Actually Doing Something!

Hi Everybody,

Sorry about not blogging at all last week. Life has been extremely busy over the past few weeks. Anyway today I wanted to give our Blogotional world an assignment. Last week Christa brought up the story about the YWCA closing and this is a problem I think we can solve. A few people have expressed interest in volunteering to make a difference in this situation. (Which is awesome). So last week I met with Eva Martin Blythe, the YWCA director to see how we could best help her solve this problem. She encouraged me to get you to write our provincial politicians so that they would release some more financing to get them back on their feet. The majority of their income comes from the provincial government.

Now I know that some people want to physically help, and there will be opportunity for that in the near future, but for now letter writing is the best thing we can do.

So if your reading this blog then chances are you know how to use a computer, so I'm asking you send an email letter to the following people. First there is the Oshawa MPP. His name is Jerry Ouellette and his email is jerry_ouelletteco@ontla.ola.org. You can just click on the link and it will get you there. The second person is the MPP for Whitby Ajax. Her name is Christine Elliot and her email is christine.elliottco@pc.ola.org .

Folks if your like me, then you don't usually act on these kinds of requests. However this issue is one issue that I think we can make a real difference in. The reality is, that it's easier for you to say "Wow, somebody should do something about this." but that won't change anything.

Let's make our faith real, write an email. It doesn't need to be long, It just needs to state that you live in Durham region and you are disappointed that the YWCA has had to close due to financial issues. You believe that this is a vital service to homeless/abused women and their children in our city. Then you tell them that you would like to see a solution to this issue, and you hope that your MPP will do something about this.

Do it!!

PJ <><