Royal LePage Shelter Foundation’s Night Light Walk in the Beach on Oct. 24 will raise funds for Nellie’s and Red Door Family Shelter
The Royal LePage Shelter Foundation Night Light Walk Toronto will take place in the Beach on Thursday, Oct. 24.
The three-kilometre walk is held in support of urgently needed resources for women and children experiencing domestic violence. One hundred per cent of the proceeds from the Oct. 24 walk will go to Toronto’s Red Door Shelter and Nellie’s.
Royal LePage Estate Realty, located in the Beach, is hosting the walk that will begin and end at Kew Gardens (2075 Queen St. E.).
The walk begins at 7 p.m. at Kew Gardens and participants are asked to start gathering at 6:15 p.m. to hear inspiring stories from participants and the shelter partners.
“To my knowledge it is the first walk focused on helping those facing intimate partner violence in Toronto, and we are really excited about bringing this to the community,” said Chris Dunlop, Broker of Record and Owner of Royal LePage Estate Realty.
“We want to do what we can to help people in our community,” he said. “It’s important that we confront this and raise awareness of it.”
According to statistics from the Royal LePage Shelter Foundation, of which Dunlop is a member of the national board, half of all women have experienced at least one form of violence or sexual violence since the age of 16. On a daily basis, there are 3,000 women and 2,500 children living in emergency shelters in Canada trying to escape family violence. Every six days a woman is murdered by an intimate partner.
For more information on taking part in the Oct. 24 Night Light Walk, or on how to become a volunteer, please go to https://secure3.convio.net/rlsf/site/SPageServer?pagename=night_light_walk and click on Toronto to participate and/or donate.
