Donations to 5 Days for the Homeless still needed

5 Days participants, from left: Kristina Partsinevelos, BComm 08; President Alan Shepard; David Allen; and Josh Redler, BComm 08. | Photos by Concordia University

There is still time to donate to this year’s 5 Days for the Homeless campaign.

Concordia students slept in the streets of the Quartier Concordia for five nights last week to raise funds and awareness of homelessness as part of the national annual 5 Days for the Homeless campaign.

Josh Redler, a John Molson School of Business alumnus, has been leading the Montreal campaign since Concordians first took part in 2008. Concordia's involvement in the campaign has raised more than $175,000 for Montreal's Dans la rue, a community-based organization that works with street kids and at-risk youth.
 

President Alan Shepard showed his support for the 5 Days campaign with a visit and snacks.

Four other Montreal-based universities are participating in the campaign: McGill, HEC Montréal, Université de Montréal and ESG (the management school) at UQÀM. This year’s campaign has raised more than $21,000 so far.

To make a donation, please visit the Concordia 5 Days page.

Related links:
•    “5 Days for the Homeless” — NOW, March 5, 2013
•    “5 Days for the Homeless Returns to JMSB” – John Molson School of Business page