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16 - The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday October 15, 2008 www.oakvillebeaver.com Living Oakville Beaver LIVING EDITOR: ANGELA BLACKBURN By Angela Blackburn OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Phone: 905-845-3824, ext. 248 Fax: 905-337-5567 e-mail: ablackburn@oakvillebeaver.com Turning homes into Home Suite Hope H ome is where the heart is and it should always be a warm, cozy and happy port in the storm of life -- not a cold alley, a car or a friend's couch. That's the belief of many in Oakville, where many folks have, together, tackled the thorny issue of homelessness -- something many don't even recognize as existing here. There are about 1,300 homeless people in Halton each year. It may not be the stereotypical derelict person living in the street. Instead, it is a man or woman, and often times their children, who has come face to face with marital breakdown, job loss -- and often a combination -- and it has left them couch surfing with friends or living in their car. RIZIERO VERTOLLI / OAKVILLE BEAVER Home Suite Hope (HSH) can help and will soon offer not one, but two, ON A MISSION: Wendy Perkins, executive director of Home Suite Hope (HSH), at an apartment complex that will proOakville residences that provide a vide transitional housing for women and families who may be, or are facing, homelessness. dignified place to live for those strug- "Without Home Suite Hope, many of the people we serve would eventually be given a bus ticket to Hamilton or a train ticket to Toronto and that, I believe, is unconscionable in our community." Wendy Perkins, Home Suite Hope gling to survive while they turn their life around. It had its beginnings in the early 2000s, when the Salvation Army met strong neighbourhood opposition to establishing a shelter for the homeless. It was a great idea as long as it wasn't in anyone's backyard and ultimately the Lighthouse shelter did come about in a predominantly nonresidential area. However something still had to be done for those who were not the stereotypical homeless person need See Throwing page 17 TEMPORARY HOT TUB LIQUIDATION CENTRE Scrat ch Dents & S RE 8 PI 2 EX ER E B AS TO LE OC Come see the largest selection in Canada of over stock, scratch & dents and last year model hot tubs! Salt water, Self-cleaning, Serenity, Omni manufacturing, etc. etc. etc. Over 1 million dollars of inventory must be sold. Come early to ensure the best selection & deal possible. ALL HOT TUBS MUST BE SOLD BY OCTOBER 28, 2008 as our temporary lease will expire. Financing Availeable th spot On approvals Save up to 50% 100 hot tubs on display NO REASONABLE OFFER REFUSED SALE HOURS THURS. 10-8 FRI. 10-8 SAT. 10-5 SUN. 12-5 Liquidation Centre 2528 Bristol Circle (Winston Churchill/ Dundas) Full facto ry Warr antie s (905) 829-4991