Gardens are a source of food, community spirit, and joy. The tenants at the Herring Cove Apartment and the Rebuilding have poured their hearts and pride of place into creating and maintaining front gardens at the building. They need funds for plants, soil, and basic garden tools to continue this project.

Did you know the only pets allowed in our supported housing units are fish? Fish Project funds will go to providing tanks, supplies, and a new fish friend for any tenant who would like to have a pet. The fish provide companionship (great listeners!), a sense of connection and purpose, and enhance joy and dignity. Supported housing is more than a place to stay - it's a stable, supported home. And pets are an important part of many homes. Your donation to the Fish Project is an investment in connection and caring.

It's wet. It's cold. You need layers, and boots, and dry shoes, and hat to keep you warm or the sun out of your eyes...sometimes all in one day! Everyone needs appropriate outwear regardless of the season. Your $40 donation helps provide hoodies, sweaters, sweatpants, coats, jackets, boots, toques, gloves, rainwear, sneakers, and other clothing.

The residents at Sir Sandford Fleming House need a picnic table and chairs for outdoor dining and community building (and the simple pleasure of enjoying a nice summer’s day) Your donation can fund part of the purchase or, as a group, family, or business, you can donate the full cost by selecting multiple or all 5 portions of the fund.

Public transportation is there to serve everyone in our community. Cost shouldn’t be a barrier. Each bus ticket you purchase helps the people we serve get where they need to go. *funds from bus ticket purchases may also be used for emergency taxi costs, when needed

“May your coffee be stronger than the challenges you face.” A hot cup of coffee or tea may be just the thing someone needs to better face the challenges, warm body and spirit, and connect with others. That’s why we have free coffee and tea available to everyone at our six facilities and in our drop in Housing Hub. Your $10 donation helps pay for the coffee, tea, and fixins’ – sugar, milk, cream.

Basic clothing necessities are also always in high demand. Your $15 donation helps purchase men’s boxers, socks, women’s underwear and bras, tank tops/undershirts, pajamas, and tights

Stability and security are crucial when rebuilding your life from a crisis situation. Power on = regular meals, warmth, and connection to services. Shelter Nova Scotia is actively raising money for our Generator Fund to ensure emergency stable power supplies at all our facilities during outages. Top priorities requiring funding: 1. Herring Cove Apartments 2. Sir Sandford Fleming House Herring Cove Champions: Thank you to the team and volunteers at Joan's Table for Championing the Generator Fund in support of the Herring Cove Apartments. Joan's Table makes amazing contributions to our organization in so many different ways and we are grateful for their support. https://www.joanstable.com/ Fleming House Champions: Special thanks to Time + Space Media who are championing The Generator Fund in support of Fleming House, encouraging all their clients and contacts to contribute. Thank you Time + Space Media! https://timespacemedia.com/

An always needed item that means so much to a person’s well-being and dignity. A $10 gift helps provide personal care items including soap, body wash, shampoo & conditioner, styling products, deodorant, razors & cream, hair clippers, and feminine pads & tampons.

Can’t decide what you would like to give? A general donation will go towards areas of most need.

Can’t make a full meal for multiple people through our volunteer program? No problem! You can contribute funds to help ensure every one of our guests, residents, and tenants get nutritious meals 365 days a year. Our meal budget is over $100k annually, which sounds like a lot but it only adds up to about 86 cents per person per meal for the more than 116,070 meals we serve each year -- and, as you know, food prices just keep going up! Every contribution counts. Your $25 gift helps maintain food security for those we serve.

1 in 6 households in Nova Scotia is food insecure, pushing more people in our community into hard decisions about paying rent or putting food on the table. Food bank usage is up 20% in the past year alone. Your $50 gift helps relieve that stress and fill empty fridges for our neighbours supported through the Trustee and Housing Hub programs as well as tenants in our supported housing facilities.

Moving into a new home, it’s the “little things” that add up. Your $25 donation helps purchase those small items every household needs – it might be a dish rack, boot tray, laundry hampers, a garbage can, toilet paper, or a shower curtain. These sort of budget-busting small things have a huge impact.

The person with the most knowledge of what you really need, is you. The people we serve are no different. Shelter Nova Scotia maintains a gift card fund to purchase grocery, various store, and Visa gift cards to help those we serve in our facilities and throughout the community. Gift cards allow people to purchase exactly what they need most and to do so with independence and dignity.

Shelter Nova Scotia works around the clock, 365 days a year to give people in crisis a place to sleep and support them as they transition to supportive housing and community living. We operate six facilities and provide beds for up to 106 people each night. The gift of "a night's rest" is the crucial first step for an individual transitioning from homelessness to community.

What did 0 say to 8? Nice belt! But really, the stress and pressure of rebuilding your life is no joke. Weight can fluctuate. Having a good belt means increased dignity and prolonging the usability of the clothes you have when that might be all you have.

“You have to sniff out joy. Keep your nose to the joy trail.” Buffy Sainte-Marie. Sometimes when times are hard, finding joy can seem impossible. You can help. A $25 donation can make someone smile with a movie gift card or similar outing.

Almost everything we do these days -- from accessing key services to what we watch -- is online. Help people bridge the digital divide by providing Internet and streaming services.

Your $40 donation helps provide a fully outfitted bed – pillow, sheets, and comforter for a person transitioning to a stable, permanent place to call home. Whether someone needs a blanket, a mattress cover, or a full kit, you can help provide a clean, comfortable place to sleep or daily use linens like towels and facecloths.

What if everything you owned was in a bag or two? And you had to move it from place to place frequently until you could settle in a permanent home? A sturdy, water – resistant, easy to carry bag would protect your belongings and make that transition just a little easier. Funds will also be used for other assorted bags, wallets, and suitcases.

What are the kitchen essentials you couldn’t do without? A slow cooker, a microwave, quality knives, an electric can opener? We need them all. The wish list of “missing” appliances and cooking utensils is long in our facilities where shared cooking and eating together builds community. We also need four full dish sets for immediate use and funds to stock kitchens with dishes, cutlery, and pots & pans for people moving into housing or struggling to maintain their homes.

The easiest way to save space in a small room is to use a wall mount for the television. We would like to outfit each unit for the Rebuilding tenants with one to improve livability. Fleming house also needs an entertainment centre for their communal television and equipment. Your $75 buys one wall mount system or contributes towards the cost of a cabinet.

Cell phones are lifelines to communication, accessing services, and connection to loved ones. Education, basic services, employment, connecting with family, getting general information, even giving to your favourite charity – it’s all done online. Our technology fund helps provide cell phones, relief funds to maintain service, and purchase computer equipment for our various facilities.

A place for everyone and everything! The needs in our Furniture Fund change with items requiring replacement or updating. Right now, the priority is 12 dressers for the tenants at the Herring Cove Apartments, a desk and storage shelves for Fleming, and a comfortable chair or two for Metro Turning Point.

Sir Sandford Fleming House needs a stand-up freezer. Freezer space allows us to maximize our food budgets! This is a great office project or business donation to fully fund the purchase for $1200; or you can contribute a share to the project. Select the number of portions you would like to give.