The Original At your service Neighbourhood since 1954 Newspaper! The Clark Street Sun Copyright © 2018 Sun Youth Organization SUN YOUTH ORGANIZATION, 2017-18 www.sunyouthorg.com ACTIVITY REPORT to the prevention of crime and medical, material or finan- lectual development, Sun Youth Our encourages individuals’ phy- cial assistance in situations of coaches sports teams to a com- sical and intellectual develop- low-income or during disasters. petitive level and supports the Mission ment through education, sports The organization collaborates school education of those who and recreational activities. Sun with municipal authorities and play in the teams. Sun Youth Youth promotes such values as police forces to ensure safety in also offers children recreatio- Sun Youth helps indivi- solidarity, sharing and social our neighbourhoods through nal programs and a day camp duals and families in need by inclusion. crime prevention efforts in sch- in the summer, with the possi- providing them with a range ools, on the streets or in the bility of subsidizing participa- of emergency services aimed Mainly servicing commu- community in general. tion fees according to parents’ at ensuring basic needs while nities of the Greater Montreal, revenues. maintaining people’s integri- Sun Youth provides emergency In order to promote youngs- ty. Sun Youth also contributes services such as food, clothing, ters’ physical, social and intel- A Word From Our Founders A wind of change blew over the building on Saint-Urbain Sun Youth in the past twelve in which we currently stay be- months. Over the last 64 years, came our new home. It’s during our organization has always that same year that we created adapted to different situation Montreal’s first food bank. and made the best out of them. Sun Youth was created in the In the months to come, a backstore of a shoemaker shop new page will be added to our on the Plateau Mont-Royal, story as we are searching for a the first headquarters for the new location. We wish to stay disadvantaged youngsters we in the area in which our organi- were then. zation was born. We trust that the best solution will come to Our organization then ex- us and that we will be able to panded, and the range of ser- continue to help the Montreal vices and programs that we community, as we have since offer got more diverse as we the beginning of Sun Youth in moved to a bigger location on 1954. the corner of Mont-Royal and Parc Avenues, in 1967. In 1981, 2 │Copyright © 2018 Sun Youth Organization MONTREAL www.sunyouthorg.com EMERGENCY SERVICES Food Assistance Sun Youth’s food bank en- Since January 2017, our food sures low-income families and bank users have the possibility of individuals in emergency or pre- selecting their items themselves carious situations have access to with the assistance of volunteers. food and other basic necessities. They are thus able to prepare food This service includes emergen- hampers that cater more to their cy food baskets, monthly food needs. supplements intended for vul- nerable people (seniors) or those Overall, 39% of our food bank who have special needs (pregnant users are children and teens aged women, individuals with HIV and 18 years old and younger. Of this people eating kosher food); home number, 80% are under the age of deliveries; Christmas and Cha 10. In addition, the seniors aged nukah baskets. 60 and over represent 9% of all food bank users. In 2017-2018, 24,737 food baskets were distributed to 7,125 Food assistance is made pos- families, comprizing 18,865 in- sible thanks to donations from dividuals. In addition, 4,121 the public and to the generous Christmas baskets were distrib- support of private foundations uted between December 16th and and the financial contribution December 24th, 2017, for a total of of the City of Montreal and the 28, 858 food baskets for the whole Ministère de l’emploi et de la sol- year. idarité sociale to our «Feeding Hope» program. Sun Youth is The food given away in 2017- able to count on the generosity of 2018 is valued at $2,634,609 and 7,007 donors to support the com- the average value of a food basket munity and its needs. at $90.72, a 5 % increase com- The tomatoes from our garden were succulent! pared to the previous year. Since We are especially grateful to- the financial crisis of 2008, the Moisson Montréal with whom we number of people who use Sun partnered in May 2016. We are Fresh Vegetables Youth’s food bank increased by also among the 87 organizations 37%. benefiting from Moisson Mon- tréal’s Supermarket Recuperation Over the last few years, Sun food has been harvested since the Emergency food baskets and program which allows the redis- Youth has undergone a slow but creation of this community gar- monthly food supplements ac- tribution of meat. In 2017-2018 steady move towards increasing the den. Added to this harvest, McGill’s count for 78% of all food assis- they gave us 155,855 kilos of food amount of fresh produce in its food Macdonald Campus and the Fiddle- tance given. Christmas baskets valued at 1,205,781$. baskets. It began with ensuring that and home deliveries represent head farms provided fresh vegeta- all families visiting our food bank 14% and 8% of all of Sun Youth’s bles to Sun Youth all summer long. distributions. leave with milk and eggs, but also fresh fruits and vegetables. Furthermore, for the third con- secutive year, Sun Youth received The garden created on the organic vegetables grown in Mon- grounds of the Sun Youth ware- treal thanks to the Regroupement house through the renewed fi- nancial support of the Foresters Partage’s project “Cultiver l’espoir”. Financial group and the volunteer The social integration group in or- involvement of its members grew ganic farming, D-3-Pierres, has 1,384 pounds of vegetables for Sun grown 120,000 kg of organic vege- Youth’s food bank users. So far, tables on 5 hectares of Bois-de-la- more than 3,000 pounds of fresh Roche farmlands in Senneville. Home Deliveries For nearly two decades, Sun is used to perform home deliveries Youth has been delivering food to (the other used in our interventions people who otherwise would not be with crisis victims). able to obtain it. The program was Collective Kitchen designed to meet emergency food We were also able to maintain needs of people facing reduced mo- our “Breaking Isolation” program, The idea of starting a collective The collective kitchen is in- bility and social isolation who are where our employees and volun- kitchen as a way to offer a new type tended for anyone who cares about referred by a health professional. teers visit socially isolated individ- of service to its clientele and to en- nutrition and keeping healthy food With a financial contribution from uals at their residence, in order to courage their food autonomy and habits. It also gives participants an Ville-MESS, we were able to main- assess their level of solitude. These security had been simmering in the opportunity to get involved in the tain and expand our home delivery visits allowed our staff to gain a bet- back of Sun Youth’s mind for a long community sharing values of soli- food program. In 2017-2018, we ter understanding of each client’s time. Started three years ago, this darity, equity, mutual support and delivered 3,154 food baskets, an situation and needs, and to formu- fun culinary activity was a chance social justice. In 2017-2018, 275 increase of 10% compared to 2016- late concrete personalized response to gain useful knowledge, develop people participated in the collective 2017. Home deliveries are also made plans to assist the individuals most new skills and enhance their auton- kitchen, preparing 584 portions of possible by Houle Toyota, the Mon- affected by social exclusion. This omy. varied meals. They were not asked treal car dealership lending us two year, we helped 83 people through for a financial contribution to take vehicles every year, one of which our “Breaking Isolation” program. part in the program. Copyright © 2018 Sun Youth Organization MONTREAL www.sunyouthorg.com │ 3 Children and Students Assitance Program Sun Youth has developed several partnerships with health and social services organizations (Centre hospitalier universitaire Sainte-Justine, the Montreal Children’s Hos- pital, le Centre Jeunesse de Montréal-Institut universitaire, Batshaw Youth and Family Services) who work with chil- dren and their families as well as with school institutions. In 2017-2018, 324 families for a total of 1,230 individuals were referred to Sun Youth by these organizations. The assistance provided to these families is valued at $300,524.45. Fund- ing for this program came from the Marcelle et Jean Coutu Foundation. In 2016 the City of Montreal announced its Child Poli- cy (La politique de l’enfant) with a $25 million budget over 5 years to help children facing difficult situations, calling upon the support of major organizations across the city in- cluding Le Club des petits déjeuners, La Fondation du Dr. Julien, Réseau réussite Montréal, Le Quartier des specta- President Marie-Josée Coutu presents the annual donation from her foundation. cles, Espace pour la vie, le Musée des beaux-arts de Mon- tréal and MU. In 2017-2018, Sun Youth assisted close to 920 children from 30 differents Montreal elementary and high Medication Program schools by providing them with school supplies, new cloth- ing, free eyeglasses, access to medication and dental care. The assistance provided is valued at $75,738.22.