We turn good intentions into warmth someone can hold.

We inspire people and businesses to engage in a hands-on experience with a tangible outcome that will change the lives of those in need.

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until hundreds of volunteers pack thousands of kits in one day.Saturday, January 16, 2027 · Greater Toronto Area

45,000+ kits Every January since 1999

Our impact since 1999

Small kindnesses, counted by the million.

water bottles distributed through Project Water across the GTA.

survival kits assembled and distributed since 1999.

front-line agencies receiving kits across the GTA every January.

Event day, up close

One Saturday. A warehouse full of warmth.

Hundreds of volunteers packing kits across the event floor

Two volunteers holding up finished kit backpacks

Volunteers packing water bottles and socks into kits

Volunteers with the Engage and Change sign in front of thousands of packed kits

Volunteer team holding the Engage and Change banner

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Our programs

Two programs, one promise: meet people where they are.

Active · every January

Project Winter Survival

An initiative that provides unhoused people and others in need with Survival Kits, carrying the warmth and essential supplies it takes to get through a winter on the street.

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Archived program

Project Water

A program we ran in response to the inexcusable fact that more unhoused people die from dehydration in the summer months than from exposure in the winter months.

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Three ways to help

For as little as $25, you can put a full survival kit into someone’s hands.

Donate

Wholesale pricing means every dollar stretches further. $25 provides one kit, including a sleeping bag and backpack.

Donate now

Fundraise

Set up your own page, set a goal, and rally friends, family, and colleagues behind Project Winter Survival.

Start a fundraiser

Volunteer

Bring your team, your class, or just yourself to pack kits on event day. Groups from 3 to 15+ welcome.

Get involved

Community service hours are provided to all student volunteers for their efforts.

From the front lines

The people who hand out the kits, in their words.

Thanks very much for the sleeping bags and winter survival kits. They will make a meaningful difference for our unhoused community members.

Kerine Allen Warden Woods Community Centre

After making two trips to fit 40 survival kits and 40 sleeping bags in my tiny hatchback, there are already several guys out on the streets of Toronto this morning with warmer hands, necks and heads.

Sarah Woodgreen Community Services

Thank you for the kits. We went out the next day to hand out to our homeless friends.

Ashlee Shutt Morgan’s Hands