce their electrical consumption for twenty days between Jan 23rd and February 12th., with an amount equal to ten times the energy savings being donated to Doctors Without Borders (MSF) for relief work in Haiti. Thanks to a 15% reduction in electrical consumption Grace’s Places was able to contribute $725 to this worthy cause. Thanks to all tenants who participated.

February 18, 2010

Laundry Room Updated

The new laundry room at Dalton Road opens today. Well, it’s not a new room, but pretty much everything in it is new, including an EnergyStar-rated Huebsch Horizon front-loading washer and a pair of matching Huebsch dryers. Not only will the new washer save water (and detergent) but its gentle tumbling action means that clothes last longer (and come out of the washer cleaner) while the high G-force spin cycle will result in shorter drying time. And since these machines have 40% greater capacity than our former top-load washer and single dryer the laundry room will now be able to handle almost three times as much laundry per hour than was previously possible.

In addition to the new equipment the laundry room has new flooring, new energy-efficient lighting and new furnishings (including a built-in laundry tub for hand-washing).

A second washer will be added in the coming month

March 2006
 
Helping Tenants Help Others
 
Best wishes to Alison J. of Dalton Road as she heads off to Costa Rica at the end of the summer to volunteer for 10 weeks with Youth Challenge International. YCI works in several under-developed countries, and in the case of Costa Rica the volunteers will be partnering with local agencies to improve infrastructure (such as schools and playgrounds, aqueducts, community centres, health posts and national parks).
Volunteers not only donate their time but also must pay their own expenses (in this case, air fare and $3,700 in living expenses). And while Grace's Places generally supports charitable endeavors in the communities where tenants live this seems to be a worthwhile exception (and it's worth noting that YCI spends almost all of its revenue on programs, rather than administration and fund-raising). Accordingly, Grace's Places will recognize Alison's selfless volunteerism with a contribution of $1,000 to offset her costs.
 
http://www.yci.org/html/aboutus/
 
 
January 2006
 
Tenants contribute to Streethaven at the Crossroads
Once again this year Grace's Places will be supporting the work of Streethaven at the Crossroads... but this year our corporate donation has been boosted by donations from many of the tenants of Dalton Road who agreed to pay this year's "voluntary" rent increase.
Their contributions added $1,150 to this year's donation of $5,000.
Thanks to Vernita and Hugh, Tania, Dan and Lara, Peter and Jane, Shannon M and Adam, Shannon D, Alison and Naana

Founded in 1965, Streethaven at the Crossroads serves the needs of women who are trying to rebuild their lives by offering emergency shelter, counseling and retraining.

http://www.streethaven.com/