2009
November 24, 2009 – University students sleep Out in the Cold to help homeless
This one-night fundraiser on Nov. 20 was aptly titled Out in the Cold. Staged by University of Toronto students, it was just a small sample of the everyday realities faced by the thousands of people in desperate housing situations in Toronto.With only cardboard boxes, tarps and sleeping bags protecting them from the elements, over 30 people spent the night on the cold soil beside King’s College Circle. Read more.
November 23, 2009 – ‘Out in the Cold’ against homelessness
The weather cooperated for U of T’s first Out in the Cold fundraising event Friday evening. Organizers were anxious about whether it would be a wet and muddy night spent raising awareness about homelessness and poverty. Luckily, fears were put to rest with a beautiful November night, just six degrees Celsius, the warmest night the event has ever had. Read more.
November 20, 2009 – We Are Not Immune to Global Issues
Homelessness. Of all the social issues, homelessness seems to have the most stigmas and unwarranted myths attached to it. This is the one issue I feel we have all been guilty of blindly accepting assumptions on. Whether from attitudes fed to us by society or by our own self-supposed reasoning. Read more.
November 17, 2009 – Sleeping Out in the Cold
Students and community members are spending the night sleeping outdoors Friday, Nov. 20 to raise funding and awareness to support the homeless in downtown Toronto. Read more.
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2008
December 1, 2008 – Complexity in Social Problems: Poverty & Homelessness
- Renjie Butalid
When tackling the issues of poverty and homelessness, one begins to recognize immediately that the solutions to these problems are not always cut and dry. An example of a simple approach would be to throw more funds/resources towards homeless shelters or similar-type organizations without really attempting to address the complexities surrounding the question: “Why do we even have homeless shelters in the first place?” Read more.
November 21, 2008 – University of Waterloo Daily Bulletin
Snow on lawns and snow on windshields has its delights, but not so much for those who have to live and sleep outdoors. And that’s the background for an event that will start tonight at 7:00 in the Student Life Centre courtyard. “Out in the Cold” is a charity fund-raiser and awareness-raiser, writes arts student Nick Petten. Read more.
November 19, 2008 – Students stage annual Out in the Cold fundraiser to raise awareness
“The main part of the event is for people to stay outside overnight to experience what it might be like to be homeless during the cold winter months,” said (Nick Petten) the recent UW grad. “Of course, it doesn’t come close to it but people will understand how hard it is, and how cold it is.
“You can multiply that by 10 or 100 and that’s what it’s actually like. It’s a very sobering experience.” Read more.
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2007
December 05, 2007 – University students spend night ‘Out in the Cold’ for homelessness
For the second year in a row, a group of University of Waterloo students braved freezing temperatures and spent a night outdoors to raise awareness about poverty and homelessness in Waterloo Region. Read more.
November 23, 2007 – University of Waterloo Daily Bulletin
A group of students, some from UW and some from Wilfrid Laurier University, will spend tonight outdoors near the Student Life Centre, making a demonstration called “Out in the Cold” to raise awareness and funds for poverty and homelessness in Waterloo Region. Read more.
March 23, 2007 – Getting cold for charity
On March 30, the Out in the Cold Campaign will run a 12 hour event in the courtyard outside the SLC. Participating students will sleep outside from 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. on March 31.
The campaign — organized by students Nick Petten and Leah Morrow and co-sponsored by the History Society — aims to raise awareness of homelessness in the Waterloo Region. “There are many organizations and events on campus that focus on very worthwhile projects that focus on worldwide issues such as famine, war, political injustice and so on,” said event organizer Nick Petten. “Through the Out in the Cold Campaign, we are hoping that focus is also given to problems in our community.” Read more.
