Home Horizon Transitional Support Program

🎶 SAVE THE DATE 🎶

On International Youth Day –August 12, join us at Side Launch Brewing for Way Back Wednesday, a fun-filled night of throwback music, dancing, great food, and community spirit.

International Youth Day shines a light on the challenges and opportunities facing young people around the world. Here at home, it's a chance to raise awareness and support youth experiencing homelessness in our community.

In support of Home Horizon, we'll come together to celebrate, connect, and make a difference for local youth who need us most.

📅 August 12, 2026
📍 Side Launch Brewing

🎶✨ MUSIC WITH PURPOSE ✨🎶

Join us Sunday, May 31 at 3:00 PM at Trinity United Church for YOUTH IN CONCERT — an inspiring Spring Concert featuring virtuoso organist Cadence Brassard alongside many incredibly talented musical guests. 🎹🎻🎶

An afternoon of outstanding music supporting Home Horizon and Trinity Music Programs. 💛

Come celebrate youth talent, community, and music that makes a difference.

📍 Trinity United Church
📅 Sunday, May 31
🕒 3:00 PM

LAST 5 DAYS to Donate!! Help make an impact with supporting Home Horizon
💛Look at the incredible Spring Door display created by Home Depot staff for The Orange Door Project campaign! 🧡

💛Right now, youth in South Georgian Bay are facing homelessness, unsafe housing, couch surfing, hunger, and uncertainty about where they’ll sleep tonight.

From May 12 – June 14, support HOME HORIZON through The Orange Door Project at the Collingwood Home Depot. Every local donation stays LOCAL to help provide:

🏠 Safe housing
🧡 Crisis support
🍎 Food security
📚 Life skills & employment readiness
✨ Hope for local youth

📣 MAY 23 = MATCHING DAY!
All donations made in-store and online will be MATCHED by The Home Depot Canada Foundation.

Together, we can help youth build brighter futures.

💛 YOUTH HOMELESSNESS IS HAPPENING HERE — IN OUR COMMUNITY. 💛

Right now, young people in South Georgian Bay are facing homelessness, unsafe housing, couch surfing, hunger, family conflict, and uncertainty about where they will sleep tonight.

That’s why the Orange Door Project matters.

From May 12 to June 14, 2026, The Orange Door Project campaign returns to the Collingwood Home Depot store in support of HOME HORIZON and youth at risk of or experiencing homelessness right here in our community.

The Orange Door Project is part of The Home Depot Canada Foundation’s mission to help prevent and end youth homelessness across Canada — and when you donate locally, your dollars stay LOCAL.

Every donation helps provide:
🏠 Safe and stable housing
🧡 Outreach and crisis support
🍎 Food security and essential needs
📚 Life skills and employment readiness
🤝 Caring adults and wrap-around supports
✨ Hope for a better future

📣 MARK YOUR CALENDARS — MAY 23, 2026!
On this special matching day, ALL donations made in-store and online will be MATCHED by The Home Depot Canada Foundation, doubling your impact for local youth.

At HOME HORIZON Together, as a community, we can break the cycle of youth homelessness with hope, safety, and growth.

📍Donate in-store at the Collingwood Home Depot or online during the Orange Door Project campaign: May 12 – June 14, 2026.

Because no young person should face homelessness alone.

Volunteers Make Our Community Strong 💙

As we wrap up National Volunteer Week, we’re proud to celebrate this year’s theme: “Ignite Volunteerism: A Year-long, Nation-Building Celebration.”

To everyone who gives their time, energy, and heart to Home Horizon—thank you. You are at the core of our community and make our work possible.

Your commitment helps create real change for youth at risk of or experiencing homelessness. You are an essential part of our mission—and we are deeply grateful.

🌟 Want to get involved? We would LOVE to welcome more volunteers!
📧 Email [email protected] to get started.

Together, we are building a community of hope, safety, and growth. 💫

Volunteer Appreciation Highlight – Sponsors Who SHOW UP 💙

Today we’re celebrating our sponsors who don’t just give—they show up.

We are so thankful for businesses that align with Home Horizon and our mission to support and empower youth at risk of or experiencing homelessness.

What makes this support so meaningful is seeing teams come out together—volunteering, participating, and standing beside us with heart and purpose.

That kind of commitment helps create real change: breaking the cycle of youth homelessness with hope, safety, and growth.

💙 A special thank you to some of the incredible sponsors who continue to step up and stand with us:
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Your impact goes far beyond a donation—and we are so grateful.

Volunteer Appreciation Highlight - A Heartfelt Thank You to Our Incredible Coldest Night of the Year Volunteers 💙

To our amazing CNOY volunteers—there are truly so many of you to appreciate!

Your selfless dedication and willingness to give your time, energy, and compassion mean the world to us. From stepping up at registration tables, handing out toques, collecting donations, serving as route marshals, or helping fuel our walkers in the kitchen—every role you played mattered.💙

Our largest fundraising event, Coldest Night of the Year, simply could not happen without each and every one of you.

We are so incredibly grateful. Thank you for showing up, giving back, and making a real difference in our community. 💫

🔥 Volunteer Appreciation Highlight 🔥

Bri & Max — our unstoppable dynamic duo!

Year after year, they show up with a “yes” attitude that never wavers. From CNOY Route Marshals to Spirit Tour greeters and pourers, these two are always in motion, always stepping in, and always bringing heart to every single moment.

What makes Bri & Max so special isn’t just what they do — it’s how they do it. With joy, energy, and a genuine love for community, they embody what it truly means to step up and support others.

We are beyond grateful for their continued commitment, their spirit, and the love they pour into everything we do at Home Horizon.
Bri & Max — you are the heart of what volunteering is all about. 💛

Volunteer Appreciation Highlight 💙

A huge shoutout and heartfelt thank you to David and Karen Barrett for their incredible dedication to Osler Ski Day over the past 8 years!

What began as a special day of skiing, friendship, and community has grown into something truly impactful—bringing together Osler friends to ski, share, auction, and raise vital funds in support of Home Horizon.

This Volunteer Appreciation Highlight is dedicated to David and Karen, who have taken on all the behind-the-scenes work to make this fundraiser possible year after year. Your commitment, energy, and heart do not go unnoticed—you truly stand with us in every way.
This year’s February ski day raised just over $15,000—an incredible achievement that will directly support youth in our community.

Thank you to everyone who participated, donated, and supported. And especially to David and Karen—your generosity makes a lasting difference. 💙