More about Adventist Community Services (ACS): Outreach & Stewardship

Adventist  Community Services (ACS) is about sympathizing with and helping those who are marginalized and racialized resulting in feeling discarded, oppressed, less fortunate, hungry, cold, disabled, homeless, jobless, hopeless and/or depressed.

Toronto Central Adventist Community Services Mission

To serve the poor and hurting in our local communities

Toronto Central Adventist Community Services Vision

Consistently deliver services that include help for the poor, partnership health screening, health education for community residents, targeted community programs (health fairs, cooking / sewing classes, etc.), assistance to homeless shelters, food assistance for families dealing with food insecurity (low income, single parent, new immigrant), personal growth and development programs for children and youth (Adventurer and Pathfinder Clubs).

Toronto Central Adventist Community Services Values

• Have genuine concern for the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of men, women and children
• Exercise compassion, empathy and sympathy for those who are experiencing difficult times
• Support local communities / residents through projects that are planned and implemented collaboratively
• Work through mutually beneficial community partnerships to acquire capacity, professional expertise and obtain financial and in-kind support

The facts about homelessness and poverty in Toronto

There are over 10,000 people in Toronto who are homeless on any given night. There are many reasons why people become homeless – loss of employment, family break-up, family violence, mental illness, poor physical health, substance use, physical, sexual or emotional abuse just to name a few.

One in four children and one in five adults live  in poverty in Toronto. Despite growing prosperity in some parts of the city, many communities continue to experience significant poverty, at higher rates than the rest of the City. Poverty is increasingly racialized and gendered. According to Statistics Canada, Toronto Takes The Top Spot For The Highest Ratio of Poverty In Canada. Canada’s largest city has claimed the top spot for the rate of people in poverty, across the country.

All donations to help address homelessness and poverty in Toronto will receive a tax receipt from Unity Values Foundation.