In November, the Intact Foundation recently made a financial donation to the Threshold Housing Society to assist in its mission to provide long-term transitional housing for at-risk youth in the Victoria region.
Intact Insurance is Canada’s largest home, auto and business insurance company. It is also a company that truly believes in building community in the areas they serve. Over the last several years, the Intact Foundation has made a priority of assisting at-risk youth. The company profoundly understands that the future of any community lies in the healthy and well-being of its youth. In focusing in on at-risk youth, Intact takes the long view that social outreach and engagement is more effective by embracing a preventive model such that investing in at-risk youth today will negate indirect costs associated with social issues (homelessness, chronic poverty and criminal justice involvement) tomorrow.
Mr. Peter Norton, Regional Branch Manger, Western Division for Intact Insurance (centre) presents a cheque to Rebekah Humphrey, Mark Muldoon (left) and Graham Kelly (right) of the Threshold Housing Society of Victoria, BC
The Intact Foundation funds many endeavours that aim to encourage independence and address the needs of youth at-risk such as: fostering resilience and independence; building self-esteem and develop personal skills; redirecting inappropriate lifestyles or behaviours; assisting with pre-employment training; developing values and enhance the quality of life through positive recreation experiences and opportunities.
For instance, the foundation contributes to an ever expanding network of shelters in large urban areas. They have provided funds to organizations such as Covenant House in Toronto and Vancouver, Raido House in Calgary, and Eva’s Initiatives and the YMCA in Toronto. These organizations provide homeless youth with a range of services, including a place to stay, counselling and vocational support.
Without the corporate support of companies like Intact Insurance, many non-profits doing grass-roots work would not be able to offer the services they do. Special thanks to the entire Intact family for their vision and assistance.
