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"Echoes of Hope: Uncovering Resilience at the Community's Edge" showcases not only the powerful narratives of those living on the fringes but also highlights the tangible support provided through our collaboration with SALT outreach. Participants in "Voices from the Margins" received free showers, haircuts, and clothing from SALT outreach, offering a measure of dignity and care to our neighbors facing hardships.

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This episode, What's This Place? goes behind the bricks and mortar of New Circles, a multi dimensional, not-for-profit agency here in Toronto.
New Circles helps alleviate poverty through their free clothing bank GLOW (Gently Loved Outfits To Wear)...and if I am being honest, that's all I thought they did!

But once I went behind the bricks and mortar, I discovered that GLOW is a jumping off program for so much more...
They offer free employment skills training and newcomer settlement support  programs.
They benefit the environment by diverting 300,000 lbs of clothing from landfill every year.

I ask Cindy Blakely, the founder of New Circles, all my usual origin story questions...but the answers were not what I was expecting. 
Find out how one woman created a legacy that benefits tens of thousands of people every single year.

How did it all start?  And how has it survived the Covid Era?
Let's go inside and find out.

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