“I applaud the work the organizers of Home for the Games have done in leveraging the Games to help those who are most in need. Home For The Games is a great way for people to make a contribution towards ending homelessness in Vancouver as we host the world in 2010, and it’s an inspiring example of a positive community legacy from the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.”
–Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson
Welcome mat out to help homeless - Some B.C. homeowners hosting Olympic visitors are planning to share the rent with aid groups
November 11, 2009
By Petti Fong, Toronto Star
Florence Vegt had 200 guests stay at her Burnaby home in 1986, and in 1976 teenager Andrea Vinet helped her mother host visitors staying in the guest room of the family home in Montreal. Full Story.
