Announcements

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"...a local tech leader — who wishes to remain anonymous — has challenged the tech community to raise $50,000 to help displace the harsher realities that come along with the success of...

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"The Working Centre hopes to open 18 new affordable housing units in Kitchener's downtown, aimed at housing those people most at risk of slipping into homelessness.

The campaign...

On June 24th, 2015, many friends and community members joined us in launching our first ever Capital Campaign to support affordable housing at 256 King Street East. The building will soon be renovated to include eight one-bedroom apartments (part of the 17-19 units of housing supported by this campaign). 
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The 28^th...

When Leonard McDermott died this past year, his family chose to contribute $20,000 to The Working Centre.  They requested that this donation be invested and that The Working Centre contribute the interest from the investment to Working Centre projects.

The Working Centre sought an ethical investment option, and became members of the ...

As seen in Good Work News, June 2014

By Dave Thomas

For the 950 people attending the 27th...

Each year Manulife hosts a Christmas dinner, where employees contribute donations to The Working Centre.  Manulife matches these donations, and this year the result was an $8,000 contribution to St. John’s Kitchen.

From their website:  “Manulife’s corporate philanthropy operates under a decentralized model that emphasizes giving back to the communities where it does business and...

 Over the past two years The Working Centre has hosted a ‘Free’ Suit Sale at St. John’s Kitchen.  This has been made possible by Moores Clothing for Men stores and their Annual Suit Drive that they run each summer.  Hundreds of suits, dress shirts, dress pants and ties are donated to The Working Centre. 

This year we were approached by the Greater Kitchener Waterloo Chamber of Commerce...

Dan invited his friends to celebrate his 40^th birthday and to support the projects of the Working Centre at this celebration.  He called it 40 for 40. 



Through Dan’s invitation to family and friends over $5,000 was raised in the support of several community-based projects.   In particular, Dan asked that these donations be...

Last fall the Bauer Kitchener and Paul Kalbfleisch collaborated on a Twitter Campaign to raise money for The Working Centre.  The idea was simple, 'Tweet What’s Under Your Feet'.  People were asked to take a photo of art-under-their-feet and tweet it to The Bauer Kitchen.  For each picture posted to Twitter in this campaign, the Bauer Kitchen donated $1.00 to The Working Centre.

The...

We are inviting local schools in Waterloo Region to participate in our Annual Coin Drive in support of The Working Centre and St. John’s Kitchen. As you begin this school year, we want to invite you to take a moment to learn about some exciting developments in our community. Schools play a significant role in teaching our children about building community...