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Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Repurposed Parking Meters Collect Donations for Homeless

Posted by Unknown on 4:29 PM

The city of Montreal has turned its retired mechanical parking meters (or Parco Dons) in to piggy banks designed to collect loose change in order to help the city’s homeless population. The meters were first installed in the downtown borough of Ville-Marie in 2007, and since its inception, the program has raised $23,000 for the cause.

Hilton Foundation to End Homelessness in L.A.

Posted by Unknown on 1:37 PM

The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation today announced $13 million in grants to fund key a campaign to end homelessness in L.A. The grants includes:

$9 million toward the creation of 2,500 new permanent supportive housing units;

$3.6 million to identify and house 4,500 of the most vulnerable people on the streets;
$330,000 for an innovative pilot program to ease the transition into housing; and
$200,000 to engage faith leaders and communities in the campaign.