Human Endeavour

Ho Ho Ho! Jingle bells rang all the way at Vellore Village Community Centre to celebrate the spirit of Christmas with love, enthusiasm and togetherness. We are honoured to have had the pleasure of presence of Mayor of Vaughan, .racco and .defrancesca to be a part of our celebrations. Let’s keep spreading love, joy and warmth together!

A collective impact - Home Essentials Lending Place (HELP). Items worth $211,000 were distributed to 1266 individuals in one year.
Initially designed to provide furniture and household items to low-income families through the IKEA Vaughan partnership. More partners have joined to expand donation items.
LensCrafters offers prescription glasses. Punjabi Community Health Services, Vaughan Community Health Centre and Community and Home Assistance to Seniors offered off-lease technology (Laptops, Desktops, Phones). Community members provided financial and in-kind donations, and partners offered referrals.
Thanks to the Ontario Trillium Foundation, Ontario Government for funding HELP through the $99,600 SEED grant. We look forward to expanding this project.

pchs Community & Home Assistance to Seniors (CHATS) IKEA Vaughan Community Health Centre City of Vaughan United Way Greater Toronto Ontario Trillium Foundation Ontario Government

Environmental impact - Home Essentials Lending Place (HELP)
HELP has transformed both environmental and social outcomes. Items once destined for landfills—such as used/returned furniture/items—are now repurposed to help low-income families settle comfortably and with dignity. in one year, approximately 70% (38,850 Kilograms) of donated items were reused, significantly reducing waste and promoting sustainability.

IKEA City of Vaughan York Region (The Regional Municipality of York) United Way Greater Toronto Ontario Trillium Foundation Ontario Government

Community Impact - Home Essentials Lending Place
A Testimonial Video. https://youtu.be/B5TjzNbfrPI

Thanks to Ontario Trillium Foundation and Government of Ontario for funding this project and partners to support.

pchs Community & Home Assistance to Seniors (CHATS) IKEA Vaughan Community Health Centre City of Vaughan United Way Greater Toronto Ontario Trillium Foundation Ontario Government York Region (The Regional Municipality of York)

HELP Home Essentials Lending Place

Human Endeavour will be launching "Hope for Dementia" Wellness Program to serve South Asian seniors in Town of Milton and Town of Oakville on April 1, 2026.
For volunteering, organizational collaboration, information, and to reserve a program space, contact Human Endeavour:
[email protected] or call 1-833-461-0001 for more information.

Human Endeavour is one of the five partners in "Building Belonging" project supported by Schlegel-UW Research Institute for Aging (RIA)and is funded in part by the Government of Canada's New Horizons for Seniors Program. For more info https://t.co/Ka6DMMzju5

In Oct. 2024, Human Endeavour received a Seed grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation, Ontario Government to help provide household items donated by IKEA to refugees and low-income families in York Region, to help ease financial burdens and live with dignity. In 11 months, we served 1514 individuals and distributed 6000 household items. Thanks to OTF and IKEA, the HELP (Home Essentials Lending Place) program is a success and continues to expand.

Stephen Lecce
Michael Tibollo
City of Vaughan
Anna Roberts MP
York Region (The Regional Municipality of York)

📢There is still time to register for tomorrows technology webinar :
📙The Digital Read: Guide to Digital Libraries and E Books.
This free workshop is offered by OACAO in partnership with Human Endeavour and Ontario Seniors
To register visit: https://oacao.wildapricot.org/event-6223493

Human Endeavour participated in multiple outreach events held at Maple High School, .resourcearea Markham Welcome Centre and Teston Village School. These events were organized to inform newcomers about services available around them that they can benefit from. Human Endeavour’s team educated the participants about our projects INFORM and HELP. These projects aim at providing mental health information and settlement services to get essential home items for new comers. Our aim is to make transition period easy for newcomers so that everyone can make this country their home with ease and support. These projects are funded by and

Tech-Empowered Healthy Living for Seniors with Dementia.
A video testimonial: https://youtu.be/16HeO9PYlO0

Funded by
Government of Canada Health
United Way Greater Toronto


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Ontario Trillium Foundation Ontario Health Ontario Ministry of Health Community & Home Assistance to Seniors (CHATS) pchs York Region (The Regional Municipality of York)Alzheimer's & Dementia Weekly PCHS Calgary York University Home VH City of Vaughan Stephen Lecce Michael Tibollo

https://youtu.be/16HeO9PYlO0

Tech-Empowered Healthy Living for Seniors with Dementia Demonstration of Tech-empowered Healthy Living of Seniors with Dementia program/technology benefits on the lives of seniors and caregivers/carers. Video deve...