The Home Depot Canada Foundation launched The Orange Door Project holiday fundraising campaign on Giving Tuesday to help prevent and end youth homelessness in communities across Canada.
Its 182 stores have partnered with local youth-serving charities who will receive all donations made in-store and online while the campaign runs until December 19.
In Muskoka, funds raised support The Door Youth Centre in Huntsville and Simcoe Muskoka Family Connexions in Bracebridge.
“Many of our partners have faced new challenges through the pandemic and are experiencing marked decreases in individual donations, making the youth homelessness crisis in Canada even more urgent,” said Pamela O’Rourke, board chair, The Home Depot Canada Foundation, and vice president of merchandising, The Home Depot Canada. “But as the ultimate doers, our customers and associates have continued to champion this program, year after year, raising more than $15 million dollars since we launched The Orange Door Project campaign in 2009.”
The Home Depot Canada covers all administrative costs of the campaign, ensuring that 100 per cent of customer donations stay in the communities where they were raised. As part of this year’s campaign, The Home Depot Canada Foundation will donate $2,000 to charity partners on behalf of each store to help address the additional impacts created by COVID-19.
Donations can be made at Home Depot stores and at orangedoorproject.ca.
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