“I started coming to this food bank about a year and a half ago. Here you get to pick and choose what you want and nothing goes to waste. It makes me feel great, like a human being. It’s like you’re shopping. I volunteer and help package potatoes and other food for the food bank. I come pretty well every Wednesday. I love it. I’m giving back to the community. I want to contribute. I use the place so I may as well help out. It’s great. Everyone seems like they’re a little family. They joke around. It makes me feel good. I hope people will donate more and help out. It’s better to give than to receive.”
-Russell, 57, food bank guest and community volunteer at Main Street Project
A Capital Campaign for Shelter Re-Development
“I started coming to this food bank about a year and a half ago. Here you get to pick and choose what you want and nothing goes to waste. It makes me feel great, like a human being. It’s like you’re shopping. I volunteer and help package potatoes and other food for the food bank. I come pretty well every Wednesday. I love it. I’m giving back to the community. I want to contribute. I use the place so I may as well help out. It’s great. Everyone seems like they’re a little family. They joke around. It makes me feel good. I hope people will donate more and help out. It’s better to give than to receive.”
-Russell, 57, food bank guest and community volunteer at Main Street Project
A Capital Campaign for Shelter Re-Development
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Hope Grows Here: a fundraising benefit in support of Main Street Project
We are so thrilled to announce Main Street Project's annual fundraising benefit Hope Grows Here. Please join us for an evening of delicious food, wonderful entertainment and help raise funds for Main Street Project programs and services. Date: Friday, March 20, 2020...
2019 Holiday Season Gift Drive
2019 Holiday Season Gift DriveThe holidays are quickly approaching and we are planning a huge holiday donation drive here at Main Street Project. Join us this holiday season as we aim to gather donated items to put together 300 gifts packages so that each of our...
Main Street Project’s second annual Socktober campaign is here!
Main Street Project is so thrilled to announce its second annual Socktober campaign. As you may know, Winnipeg has been experiencing a very wet and chilly autumn so far. In anticipation of the coming winter months, we are asking for help in collecting 20,000 pairs of...
Ride for Refuge – Saturday, October 5, 2019
Ride for Refuge is coming up fast! This year, Main Street Project is fundraising in support of the agency’s Food Bank and Essentials Market. This important program operates weekly, serving 100+ people in the downtown area and provides folks with healthy food,...
Winnipeg Committee for Safety
Many thanks to the Winnipeg Committee for Safety who provided Main Street Project with a grant to replace windows in its Protective Care facility. From www.winnipeg.ca: Comprising volunteer citizen members who offer diverse and passionate perspectives, The...
Illicit Drug Task Force Final Report
Due to the increased use of illicit drugs, especially methamphetamine, in December of 2018, city of Winnipeg Mayor Brian Bowman, Manitoba Health, Seniors and Active Living Minister Cameron Friesen and Robert-Falcon Ouellette, member of Parliament for Winnipeg Centre,...
Protective Care: We don’t call it the “drunk tank” and we don’t want you to either. Here’s why.
As part of Main Street Project’s withdrawal management services, Main Street Project is home to Canada’s only Protective Care facility. The common terminology often used to describe Protective Care is drunk tank. Main Street Project views this term as stigmatizing,...
A message from Main Street Project’s Board of Directors
Recently, the City of Winnipeg put out an RFP that would see the City hire a contractor to collect and dispose of discarded needles, as well as bulky waste found in what the City views as temporary homeless shelters in Winnipeg. The RFP outlines the scope of work as...
Pie Pop-Up Fundraiser in support of MSP
A group of lovely local pie enthusiasts are putting on a Pie Pop-Up Fundraiser in support of Main Street Project. Date: Thursday, May 30, 2019 Time: 6:00 p.m. Location: Deer Lodge Community Centre, 323 Bruce Avenue, Winnipeg Whole pies will be sold for $10, or a piece...
