Times Advocate, 1994-04-27, Page 9• Li
Students at Huron Centennial took part in an Invention Conve-
tion Review last Wednesday night. The play was part of their
Science Week. Above, Kendra Beard, left, and Briana Brown
get ready to go on stage.
CENTRALIA - The winners of
the Bible Search Contest were an-
nounced at Sunday night's Spring
Sing. The girls regained their title
this year with 125 points earned
over the past nine weeks. The boys
were very close behind until the
girls pulled ahea41 on Sunday and
finished off 1+Mfi"85 points.
The Sunday School choir sang a
variety of songs with the Juniors
singing a selection of their action
songs. The Faithwalkers defeated
the teachers with 155 points in the
Quiz Challenge, although the teach-
ers did double their score from last
year finishing off with 20 points.
The last quiz competition until Sep-
tember at Youth for Christ will be
Saturday night, 8:00 p.m. at the
Brucefield Public School.
There"w;ll be 12 four's of prayer
beginning this Friday night at 6:00
p.m. until 6:00 a.m. on Saturday
morning. There will he no volley -
hall Friday night.
Township history
ZURICH - Chairman of the Hay
Township History Book commit-
tee, Ian McAllister said he was
pleased to have been informed last
month of the approval of the "New
Horizons Grant" for the communi-
ty project.
The grant money will be used to
help cover publishing costs. The
cheque will be presented to the
committee by Huron -Bruce MP,
Paul Steckle on Thursday, April 28
at 2 p.m. at St. Peters Lutheran Fel-
lowship Hall, Zurich.
Time is running out though in
which to make submissions. The
deadline is July 1, 1994. This will
allow time for editing and publish-
ing for autumn 1995. Contributors
are asked to prepare each individu-
al family's one -and -a -half to two
page double-spaced story and pho-
tographs to a member of the com-
mittee.
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Times -Advocate, April 27„1994 Page 9
Reverend honoured for work with homeless
By Catherine O'Brien
T -A stair
EXI✓I'bR - Two weeks ago Reverend John Hilborn, of the Exeter Unit-
ed Church, was honoured in Toronto for the work he has done over the
past 10 years to help homeless families in Metro.
In fact, Hilborn was acknowledged as the founder of the Red Door Fam-
ily Shelter at a ceremony April 13, marking the completion of renovations
to the centre.
More than 300 people attended the reception including government offi-
cials. A sketch of the building was given to Hilborn and one of the refur-
bished rooms was named after him. given
was surprised to have been hon-
oured. 1 hadn't been part of the fundraising for the past two years,"
Hilborn said.
Since moving to the Exeter United Church, Hilborn's role with the Red
Door centre has only been as a consultant.
But his work prior to leaving had a significant impact on families in To-
ronto as the centre was one of the first to shelter homeless families.
It all started in 1982 when Hilborn transferred from a posh church in
Vancouver to the Wood Green United Church in the inner city of Toronto.
"The congregation had a long history of helping people," Hilborn said.
But when he arrived on the scene, the church had gone through a lot of
changes as big business in the neighbourhood had long since disappeared.
The result was a lot of needy people who were without jobs.
"There was a lot of stress on families living in this area," he said. "Peo-
ple were very vulnerable. People were helpless and didn't know what to
do."
The concept of the Red Door shelter evolved when Hilborn
heard about a woman and child who were sleeping in a bowling
alley because they no longer had a home.
At that point Hilborn realized something must be done to help
those who seemed to be slipping through the cracks of social as-
sistance programs.
Hilborn realized extra there was extra space at his church that
could be used for shelter. So he established the Red Door Shel-
ter.
He describes the shelter as an emergency shelter and said fam-
ilies stay anywhere from three days to three months.
The name of the shelter, Hilborn said. dates back to the time
of the depression. Back in the '30s a red door was a symbol of
acceptance.
"It was a place where help was available. People in the city
knew that if you found a building with a red door, you could
find help," he said.
Ten months after establishing the shelter, Hilborn had 16 beds
for families. He soon realized demand wds greater than what the
church could afford.
This led to what Hilborn calls a four-way marriage between
his church, the municipality, as well as provincial and federal
governments. All these bodies were needed to accumulate the
funds required to get additional beds.
Over a 10 -year period the shelter got 130 beds on three floors
located in a building attached to the church. Now the Red Door shelter is
a separate entity from the church and receive donations and help from oth-
er congregations in the area in addition to the United Church.
Hilborn estimated that more than 3 500 families have gone through the
shelter. These families have been given food and clothing, helped to find
permanent housing and directed to social agencies when needed.
"We protect people and assist them on getting their feet on the ground,"
he said.
Now there are 35 on staff working with families. "There is a big volun-
teer sector who identify the needs of the families."
At first people using the shelter where those who had been evicted form
their homes. "Soon we started addressing issues of the homeless, abused,
single parents and immigrants and refugees," he said.
Hilborn said the Red Door program has been successful because it's
been able to identify the ever changing needs of people living in the inner
city. By the time Hilborn left Toronto the shelter was well established and
a campaign was just getting underway to do $1/2 million of renovations
on the shelter. At present they are about $ 13,000 shy of that goal.
Looking back on the work that has been done at the shelter, Hilborn said
he is grateful for the experience.
"I feel privileged to have been
part of something so prosper-
ous," he said.
Rev. John Hllbom displays artwork presented to him in honour of
his help founding the Red Door Family Shelter in Toronto. The
painting is of the shelter itself.
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