Media Advisory: Interview and Photo Opportunities - Angels in the Night Spread their Wings Once Again in Communities Across Canada

Volunteers to distribute over 10,000 items of clothing and supplies to homeless shelters

TORONTO, Dec. 10, 2013 /CNW/ - As winter weather blows into communities across Canada, volunteers will be helping keep those in need feeling a little warmer. Tonight, hundreds of volunteers from Invis-Mortgage Intelligence, one of Canada's leading mortgage brokerage firms, will visit shelters in ten Canadian cities to distribute over 10,000 items of new winter clothing and supplies to those in need as part of the community program, Angels in the Night Homeless Shelter Project.

Angels in the Night is an annual event resulting from a year's worth of community fundraising efforts by Invis-Mortgage Intelligence volunteers in support of homeless shelters in communities across Canada. Since 2002, Angels in the Night volunteers have raised over $2 million. Each year shelters identify items in demand and volunteers then purchase new items and personally deliver them on one night.

This year Invis-Mortgage Intelligence plans to distribute over 10,000 items to various shelters across Canada, including: 2,200 toothbrushes and tooth pastes, 600 pairs of socks, 400 pairs of gloves, 1,000 pairs of underwear, 400 pairs of gloves, 100 blankets, 200 towels and 2,500 bars of soap. The list also includes other most wanted items such as: work gloves, children's boots, and winter jackets.

What:						Angels in the Night volunteers will load clothes and blankets onto trucks and buses (varies per city) and deliver items to shelters throughout the evening hours.
When:						Tuesday, December 10, 2013 Start times and details vary per city - please see details and contact information below (all listed in local time):

Toronto
Meet location: Invis Inc. Office, 442 Danforth Ave
Start time: 6:30 p.m.
For more information contact: John Filice, [email protected], 416-417-3126;
Sarah Putnam, [email protected], 416-271-1711

Calgary
Meet Location: Army and Navy Department Store, 1107 - 33rd Street NE, Parking Lot
Start time: 6:10 p.m.
For more information contact: Gary Siegle, [email protected], 403-589-0770;
Sue Black-Garland, [email protected], 403-508-7800 ext. 101

Vancouver
Meet location: Army and Navy department Store, 36 W Cordova St (Loading Dock)
Start time: 6:00 p.m.
For more information contact: Anna Hewstan, [email protected], 604-812-6062

Halifax
Meet location:  80 Thornhill Drive, Dartmouth (in Burnside)
Start time:  5:15 p.m.
For more information contact: Donna Eagle, [email protected], 902-401-0801

Ottawa
Meet location: 1430 Prince of Wales Drive, Suite 9
Start time: 4:00 p.m.
For more information contact: Sarah McKay, [email protected], 613-222-7228

Mississauga
Meet location: 1876 Roy Ivor Crescent
Start time: 6:30 p.m.
Contact: Margaret Green, [email protected], 416-938-6052

London
Meet location: Invis Office 100 Wellington Road, Unit C
Start time: 6:30 p.m.
For more information contact: Carmen Alpaerts, [email protected], 519-871-4954

Kitchener-Waterloo
Meet location: 594 Stonebury Crescent, Waterloo
Start time: 6:00 p.m.
For more information contact: Lori Pollice, [email protected], 519-589-5437

Winnipeg
Meet location: Invis office 2310 Pembina Hwy.
Start time:  4:30 p.m.
For more information contact: Rosa Bovino, [email protected], 204-781-4350

Edmonton
Meet location: 17204 95th Avenue -Invis Office
Start time: 4:30 p.m.
For more information contact: Ron Manson, [email protected] , 780-446-0340

About Angels in the Night
Angels in the Night is a volunteer community event that aims to raise money through mortgage brokers, financial institutions, industry partners and other service providers to purchase items specifically requested by homeless shelters and related charitable organizations.  www.angelsinthenight.ca.

 

SOURCE: Invis-Mortgage Intelligence

For more information or to schedule an interview, please contact:

Anna Hewstan
Invis Inc. / Mortgage Intelligence
[email protected] / [email protected]
D: 604-539-4772