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Winkler woman donates clothing drive donation

January 20, 2012
Winkler resident Tessa Janzen wanted to help those who are homeless in Winnipeg using the resources available to her.

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U of M dental students give implants to Winnipeg’s homeless

January 12, 2012
The University of Manitoba officially launched the Niznick Overdenture Program today, which will provide dentistry students the unique opportunity to pioneer a new dental implant technology and program while they install new teeth in the mouths of 35 homeless people.

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Winnipeg’s Little Drummer Boy Strikes a Beat for Mitts

December 22, 2011
Winnipeg YouTube sensation Sean Quigley is sharing his gifts to benefit Siloam Mission by holding a 2-hour performance at The Bay Downtown Winnipeg on Friday, December 23, 2011.

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Fake Siloam Representatives Scamming Winnipeggers

December 20, 2011
Siloam Mission today is receiving reports from Winnipeg residents who were approached by door-to-door solicitors asking for donations for the downtown homeless shelter.

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Huge bird donation lands at Siloam in time for Christmas

December 13, 2011
A big donation of turkeys is landing at Siloam Mission today just in time for the downtown shelter’s big Christmas dinner expected to serve more than 700 guests.

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Winnipeg photographers donate portraits to homeless, join global movement

December 8, 2011
This Saturday, Winnipeg photographers are giving some families something that they may have never had before -- a family portrait.

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Boeing donates $10k to Siloam to celebrate 40th anniversary

November 18, 2011
One of Canada’s largest aerospace composite producers is celebrating their 40th anniversary today by serving lunch at Siloam Mission and making a $10,000 donation to the downtown shelter’s employment-training program.

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Siloam launches optometry clinic

October 7, 2011
Siloam Mission has opened an optometry clinic for its guests to get their eyes checked up and taken care of – completely free of charge.

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GotGinch = 2 guys, 1 RV, 35,000 pairs of ginch delivered to 10 homeless shelters from Vancouver to Halifax

September 28, 2011
Siloam Mission is the sixth stop in a cross-country odyssey by two Calgary-based philanthropists and entrepreneurs. Brent King and Robb Price are hitting the road and driving over 7,000kms from Vancouver to Halifax in an RV, to deliver 35,000 pairs of ginch (men’s underwear) to homeless shelters from coast to coast.

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Cadets Donate Sleeping Bags

September 27, 2011
Tomorrow, at 1:45 p.m., Air Cadets from Dauphin Manitoba, are coming to Winnipeg to visit Siloam Mission and donate clothing and sleeping bags that they collected from the Dauphin Festival.

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Siloam Mission celebrates 24th anniversary

August 24, 2011
Siloam Mission is celebrating its 24th Birthday today by throwing a block party for the inner-city community.

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Siloam Mission opens gym for homeless thanks to interns, donated gear

July 21, 2011
Siloam Mission has opened a volunteer-run gym on the fourth floor of its main building for shelter guests who want to stay healthy, get in shape or have an order from their doctor to exercise.

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Three Levels of Government Announce Funding for Supportive Housing at the Madison

June 27, 2011
The Government of Canada, the Province of Manitoba and the City of Winnipeg today announced more than $1.2 million in funding for the Madison Memorial Lodge, an 88 bed housing project being renovated and transitioned to supportive housing by Siloam Mission.

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Minnesota teens confront thoughts on poverty in Winnipeg’s inner city

June 17, 2011
Just two days after their summer holidays started, 14 youth from St. Paul, Minnesota made the trek up to Winnipeg’s inner city to spend five days living at Siloam Mission and learning about the issues of domestic poverty and homelessness.

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Siloam sets up contingency plan during postal strike

June 6, 2011
Faced with a postal strike at the slowest time of the year for donations, Siloam Mission is partnering with the Credit Union Central of Manitoba and Manitoba credit unions to ensure donors can keep contributing without having to worry their donations are lost in the mail.

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Winnipeg ministries throw inner-city block party

June 3, 2011
It’s a big block party in the heart of Winnipeg’s inner city and everyone is invited.

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Second annual Shop4Siloam social media event to feed families in need this Easter

April 18, 2011
ICUC and Siloam Mission put the tweet out to make Easter dinner for the homeless a success

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Manitoba Pork Council donates ton of meat to Siloam’s Madison expansion

April 15, 2011
It’s the perfect gift at the perfect time.

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Siloam announces large housing initiative

April 12, 2011
After years of pursuing housing options for Winnipeg’s homeless, Siloam Mission is announcing today the purchase of the Wolseley-area Madison Memorial Lodge on 210 Evanson Street.

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Siloam to announce big expansion

April 8, 2011
We've got big news.

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Siloam manager only Canadian selected for U.S.-government sponsored program

April 6, 2011
Siloam Mission’s volunteer manager, Lindsay Poggemiller-Smith, has been selected by the United States Consulate as the only Canadian to attend a government-sponsored International Visitor Program Leadership Program (IVLP).

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900 jackets donated to Siloam in face of bitter cold

January 20, 2011
With the bitter cold gripping Winnipeg, two local business owners say the city’s disadvantaged should not have to go without warm clothes this winter.

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Rural students rally entire community to help the homeless

December 10, 2010
It started out as a small school activity meant to teach kids about global citizenship but quickly grew to involve everyone from local trustees to the RCMP.

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Young girls set up Hope Tree at school, collect donations for Siloam

December 7, 2010
If kids like Amber and Christina from Winnipeg's Voyageur School are any indication of the future, we are in good hands.

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Siloam critically low on food, desperately in need of: veggies, milk, meat, sugar and coffee

November 25, 2010
Siloam Mission is desperately seeking food donations to meet the increasing need of the growing homeless population in Winnipeg.

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