Recent News & Events

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1st Annual Country Harvest Soup Fest

Posted Sep 27th, 2023

On Wednesday October 18, 2023, in the Event Court at The Pen Centre – St.Catharines, Bethlehem Housing and Support Services will be hosting the 1st Annual Country Harvest Soup Fest fundraiser fueled by Empty Bowls and presented by Essentials Cremation And Burial Services Inc. This event is a companion to our Annual Empty Bowls fundraiser in March and does not replace it, this is an opportunity to attend a similar event during the day and in the Fall. This is a lunch event that takes place be...

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18th Anniversary of Empty Bowls

Posted Mar 16th, 2023

On Wednesday, March 8, 2023 we celebrated our 18th Anniversary of Empty Bowls at The Americana Conference Centre, Niagara Falls. Watch the highlight video, and don't miss your chance to purchase 50/50 tickets to support our work until March 31.

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William’s Journey to Stable Housing

Posted Jan 5th, 2023

When your life comes crashing down around you, and too much pride to reach out to anyone, it can be difficult to look to organizations for help. This is William's Story. 

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Housing Hero Community Party 2022

Posted Aug 15th, 2022

On Friday, August 12, 2022 we celebrated our Housing Hero Summer Challenge at 111 Church Street. Bringing the community together in support of affordable housing and support services in Niagara.

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Distance Into Donations 2022

Posted Aug 2nd, 2022

Distance into Donations (D.i.D) is run by Niagara local, Sarah Schulz. Sarah teams up with local charities in the Niagara Region to raise funds by having donors match her running distance with a donation.

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Housing Hero Summer Challenge

Posted Jun 21st, 2022

This summer, Bethlehem Housing and Support Services invites you take on the online Housing Hero Summer Challenge.

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17th Anniversary of Empty Bowls 2022

Posted Mar 9th, 2022

On Wednesday, March 2, 2022 we celebrated our 17th Anniversary of Empty Bowls at The Americana Conference Centre, Niagara Falls. Raising $56,000 in net proceeds to provide supportive transitional and permanent housing for individuals and families across the Niagara Region! 

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Bethlehem Welcomes Nora and Thomas Home

Posted Jan 13th, 2022

I don’t know what I would have done without the help of the Community Outreach Support Program at Bethlehem Housing and Support Services. It saved my life, and my son’s.

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Bethlehem Lunch & Learn Awareness Series

Posted Oct 18th, 2021

Bethlehem Lunch & Learn Awareness Series, how does affordable housing affect you and your community?

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Honouring Truth and Reconciliation Day

Posted Sep 30th, 2021

Every Child Matters.

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Sophia's Journey to Stable Housing

Posted Aug 9th, 2021

Sophia made the difficult decision to leave her home in the Caribbean in order to escape domestic violence. Determined to build a new life for her and her two young daughters, Sophia decided to move to Canada.

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Ride for Refuge 2021

Posted Jun 22nd, 2021

We are happy to announce that Bethlehem Housing has partnered with Ride for Refuge 2021!

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Empty Bowls at Home 2021

Posted Apr 15th, 2021

This past March we hosted our 1st Empty Bowls at Home Fundraiser. This year we are proud to have raised over $30,000 that will contribute to supportive transitional and permanent housing for individuals and families in our community!

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Supporting our Residents and Clients during COVID-19: Update

Posted Apr 8th, 2021

During these extraordinary times we are working hard to ensure the safety of everyone at Bethlehem and to continue to provide support services for our residents and clients.  Our support services provide the most vulnerable in our community with the essential supports needed to maintain their housing stability. 

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Bethlehem Providing Virtual Solutions

Posted Jan 12th, 2021

Breaking Down Access Barriers by Creating Alternative Service Delivery.

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2020 Holiday Hours

Posted Dec 16th, 2020

Below are Bethlehem's Hours of Operation Over the Holiday's (December 24, 2020 - January 4, 2021). 

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Giving Tuesday: December 1st, 2020

Posted Oct 27th, 2020

Giving Tuesday Canada is December 1st 2020, and at Bethlehem Housing we share this Giving Tuesday initiative as your chance to support families and individuals who look to us for a place to call home.

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Early Childhood Educators Appreciation Day!

Posted Oct 21st, 2020

October 22, 2020 is the 20th anniversary of Child Care Worker and Early Childhood Educator Appreciation Day, and here at Bethlehem Housing we are thankful, and we appreciate all of the creativity, and hard work that our early childhood educators from our EarlyON Centre do each day.

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Bethlehem's 2019-2020 Annual Report

Posted Sep 29th, 2020

This past year in review is dedicated to the growing families and individuals of the Niagara community as we continue to write the next chapter of our Bethlehem Housing Story.

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Bethlehem Welcome's Andrea Home

Posted Aug 25th, 2020

On June 1, we opened the doors to 127 families at our new North Church Court location. Andrea has gone from barely being able to afford a hotel room, and living out of her suitcase, to now having a beautiful apartment. The opening of our new location has finally given Andrea and her newborn son the ability to grow together, and call North Church Court home.

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