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The City is determined to close down the 55 bed School House wet shelter on George Street. Already most of those staying there have been forced out and much needed shelter beds are sitting empty.</p>
<p><B><FONT size="+1" color="RED">How can you fight back?</FONT></B></p>
<p><I><B>Community Meeting To Stop The Closing of The School House Shelter</B><br />
Thursday, August 16, 6:00 PM at Parliament Library (just west of Parliament on Gerrard).<br />
Child Care, Snacks and TTC Tokens provided.</I></p>
<p><I><B>Rally, Free Meal And March To Save The School House</B><br />
Thursday, August 23, 5:00PM at Moss Park (Queen and Sherbourne).</I></p>
<p><img src="http://ocap.ca/files/stsh-sm.jpg" class="inline">Local councillor, Kristyn Wong Tam, and fellow councillors on the Community and Recreation Committee, have led efforts to put a lock on the door of the School House shelter. They claim that this is not a cut and want us to believe that they will spend the money they save by closing School House on new ‘housing initiatives’. We know better. This is a huge cut to a vital service in the midst of a crisis - the waiting list for Toronto Housing is 10 years long, shelters are already overcrowded with tensions flaring up, and people's health and lives are on the line.</p>
<p>Closing School House is not about saving money or reallocating resources. The truth is that decisions like this are made to benefit rich developers who are moving in on the Downtown East neighborhood. First the shelters close and then the condos go up. This can’t be allowed to happen. We can’t lose this shelter and we have to fight for it to stay open. This is the place where we draw a line.</p>
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