We're looking for new board members to provide strategic leadership for Nellie's — are you ready to help us create change? Please SHARE this post to help us spread the word, and APPLY NOW! Link in bio. 🔗 #VolunteerToronto #NelliesShelter #TorontoShelter #WomensShelter #CommunityWork
It takes a village! 🏡 Thank you to Ubah Tahalil, Housing Consultant in Operation Support Services for the City of Toronto, who recently visited our shelter to provide us with invaluable guidance as we work to support women and their children escaping abuse and homelessness. #WomensShelter #TorontoShelter #NelliesShelter #EndHomelessness
Big thanks to Canadian TV icon @BillWelychka for asking guests at his recent book signing event to donate to Nellie's. We so appreciate your support! 🫶 #NelliesShelter #TorontoShelter #WomensShelter #CanCon #CanadianTV
A huge THANK YOU to Chris Dunlop of @RoyalLePageEstateRealty for having us speak at your Major Donor Luncheon! Your ongoing support, both financially and through thoughtful gestures like holiday gifts, means the world to us at Nellie’s. 🫶 #NelliesShelter #TorontoShelter #WomensShelter #CommunitySupport
Exciting news! 🌟 Our food program has a new home at Kimbourne Park United Church, allowing us to serve more families in need. Click our link in bio to read more. 🔗 #NelliesShelter #TorontoShelter #FoodSecurity #EndHunger #TorontoFoodBank
“Prevention starts with empowering yourself to set boundaries." Check out this action shot of the participants at our recent empowerment self-defense workshop at @WardenWoodsCC! 🙅♀️ #NelliesShelter #empowermentselfdefense #violenceprevention #selfdefense
THANK YOU to @bynkmedia for their generous donation of skincare products! 🫶 Here's to the start of a wonderful partnership benefiting our shelter and community! 💕 #NelliesShelter #TorontoShelter #WomensShelter #CommunitySupport
Meet Canadian TV icon @BillWelychka at his book signing event! 📚 Join us on Friday, April 19 at 5:30pm at @QueenBooksTO. Don't miss the chance to meet Bill and support us, too — he'll be accepting donations for Nellie's. #TorontoEvents #BookSigning #NelliesShelter #WomensShelter #TorontoShelter
Empowerment self-defense is an important skill to learn at ANY age! We recently ran a series of ESD workshops for seniors, focusing on what to do when you encounter an unwanted advance, how to set boundaries, and how to remove yourself from uncomfortable situations. 🙅♀️ #NelliesShelter #empowermentselfdefense #violenceprevention #selfdefense
Today, and every day, Nellie's stands in solidarity with the 2SLGBTQIA + communities to fight for equality and acceptance for all. 🫶🏳️🌈 #DayOfPink #IntlDayOfPink #NelliesShelter #TorontoShelter #WomensShelter
Eid Mubarak to all of our Muslim friends and community members! Wishing you all a happy and peaceful Eid. ☪️ #EidMubarak #Eid #EidAlFitr #EidUlFitr #NelliesShelter
50 years of shelter and support! 👭 To mark #Nellies50, we’re sharing 50 facts — learn about our shelter, our community programs, and so much more. Link in bio! 🔗 #NelliesShelter #TorontoShelter #WomenShelter
Join us on April 4th for a fun-filled event where every dollar raised goes towards supporting Nellie’s vital programs and services. Spread the word, bring your friends, and let’s make this fundraiser a huge success! See you there! 🌟💕 #PJPartyForPurpose #studentevent #CCPR #SupportWomenAndChildren #CollegeFundraiser #CommunitySupport #NelliesShelter #SaveTheDate @nellies_shelter @louisciferbw @kiplinggroup @centennialcollege @storyartscentre
Happy #Easter! 🐰🍫 The Easter bunny visited Nellie's this weekend, and we loved seeing the kids go hunting and work on some themed crafts! Thanks to our team for making the day special for our little ones! #Easter2024 #EasterBunny #EasterWeekend #NelliesShelter
Get cozy for a cause! The post-grad PR students are hosting a PJ party fundraiser for Nellie’s Shelter 💜 You can make a difference while partying in our PJs! ✨ Register at https://tinyurl.com/pjpartyfornellies #PJPartyForPurpose #studentevent #CCPR #SupportWomenAndChildren #CollegeFundraiser #CommunitySupport #NelliesShelter @nellies_shelter @louisciferbw @kiplinggroup @centennialcollege @storyartscentre
MEET HUDSON! 🐶 Hudson is our newest and most popular employee. He loves bacon treats, sniffing around offices, and playing with his new colleagues. He loves a good belly rub, too! Oh, and his human Susan, who we also hired, is pretty great, too. 😏 #NelliesShelter #TorontoShelter #WomensShelter #dogsofinstagram #doglover
CHEERS to creativity! 🥂 Our community support office on Cosburn Ave doesn't have a permanent sign yet — we'll be adding one later this year when our new branding is ready. Until then, our clever staff used one of our event banners to help clients find our new location. #NelliesShelter #TorontoShelter #WomensShelter #CommunitySupport
Thursday March 21st the Linsmore Tavern (1298 Danforth Ave) is excited to bring in Miss Grundy & The Astrid Foster Band! Miss Grundy Music has performed some great shows over the years at the Linsmore so we are very excited to welcome this great local band back! Miss Grundy’s repertoire of original Suburban Angst Rock, Heartsleeve Country and Boomer Jazz also lists an eclectic collection of rearview radio hits. The show starts at 7:30pm, donations to the Nellie Shelter will be much appreciated! Miss Grundy is Catherine Bacque (guitar, mandolin, vocals) Jennifer Burak (flute, violin), Alan Hardiman (bass, guitars, vocals) and Darby Macnab (bass, keyboards) . https://www.facebook.com/events/1031081171523768 #tonight #thursdaynight #toronto #linsmoretavern #missgrundy #astridfoster #nelliesshelter #nelliesshelterforwomen #goodcause #fundraiser #suburbanangst #boomerjazz #heartsleeve #country #jazz #torontojazz #jazzintoronto #localbands #torontomusic #torontomusicscene #torontonightlife #torontoconcert #torontofundraiser #danforth #thedanforth #leslieville #greenwoodsubwaystation #monarchpark #easttoronto #eastyork
Thank you to @malvernfrc for having us at your annual #InternationalWomensDay event! Proud to promote gender equality and help create awareness about community resources for women. ♀️ #IWD #IWD2024 #InternationalWomensDay2024 #NelliesShelter
Here's to new friends, bonding over a slice. 🍕 To celebrate #InternationalWomensDay, our shelter and community office staff met up for a pizza lunch — it was actually the first time some of our team members had met each other! 👭 #IWD #IWD2024 #InternationalWomensDay2024 #NelliesShelter
🌟 Our food program has a new home! 🌟 Check out our new space in Kimbourne Park United Church. This new location has the potential to expand our program, and we're hoping to soon offer weekly milk, eggs, meat, and bread for our clients. 🍞🥚🥩 #NelliesShelter #TorontoShelter #FoodSecurity #EndHunger #TorontoFoodBank
Wait, who's in charge here? Our executive director Jyoti, or the real mastermind behind the scenes, her dog Diesel? 🐾 #NelliesShelter #TorontoShelter #WomensShelter #dogsofinstagram #doglover
Wishing our Muslim friends and community members a blessed Ramadan! 🌙 May this month bring you peace, reflection, and countless blessings. Ramadan Mubarak to all! ✨ #RamadanMubarak #Ramadan #NelliesShelter #WomensShelter #TorontoShelter
🎵 Rocking out for a cause with @missgrundymusic & Astrid Foster Band! Check out this night of music, fun, and giving back to Nellie's! 🎶✨ #NelliesShelter #TorontoShelter #TorontoMusic #TorontoEvents #YYZevents
Proud to have our board co-chair Lindsey Walton marching alongside our executive director Jyoti Singh (and her faithful companion Diesel) at the #IWD March in Toronto! ♀️ Together, we're amplifying voices and driving change! #IWD2024 #InternationalWomensDay #NelliesShelter #WomensShelter
50 years of shelter and support! 👭 To mark #Nellies50, we’re sharing 50 facts — learn about our shelter, our community programs, and so much more. Link in bio! 🔗 #NelliesShelter #TorontoShelter #WomenShelter
✨Celebrate #IWD2024 with Nellie's! ✨ On Thurs, March 14, join us for a special evening celebrating inspirational women, with speakers @domagrant & @iamsamrazafar! 🎟️ FREE TICKETS! 🎟️ RSVP to [email protected] #NelliesShelter #TorontoShelter #WomensShelter #IWD #InternationalWomensDay
Flashback to 2013: Check out this pic from our very first WEAV group! From its inception, our WEAV (Women Escaping Abuse and Violence) program has been a beacon of support and empowerment for women. We're proud to still run this program today! #Nellies50 #NelliesShelter #TorontoShelter #EndVAW
☀️ Chasing summer vibes in the midst of winter blues. ☀️ Throwing it back to some fun Nellie's summer camp memories from 2011... Who's counting down the days until SUMMER? 😎 #Nellies50 #NelliesShelter #TorontoShelter #WomensShelter
Empowerment + healing through art! 🎨✨ Check out these pieces made by participants in our Women on the Move program, for women with disabilities. #NelliesShelter #TorontoShelter #WomensShelter #healingthroughart
📢 WE’RE HIRING a full-time Shelter Service Direct Supervisor to join our team! Please SHARE to help us spread the word! APPLY NOW — click the link in bio! 🔗 #NelliesShelter #WomensShelter #TorontoJobs #jobsTO #yyzjobs
✨Celebrate #IWD2024 with Nellie's! ✨ On Thurs, March 14, join us for a special evening celebrating inspirational women. 🎟️ FREE TICKETS! 🎟️ RSVP to [email protected] #NelliesShelter #TorontoShelter #WomensShelter #IWD #InternationalWomensDay
“Having the perspective of being a mother, knowing that Nellie’s supports a lot of moms in very tough times, it just all aligned to where I felt my time could be best spent." Meet Katherine Knowlton, Nellie’s new board co-chair — link in bio! #NelliesShelter #TorontoShelter #WomensShelter
Our Senior Socialization program offers both educational and social opportunities for seniors living in our community — learn more about this incredible program on our blog. 👭 Link in bio! #NelliesShelter #TorontoShelter #WomensShelter #TorontoSeniors
THANK YOU to @helpinghands_to at @ucc_community for their donation of $600 through their annual Nellie's Winter Drive! And thanks to Jai Sandhu, grade 11 student, for managing, collecting, and delivering the final donation! 💜 #NelliesShelter #UCCCommunity #TorontoShelter #WomensShelter #ThankYouDonors
THANK YOU to @torybrownteam for her $2000 donation on behalf of the @rlpshelterfdn! In November, Tory took part in the Royal LePage Ecuador Challenge for Shelter, where she and other Royal LePage brokers went without the comforts of home for 5 days, hiking through very high altitudes in the wilderness, all while raising funds for women's shelters. 🏕️⛰️ #NelliesShelter #ToryBrownTeam #ThankYouDonors #WomensShelter #TorontoShelter
Grateful to share our journey in ending gender-based violence globally! 💪 Nellie’s joined @_oaith_'s meeting with reps from the Office of the President of the Slovak Republic — read more about this incredible opportunity at our link in bio. 🇸🇰🇨🇦 #NelliesShelter #EndGBV #WomensShelter #Slovakia
Throwback to our 2011 Annual General Meeting, where unity, passion, and music filled the room! 📸✨ #Nellies50 #NelliesShelter #TorontoShelter #WomensShelter
🕰️ Taking a trip down memory lane with some of our vintage logos...and did you know we're designing a new one this year? Stay tuned! #Nellies50 #NelliesShelter #TorontoShelter #WomensShelter
🌟 Gratitude Overflow! THANK YOU to our incredible community of donors who made the 2023 holiday season a happy one for the women and children at Nellie's. Read more at our link in bio. 🎁 #NelliesShelter #TorontoShelter #WomensShelter #TorontoCharity #ThankYouDonors
"Nellie’s felt like home to us and we were happy there." As young kids, Terry and his brothers came to Nellie's with their mother — now grown up and with kids of his own, he shares how this experience changed his life: https://www.nellies.org/2017/01/17/donation-change-lives/ #Nellies50 #NelliesShelter #TorontoShelter #WomensShelter
Almost 1 week away for the Love Yourself Event at @omachiropractic. To purchase tickets, go to https://omachiropractic.com/sign-up-sign-up-workshops-classes/p/love-yourself-tickets Join us for an evening of fun and connect to your self-care practices! This is a charity event in support of Nellie’s Shelter! Date - Saturday, Feb 10th from 7:30-10:30pm #omachiropractic #self-love #charityevent #nelliesshelter #naturalsoaps #vendor #loveyourself #worksops #classes #selfcare #prices #getyourtickets #veganbodyproducts #soaps
What does an empowerment self-defense class look like? Here's our instructor Peace and her participants at the Auntie Amal Community Centre practicing the "ready stance" for when you're countering an unwanted advance. 🙅♀️ We also focus on setting boundaries, and removing yourself from uncomfortable situations. #NelliesShelter #empowermentselfdefense #violenceprevention #selfdefense
Before we could move into our new shelter in 2021, the building required a lot of renovations — including historic brick and window restoration, roof repair, plumbing upgrades, and fireproofing. Here's a peek of our home during the construction! 👷🏡 #Nellies50 #NelliesShelter #TorontoShelter #WomensShelter #TorontoArchitecture
Thanks to the generous support of La Fondation Emmanuelle Gattuso, we launched our Children's Program in 2017. Having a children's area and programming where the kids at Nellie's can just be KIDS is so important. 🤸 #Nellies50 #NelliesShelter #WomensShelter #TorontoShelter
What does Social Justice mean to us at Nellie's? We dug up this old poster full of ideas — what would you add to our list? 💪 #Nellies50 #NelliesShelter #TorontoShelter #SocialJustice #WomensShelter
Spreading warmth, one pair of PJs at a time! 🌟 A huge thanks to @kathychronopoulos for leading the @christmas_pyjama_project, gifting 182 cozy PJs to shelter residents and community clients! 🎁🌙 #NelliesShelter #TorontoShelter #WomensShelter #CommunitySupport
A big THANK YOU to @shoeboxproject + @shoeboxproject_gtacentral for this beautiful donation of gift boxes for the women living in our shelter over the holidays!🎁 We're so appreciative of your continued support. 💜 #NelliesShelter #WomensShelter #TorontoShelter #ShoeboxProject
📢 WE’RE HIRING a full-time Empowerment Program Coordinator to join our team! Please SHARE to help us spread the word! APPLY NOW — click the link in bio! 🔗 #NelliesShelter #WomensShelter #TorontoJobs #jobsTO #yyzjobs
A huge THANK YOU to our friends @miracletoronto, who raised an amazing $40,000 for Nellie's through their annual holiday pop-up bar. Congratulations on another fantastic year, and thank you so much for your continued support! 🫶🎄 #MiracleToronto #miraclepopup #ChristmasInToronto #NelliesShelter #TorontoShelter
Cheers to a joyful #NYE at Nellie's Shelter! 🎉 🎆 Our incredible staff decorated the shelter and transformed the living room into a dance floor for our residents. Here's to peace, love, and light as we start a new year! ✨ #NelliesShelter #newyearseve #NewYearsEveTO #TorontoShelter
Grateful for the powerful dialogue at @ucc_community's Principals Assembly! Thank you for inviting our Violence Prevention Education Manager, Ariana Gomes, to talk about GBV in Toronto and what male allyship can look like. 👏👥 #NelliesShelter #WomensShelter #TorontoShelter #EndGBV #EndVAW
Fundraising efforts through the @ShoppersDrugMart #GivingShelter campaign have raised over $2 million! Every dollar raised will support more women and their families in our community. Thanks to Shoppers Drug Mart Queen & Carlaw and Shoppers Drug Mart Leaside for supporting the women and their children who receive shelter and support at Nellie’s. #NelliesShelter #WomensShelter #TorontoShelter #EndVAW
Nellie's has joined 100+ orgs in an open letter to the ON govt to declare Intimate Partner Violence an epidemic. Thank you to MPPs @michaelparsa & @charmomof5 for meeting with our exec director Jyoti Singh in helping to #endGBV. #NelliesShelter #WomensShelter #TorontoShelter #CallItFemicide
Happy New Year from all of us at Nellie's! 🎉 Thank you to everyone who has supported us in the last year, from our donors, to our volunteers, to our hardworking staff. Every day, you help change the lives of so many women and their children, and we are forever thankful. 🫶 #NelliesShelter #WomensShelter #TorontoShelter #EndVAW #EndHomelessness
A heartfelt thank you to @somethinggood.project and @jessicakellydesign for turning our living room into a haven of warmth and joy! 🛋️✨ This team redesigned our space for our residents to relax and connect, making a meaningful impact on their well-being. Thank you for supporting the women and children at Nellie's! 💜 #NelliesShelter #WomensShelter #TorontoShelter #SomethingGood #GiveBack
Help us lead the change! Donate to Nellie’s today and support our year-end campaign — click our link in bio. 💜 Together, we can help women move forward. Together, we can fight to end gender-based violence before it starts. All donations made through December 31 will receive a 2023 tax receipt. #NelliesShelter #WomensShelter #TorontoShelter #EndVAW #GiveBack
Big THANKS to @CineplexMovies for making the holidays special for the teens at our shelter and community programs! 🎁🎬 Teens are often overlooked during the holidays, so we're extra thankful for this donation of gift boxes filled with toiletries, chocolates, socks, mitts, and movie passes. 🫶 #NelliesShelter #WomensShelter #TorontoShelter #HolidayGiving #GiveBack
THANK YOU to Santa's elves from @fidelitycanada, who made an incredible holiday donation for our community clients at Nellie's! 🎅🎁 Grateful for their unwavering support over the years, Fidelity has once again spread holiday cheer with thoughtful items and generous grocery gift cards. 🛒✨ #NelliesShelter #FidelityCanada #HolidayGiving #GiveBack
THANK YOU to @dempsey.beauty for spreading holiday joy by donating 160 gift bags filled with their fabulous bath and beauty products for our food program participants and shelter residents. 🎁 And an extra helping of gratitude to the Dempsey staff who volunteered to distribute the bags, too! 💖 #NelliesShelter #TorontoShelter #WomensShelter #HolidayGiving #GiveBack
🎁 THANK YOU to our friends at Realstar, who donated new toys, chocolates, wrapping paper, and many gift cards for our community clients! 🎁 We're so thankful that supporting Nellie's has become your holiday tradition! 🫶 #NelliesShelter #TorontoShelter #WomensShelter #HolidayGiving #GiveBack
Santa's sleigh made a special stop at Nellie's, thanks to the incredible generosity of @santacomestobaystreet! 🎅✨ Thank you to this fantastic organization for bringing holiday magic to children in shelters across the city, including ours! 🎁 #NelliesShelter #SCTBS #TorontoShelter #WomensShelter #HolidayGiving
✨ 🎄Spreading holiday CHEER! 🎄✨ Grateful for a festive celebration for our residents, with dedicated staff and board members helping serve food, games, and joy! #NelliesShelter #TorontoShelter #TisTheSeason #HolidayGiving
Shatter the SILENCE, stop the VIOLENCE! 📢 We love this throwback pic of some of our Nellie's crew at #TakeBackTheNight. 👏 #Nellies50 #NelliesShelter #TorontoShelter #WomensShelter #EndVAW
🎁✨3 WAYS YOU CAN SUPPORT FAMILIES AT NELLIE'S FOR THE HOLIDAYS🎁✨ SWIPE ➡️ to find out how YOU can make a difference. SHARE this post to spread the word, and let's bring more joy to Nellie's families this year! 🫶 #NelliesShelter #TorontoShelter #WomensShelter #GiveBack #HolidayGiving
✨ What would your holiday message to the women and children at Nellie's be? ✨ We love these inspirational messages hung on the tree at our 2011 holiday party. Share YOUR message in the comments below. 🫶 #Nellies50 #NelliesShelter #TorontoShelter #WomensShelter #TisTheSeason
📸 Exploring history, making memories! 🏛️ Big thanks to @uwgreaterto for donating passes for us to take our Seniors Socialization program to spend the day at @ROMToronto! #NelliesShelter #ROMToronto #museumlovers
Last year, 81 women stayed at Nellie's Shelter, along with 61 children. Every person who comes to Nellie’s counts on us to be there for them, and we thank our supporters who have helped us do just that. 💜 For more on the work we did last year, check out our annual report: https://www.nellies.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Annual-Report-2022-2023.pdf #Nellies50 #NelliesShelter #TorontoShelter #WomensShelter
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas ❤️ Our 14th Annual Give A Child Christmas campaign is underway ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Blessed to once again support our friends and family at Nellie’s Shelter @nellies_shelter and @cp24chumchristmaswish this holiday season 🙏 One Fire Movement is honoured to support some families at Nellie’s and collect toys for the CP24 CHUM Christmas Wish. Anyone interested in joining our Love Patrol this year then please DM us ❤️ Let’s help Give A Child A Christmas ❤️❤️❤️ #holidays #holidayseason #happyholidays #holidaymagic #christmas #christmasmagic #giveachildachristmas #nelliesshelter #cp24chumchristmaswish #love #peace #toydrive #holidaydrive #peace #giveback #toysforkids
🌱 THANK YOU to @rotarytoronto's Community Outreach committee for partnering to create a micro-green garden at our shelter! SWIPE ➡️ to see our first harvest, and the delicious salad we made for our residents. 🌿 #NelliesShelter #TorontoShelter #foodsustainability #microgreens #communitypartnership
Proud to have our exec director Jyoti Singh speak at the @WrappdInCourage event at Queen's Park this week. It takes a community to #EndGBV, and we're honoured to be working with some of the very best organizations to fight against gender-based violence. @oaith #WrappedInCourage #PurpleIsForEveryone #NelliesShelter
BIG THANKS to this incredible crew of volunteers and staff members for putting together over 100 bags filled with fresh vegetables and healthy meals for our food bank! 🫶 Every week, 120 families in our community rely on our food bank — but we need your help. Donate now to support this essential program – link in bio! #NelliesShelter #TorontoShelter #Hunger #FoodSecurity #EndHunger #EndHomelessness #TorontoFoodBank