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Romero Moves 2024 at High Park
On October 6th, 2024, we gathered for our first-ever 5km Run/Walk/Roll through High Park, and what a day it was. With 65 enthusiastic participants, 45 dedicated volunteers, and the unwavering support of our community, Romero Moves was an incredible success.
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2024 Romero Camp Reflection
Reflection about the most amazing moment this year, a trip to Romero Camp at Anishinabe Spiritual Centre, a place of peace, beauty, nature, quiet, and relaxation. By JOAN ALIOBE, Romero House Resident.
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Moving out of Romero House
Learn about Enriqueta’s experience as a resident of Romero House in her own words. We offer transitional housing and wrap around support for one year to 10 newly arrived refugee families.
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Volunteering at Romero House: Life in a Chicken Coop
Romero House creates a space where dignity, mutual respect and understanding thrive—it’s as lively and palpable as a chicken coop! A volunteer might tend the garden or teach English. y LESLIE DOLMAN, Intake Volunteer.
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My Time at Romero House: Refugee, Neighbour, Volunteer, Staff
By Shams Erfan It was a winter day in December 2022, my second day in my new apartment after moving to the west end of Toronto from Burlington, Ontario. In Burlington, I lived with a family that sponsored my refugee application from a refugee camp in Indonesia to the land of freedom in Canada. It…
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Dos Cervezas Por Favor by Harold Wright
Although I have been volunteering as a member of the Romero House community in different roles for many years, I have never before taken the opportunity to share some of what this experience has meant to me. Since the beginning of the Covid pandemic, I have had a couple of new roles: English language conversation…
