Women’s shelter restarting from the ground up

Prince Albert MP Randy Hoback was present Thursday for the second sodturning ceremony, as well as MLA Kevin Phillips, and Donna Harpauer, the minister of social services and minister responsible for Saskatchewan Housing Corporation.

This coincided with North East Outreach’s third annual Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event. It involves sizing your foot into a pair of bright red high heels and walking to raise money for the shelter. More than 40 people registered for the march, to end sexualized, domestic and all forms of gender based violence.

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Thanks to the men at A&W for providing delicious eats and gearing up for walk a mile in her shoes. You can still visit us until 6pm at Wright’s Greenhouse in Melfort.

Posted by North East Outreach & Support Services on Saturday, 2 May 2015

This year Royal Lepage Hodgins Realty in Melfort raised more than $2,000.

The federal and provincial governments, through the Canada Mortgage Housing Corporation and Saskatchewan Housing Corporation, are jointly contributing over $1.6 million under the Canada-Saskatchewan Investment in Affordable Housing 2014-2019 agreement.

The City of Melfort has contributed $188,000 for the land and NEOSS contributed $111,000 in cash equity and about $460,000 in mortgage financing.

The project is now scheduled to be complete in the spring of 2016.

– with files from Chelsea Laskowski

nmaxwell@panow.com

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by Nigel Maxwell

Women’s shelter restarting from the ground up

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