Each year Raising The Roof hosts its national Toque Campaign and comedy fun-draisers to give Canadians from coast to coast an opportunity to participate in solutions to homelessness.

Join your favourite celebrities and thousands of Canadians in raising money and awareness for homelessness by buying your signature Raising the Roof toque today. More

Raise the roof through laughter at comedy shows in Halifax and Toronto in support of local agencies that work to alleviate homelessness. More

In addition to organizing its own fundraising events, Raising the Roof is delighted to be the recipient of a number of third-party fundraisers each year. We would like to thank the volunteers behind the following events for helping us to raise much needed dollars for solutions to homelessness.

WALKING HOME -- The 4th Annual Floyd Honey Memorial 5K Walk – October 21, 2007

Mark your calendar for Sunday, October 21, 2007! That’s the date of the 4th Annual Floyd Honey Foundation Memorial Walk, presented by Direct Energy – better known as Walking Home.

Raising the Roof is thrilled to be the recipient partner in this year’s fundraising walk through downtown Toronto. Proceeds will support our Youthworks initiative designed to break the cycle of homelessness among young Canadians.

Beginning at City Hall Rotunda, the walk takes participants on a 5K ramble through downtown Toronto. You can participate as an individual OR you can round up your friends or colleagues to enter as a team (five or more walkers), or, if you can’t be there, you can always sponsor someone else! Whichever way you chose to take part, you’ll be showing your support for young people who are without a place to call home.

To read more about this fabulous fundraiser and the extraordinary man who was its inspiration – and to learn how you can enter -- visit www.walkinghome.ca, or contact Maureen Gallagher: maureen@raisingtheroof.org; 416-489-6105.

The 4th Annual HOMES Publishing Group Charity Golf Tournament - August 21, 2007

For the fourth consecutive year, golfers will take to the links at Glenway Country Club in Newmarket to raise funds for solutions to homelessness in a tournament organized by long-time Raising the Roof partner, HOMES Publishing Group. Last year’s sold-out event, whose participants were builders and developers as well as suppliers and service-providers from the GTA homebuilding industry, generated $20,000 for Raising the Roof's Youthworks initiative, aimed at breaking the cycle of homelessness among young people.

"We're thrilled that the tournament has become so successful in just three short years," said HOMES Publishing Group President Michael Rosset, who is also a Raising the Roof Board Member. "It's great to see the homebuilding industry coming together to help young people who are without a place to call home. We're looking forward to raising even more funds for this very important cause!"

For more information or to register in the Homes Publishing Group Charity Golf Tournament, click here.

If you would like to organize an event in your community in support of solutions to homelessness, contact Raising the Roof at 416-481-1838 or 1-888-664-8851 or info@raisingtheroof.org.

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