Green Wood Coalition is a street-level, charitable organization that uses a community model of caring to walk alongside
people living with poverty, mental illness, substance dependency and other disability, in Port Hope, Ontario.
By offering a place of belonging, Green Wood is a radically inclusive community
that honours the worth and the well-being of each person. Through intentional relationships and a culture of trust,
we work together to find solutions to daily challenges and provide hope in the lives of our members.
We are a community that doesn’t hide its struggles.
We value our stories, and attend to one another without judgment.
Recognizing that all need both to give and receive, we trespass courageously over socioeconomic lines.
We value our common bond of humanity, our desire to live in peace,
our need to find meaning in the days of our lives, and our expectation that we will be respected by those around us.
We eat, create, sing, celebrate, and grieve together.
people living with poverty, mental illness, substance dependency and other disability, in Port Hope, Ontario.
By offering a place of belonging, Green Wood is a radically inclusive community
that honours the worth and the well-being of each person. Through intentional relationships and a culture of trust,
we work together to find solutions to daily challenges and provide hope in the lives of our members.
We are a community that doesn’t hide its struggles.
We value our stories, and attend to one another without judgment.
Recognizing that all need both to give and receive, we trespass courageously over socioeconomic lines.
We value our common bond of humanity, our desire to live in peace,
our need to find meaning in the days of our lives, and our expectation that we will be respected by those around us.
We eat, create, sing, celebrate, and grieve together.
“Compassion is daring to acknowledge our mutual destiny
so that we might move forward all together.”
~ Henri Nouwen
so that we might move forward all together.”
~ Henri Nouwen
