Durham Youth Services (DYS) was this year’s charity of choice for the Home Depot Canada Foundation this year.
The foundation selects one project in Canada for Community Build each year.
Over 70 Home Depot store and head office associates, partners and vendors came from across Canada to Ajax to renovate and improve Joanne’s House (Durham’s only youth-focused emergency shelter) and Jacky’s Place (transitional housing for youth aged 16 to 18).
In just two days, these two homes were transformed with new siding, landscaping, fencing, updated doors, kitchens and bathrooms, storage solutions, electrical, window coverings, and a fresh coat of paint. All at no cost to the charity, said a statement.
“At DYS, we are proud of the work we do to help youth solve their housing crisis. These two homes are old, ‘lived-in-hard’, and maintained on a not-for-profit budget. They were in desperate need of an upgrade. We are blown away by the difference The Home Depot Canada Foundation Community Build members made in just two days, and so grateful for the difference it is already making to our clients,” said Shannon Jackson, DYS Executive Director.
