The Lieutenant Governor of Ontario is visiting Collingwood this week and part of her tour includes the new homeless shelter.
Her Honour the Hon. Elizabeth Dowdeswell will be in town Tuesday (Feb. 4) and will be visiting Agnora at 3 p.m. and the Out of the Cold Emergency Shelter at 4 p.m.
The shelter is not usually set up until about 7 p.m. as the space belongs to E3 Community Services and is used for their day programs.
According to shelter staff, Christine Vallis-Page, CEO of E3 Community Services, along with Pam Hillier, executive director of Community Connection, and Dana Kaluzny, program co-ordinator for Collingwood Out of the Cold, will attend the meeting with the lieutenant governor.
Mayor Brian Saunderson, Deputy Mayor Keith Hull, CAO Fareed Amin, and other council members will also attend the meeting at Out of the Cold Collingwood.
“We have been told Her Honour is interested in hearing about community mobilization, the partnership with agencies (between E3 and Community Connection) and the community collaboration, and how they have contributed to the success of our program,” read a statement from Out of the Cold Collingwood.
The lieutenant governor’s visit will also include a roundtable discussion on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities.
There will be a flag-raising of the lieutenant governor’s flag at 6:30 p.m. at the library, followed by a public reception at the Collingwood Public Library Atrium at 6:40 p.m.
