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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Hi all - our colleague Anne Bonnefont at </span><span lang=FR-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>R</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>éseau SOLIDARITÉ itinérance du Québec (RSIQ) is very happy to have others adapt and use the holiday card idea she created for Quebec. Linda O’Neil and I have adapted it for the Alliance to End Homelessness Ottawa and Ontario ... Lynne<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>_________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>From the 7<sup>th</sup> to the 21<sup>st</sup> of December 2012, we invite you to send a greeting card by email to the Ministers Finley and Flaherty in order to see the renewal of the Homelessness Partnering Strategy integrated in the 2013 federal budget. <span class=ecxtextexposedhide>The Homelessness Partnering Strategy is helping people who are homeless or at risk of being homeless in 61 communities, including 22 in Ontario.</span> Do not hesitate to forward this holiday email to all your contacts, that’ll help increase the impact of the campaign!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>How does it work ?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The process is really simple and it only takes 5 minutes to participate. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Save the card in your own files<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Send it to one email at a time as an attachment to the following: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0000D4'><a href="mailto:diane.finley@parl.gc.ca"><span style='color:#0000D4'>diane.finley@parl.gc.ca</span></a> <br><a href="mailto:flaherty.j@parl.gc.ca"><span style='color:#0000D4'>flaherty.j@parl.gc.ca</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Consider emailing Ottawa MPs too:<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0000D4'><a href="mailto:paul.dewar@parl.gc.ca"><span style='color:#0000D4'>paul.dewar@parl.gc.ca</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0000D4'><a href="mailto:david.mcguinty@parl.gc.ca"><span style='color:#0000D4'>david.mcguinty@parl.gc.ca</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0000D4'><a href="mailto:john.baird@parl.gc.ca"><span style='color:#0000D4'>john.baird@parl.gc.ca</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0000D4'><a href="mailto:royal.galipeau@parl.gc.ca"><span style='color:#0000D4'>royal.galipeau@parl.gc.ca</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0000D4'><a href="mailto:mauril.belanger@parl.gc.ca"><span style='color:#0000D4'>mauril.belanger@parl.gc.ca</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0000D4'><a href="mailto:pierre.poilievre@parl.gc.ca"><span style='color:#0000D4'>pierre.poilievre@parl.gc.ca</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoListParagraph><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>In your message you say: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0000D4'>Holiday Greetings: The Homelessness Partnering Strategy is helping individuals and families who are homeless or at risk of being homeless in 61 communities in across Canada, including 22 in Ontario. Our wish for the coming year is to see the renewal of HPS in the next federal budget.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>4)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span class=ecxtextexposedhide><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>S</span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ign your email as an individual or an organization or group. <br><i>Remember to put the following address as a BCC: <a href="mailto:info@endhomelessnessottawa.ca">info@endhomelessnessottawa.ca</a>. That helps us count the number of cards that are sent!</i><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thank you for your help to get this timely holiday greeting out!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>_________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>LYNNE BROWNE<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Executive Director<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Alliance to End Homelessness Ottawa<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#00B050;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Please update your files to show:<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>171 George Street, </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Ottawa ON K1N 5W5<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>613-241-1573, ext. 314<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><a href="mailto:lynnebrowne@endhomelessnessottawa.ca"><span style='color:blue'>lynnebrowne@endhomelessnessottawa.ca</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#17365D;letter-spacing:.6pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><a href="https://mail.ysb.on.ca/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.endhomelessnessottawa.ca" target="_blank"><span style='color:#17365D'>www.endhomelessnessottawa.ca</span></a></span></b><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#17365D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><a href="https://mail.ysb.on.ca/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.facebook.com/home.php?%23!/pages/Alliance-to-End-Homelessness-Ottawa/136029386442398?v=wall%26ref=ts" target="_blank" title="http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/Alliance-to-End-Homelessness-Ottawa/136029386442398?v=wall&ref=ts"><span style='color:#17365D;letter-spacing:.6pt'>Facebook</span></a><span style='color:#17365D;letter-spacing:.6pt'> & </span><a href="https://mail.ysb.on.ca/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=https://twitter.com/endhomelessOTT" target="_blank" title="https://twitter.com/endhomelessOTT"><span style='color:#17365D;letter-spacing:.6pt'>Twitter@endhomelessOTT</span></a><span style='color:#17365D;letter-spacing:.6pt'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>