My Sisters' Place
566 Dundas Street N6B 1W8 London, ON, Canada

Donation Update: Dear Friends - we are pausing in kind donations while we remain in grey restrictions. We are unable to accept any physical donations at this time. We will keep you updated in this space.... For now, thank you for all the ways you've supported us past and present. We are truly grateful. See more

Forget about cooking tonight! You could win a $50 gift card when you order from Palasad tonight. Don't forget to use the code MSP when you order. Palasad SocialBowl and Palasad South are donating $10 from every order that's $25 or more (pre tax) now until Saturday. Enjoy a great meal from a local business who is generously giving back to community!

On the menu today? A hearty brunch: egg, peameal bacon with cheese on a crumpet. Hash browns and fresh fruit salad on the side. Thanks to our fabulous kitchen staff for their great work always! We’re serving from 11-1 and we open again from 4-5 for snacks and other needs.

Thank you Nick Paparella for sharing the importance of this fundraising effort to prepare our Nurse Practitioner’s clinic for a much anticipated reopening. We so look forward to working with Julie (retired Nurse Practitioner from Addiction Services Thames Valley) and we know she will have a tremendous impact in the lives of marginalized women in our community. To support our clinic you can donate here: https://gofund.me/4e3b0cb7

Donation Update: Dear Friends - we are now accepting donations again. With limited space and limited staff resources we are asking that donations arrive Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday from 1-4. Please come to our back gate area and call the Welcome Desk 519-679-9570 x 5000. (You may want to pack a lunch, this is going to be a long post!) We have partnered in a new program that gets participants in out of the cold while we help them to look for permanent housing options. We a...re very excited about this but it means our staff are stretched further! We also need to be super specific about what we are able to accept right now. We are very full of warm clothing items. THANK YOU to everyone who stepped up and so generously donated layering pieces, coats, scarves and hats etc. Pressing needs: Gift Cards $10 (any grocery chain, Dollarama, Walmart, Giant Tiger, Shoppers Drug Mart, Rexall) Bus Tickets (adult) Warm gloves / mittens (men and women) Warm winter boots (men and women) Warm socks (men and women) Deodorant (men and women) Shampoo Conditioner Razors Backpacks Personal wipes hair brushes / combs Sudoku books Puzzle books Pencil crayons Lip balm $5 Tim Horton's gift cards Hot paws/ hot pockets Wallets (men) Journals / small note books Just a friendly reminder that at the start of Covid-19 we welcomed our London Coffee House family (men and women) to join us in our space -- where we could serve everyone in the safest possible way. You are always very generous in giving to the women of My Sisters' Place and this year we will be assembling some gifts for the guys for the holidays. The above listed items will be very helpful to make sure no one is left behind. Monetary donations help to keep the doors open and the lights on. A considerable portion of our operating budget comes from you -- generously donating because you believe in the work we do. To make a monetary donation to My Sisters' Place please use this link: https://cmhamiddlesex.ca/donate-now-my-sisters-place/ Still have questions or need to make specific donation arrangements? Please email us [email protected] Finally -- THANK YOU! We couldn't do the work we do without your support. We are so grateful.

Pssst... we heard a rumour about half price wings... It's Tuesday and that might just be a good enough reason to treat yourself! Please consider ordering a great meal from our friends over at Palasad SocialBowl. Great food, you're supporting a local restaurant AND, they are in turn giving back to our community. When you order, use the MSP code and for every purchase over $25, they will donate $10 to My Sisters' Place. Incredibly generous.

Another very busy day at My Sisters’ Place. We are truly #grateful.

Friends, please accept our most sincere thanks for all you’re doing to support us and thank you for your patience too. We’re going full tilt with a lean staff team and a very busy walk up window supporting participants. Your kindness and generosity is the fuel carrying us through.

UPDATE: Payton has been found safe! Payton Kechego is missing. If you have any information please call the 24 hour crisis line at Atlohsa Family Healing Centre 1-800-605-7477

Friends: Due to the overwhelming generosity of our community we are full...full...FULL! At this time we need to press pause on accepting donationsto give us time to better organize all you have given us. Covid-19 means our interactions are very briefso we need everything to be sorted and ready for super quick access.... We are in need of about 30 large storage totes. If you can help please send us a quick email: [email protected] We anticipate opening back up to receive donations at the start of December. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

We just want to express our sincere appreciation to our kitchen staff who consistently knock it outta the park with hearty, delicious meals. There are lots of contributing factors to our nutrition program. Generous community members donating snacks, items harvested from their gardens or larger items like bags of root vegetables that were purchased on sale. We are also really grateful to the Food Hub where we pick up produce that would otherwise have been discarded. The Lond...on Food Coalition Inc. is doing great work and helping to feed a lot of people in our city. We’re also grateful for community partners like Ark Aid who never hesitate to call us when they have a surplus of something to share. Like most of what we do, there are many hands and many hearts involved. Thank you to our kitchen, the heart of our home for the care you put into the beautiful meals we serve.

Friends, you can keep on voting!!! And please share too! A significant portion of our funding comes from youmembers of the community who believe in the work we do. We are always grateful for your support. $10,000 would be a pretty incredible way to wind up a challenging year.

Don’t forget, if you’re considering takeout this weekend. You can get a great meal and give back to our community at the same time! Thanks Palasad for your generosity. Don’t forget to use the code MSP when you order!

Each year around this time Imagine That Quartet comes to my Sisters’ Place to treat us to a live performance. We’re missing seeing them in person but we thought you might enjoy some beautiful music with us. *a special shout out to singer Cathy, one of our fabulous kitchen volunteers! https://fb.watch/2rOuXQyOhV/

This looks like a really fun nightand who doesn’t love weird, wild and wonderful country songs! Get into your jeans and boots and tap along. Thank you for thinking of us!

If ever there were a silver lining of this darn pandemic it would certainly be the new friends we’ve made and the incredible support they offer. This morning our friends from the Guru Nanak Mission Society arrived with a delicious donated meal. We are so gratefulfor both the meal and your ongoing support and friendship. Thanks for all you do in and around our community. #grateful

Pressing needs: Men’s gloves, scarves & hats Men’s warm socks Men’s underwear Warm winter boots for men

Today we wear purple to help #shinethelight on woman abuse.

We just have to tell you we are overwhelmed by your kindness. This has been a tough yearand you just keep showing up to support us. We really mean it when we tell you we couldn’t do this without you. A great big shout out to Bobbi, her amazing Sister Tracy and all the staff and customers at Style 360 Selective Consignment. These women are goal settersand over achievers too. Thanks to Tracy who stopped by and brightened our daydressed for the holidays!... Nancy made a very special delivery this afternoon with a couple of carloads of kindness. The London Basket Brigade switched up what they normally do this year and came by with a very generous donation. We’ll post more details next week but what we can tell you now is our hearts are positively full. We are just so grateful.

Wish List (October 6, 2020) MOST URGENT NEEDS: Ensure / Boost -- Meal Replacement Shakes Personal Wipes & disinfectant wipes... Underwear (men / women, all sizes) Deodorant (men / women) Socks (men / women) Razors (men / women) Shampoo Conditioner Snacks Grab and go - fruit (apples, oranges, bananas) Yogurt (individual) Fruit cups (individual) Applesauce cups Pudding cups Jello cups Granola bars Backpacks Rain ponchos Washable masks Hair brushes / combs Toothbrushes Depends -- all sizes (women & men) Poise Pads Pocket size Kleenex Journals Pencil crayons Mandalas Adult colouring books Word search books Gift cards - $10 for any grocery chain, Dollarama, Walmart, Shoppers Drug Mart Paper towel Donation Drop Off: 11-1 & 4-5:00 Mon-Fri, 11-1 weekends and holidays. Pull up in front of 566 Dundas Street, call the Welcome Desk 519-679-9570 x 5000 and a staff member will come out for a contact free pick up. ****Please note: We appreciate your generous offers of clothing but due to limited space and staffing capacity we are unable to accept donations of clothing (aside from socks and underwea

Friends we are having some technical issues today -- our phones are down. We hope to be back up and ringing soon! If you are dropping off a donation -- please come to the back gate up until 4 pm. We'll keep an eye for you to welcome you. Thank you for your patience.

Special delivery of beautiful, warm items from our friends Cora & Kendra. These two amazing women are business owners (Owner, The Little Red Roaster, London Provincial Courthouse & Luv Scarlet)and together with their friends and customers they are giving the gift of warmth. Both Cora and Kendra expressed their strong brief in women helping women. That’s #Sisterhood We may all walk a different path, but we’re all in this together. (Thanks also to Coffee House team member Paulwho is proving to be a fine model .

How beautiful is this? A gift from the N'Amerind (London) Friendship Centre Youth Program. Thank you.

Knitting for Peace, making a difference one stitch at a time out of St. Paul’s Cathedral. You are absolutely making a difference. Thank you Knitting for Peace for your ongoing support and kindness. These beautiful mittens will keep lots of hands warm this winter.

Tired of cooking? Love comfort food that’s nutritious? Consider ordering frozen meals from the The Lunch Lady London. $2 from every entree you purchase will be donated back to My Sisters’ Place. Sheela has generously donated hundreds of meals to My Sisters’ Place and has done the cooking for donors who wanted to sponsor a meal for our participants. Now she's giving back even more. You can order delicious frozen meals--for yourself or as a gift (see attached menu). For each entree ordered she will donated $2 to My Sisters' Place. You just need to mention My Sisters' Place when you order. Send to your favourite student, new Mom, senior or someone who just needs a break from cookingwe’re all waving our hands in the air!! Thank you Sheela for your continued generosity, kindness and healthy, delicious food.

Our beloved ‘Costco Tom’ surprised us with a Thanksgiving gift. Normally Tom would drive several hours to spend Thanksgiving with family. This year because of Covid-19 he didn’t make the drive to one of the ‘forbidden zones’ and the money he would normally spend in gas was spent to provide snacks and fresh fruit for the 200 or so participants who visit My Sisters’ Place daily. Thanks Tom for always thinking of us and for being so generous.

We’d like to give a big shout out to our friend Katharine who recently did some Tender Tootsie outlet shopping and purchased some new winter boots for the women at My Sisters’ Place. Katharine works at Fanshawe College and has organized basic needs donation drives for us in non-Covid-19 times too. Thanks for always thinking of us Katharine, and for thinking of ways to help. Friends like you make our community a better place.... (and Happy Birthday!) See more

We have a lot to be thankful for. Our friends from the Caring Canadian Society have been busy delivering hundreds of pounds of turkey to organizations like ours all over the city. Not only are we in for a delicious meal but you’ve warmed our hearts with your generosity. Thank you to everyone who contributedthis means a lot to us. We’re thankful to our kitchen staff who cooked these turkey legs to perfection (magazine worthy!), and for continuing our tradition of making the m...ost delicious dressing. Happy Thanksgiving from all of us to all of you. Please be safe and stay apart so we can all be together again safely, soon. We are open Saturday, Sunday & Monday 11-1.

Here's a throwback to simpler times (a pre-Covid-19 Thanksgiving). Things are not the way any of us would like them to be right now -- but together we'll get through this. We have always been inspired by the women of My Sisters' Place. Daily we witness incredible resilience, strength and the power of sisterhood -- having each other's backs. We are grateful to you for your friendship and support and thank you for continuing to believe in us.

Many thanks to Branch Manager Abi (not present) and Andrea, Assistant Branch Manager from TD (downtown) who stopped by My Sisters’ Place today. We are grateful for the gift of masks as well as a cheque to help with offsetting additional expenses incurred due to COVID-19. TD and their employees are so generous in our community and we are grateful for their ongoing support.

Friends, the weather is getting colder and we need some items to help our participants out. Please note: we do not have the space or staffing capacity to accept all clothing -- only specific items we need. Warm winter coats (women and men - all sizes) Warm winter boots (women and men - all sizes) Gently worn running shoes (women and men - all sizes) Hoodies - all sizes... Athletic pants - (men and women - all sizes) Long johns (men and women - all sizes) Blankets Sleeping bags Warm mittens / gloves, hats and scarves The above clothing items can be layered, are easy to care for and will fit many body types. Please make sure coats and boots are clean and in good condition, free or rips / holes. Warmth is essential. To donate: Mon-Fri 11-1 & 4-5, Weekends / holidays 11-1 only 566 Dundas Street - pull up by the front gate and call the Welcome Desk. 519-679-9570 x 5000. A staff member will come out for contact free pick up. Please know we are grateful for all the ways you support us.

Our friend Marsha has been sewing up a storm, making masks over the last several months. Funds from the sale of these masks have been used to do great things in our communityincluding purchasing lunches. We’d like to give a shout out to Marsha’s friend Debbie who heard we were short and purchased 30 masks to donate to My Sisters’ Place & the London Coffee House. Thank you Debbie!!! You’ve made our day!

The Lunch Lady London has been generously donating lunches and working with donors who wish to donate lunches for our participants and now she's giving back even more. You can order delicious frozen meals--for yourself or for someone else (see attached menu). For each entree ordered she will donated $2 to My Sisters' Place. You just need to mention My Sisters' Place when you order. Send to your favourite student, new Mom, senior or someone who just needs a break from cooking. Thank you Sheela for your continued generosity, kindness and healthy, delicious food.

A big shout out to Marian who has donated these beautiful masks for our participants. At the start of Covid-19 Marian started sewingand she hasn’t stopped! She has supplied masks to family, neighbours, friends, group homes and organizations like ours. Never believe one person can’t make a difference. Thank you to all the talented, kind hearted sewers who are so generously responding to our need for masks. You are making a difference, removing barriers for so many individual...susing transit, entering a shop, attending an appointment or visiting an organization like My Sisters’ Place to receive a meal, check in it pick up basic needs. Thank you