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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Colleagues and friends,</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Something pretty exciting is launching in Ontario this month: the <b><a href="http://www.housingopensdoors.ca/index.php?lang=en">Housing Opens Doors</a></b> campaign.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I’ll bet all of you have witnessed the positive change that affordable housing can make in people’s lives. Good housing leads to good health, stable housing leads to success in school and jobs. Safe and secure housing leads to a higher quality of life at all ages. Better housing leads to a better Ontario. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>You all know this, and many of you know this through first-hand experience. <b>That’s why we need you to be part of this campaign.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>My friend John at <a href="http://www.onpha.on.ca/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home">ONPHA</a> does a great job explaining it in this fantastic video clip: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DTxUWvGPMk">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DTxUWvGPMk</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>So here’s what you need to do:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Step one</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: go to the campaign website (<a href="http://www.housingopensdoors.ca">www.housingopensdoors.ca</a><span style='color:#1F497D'>) </span>and ring the bell (then go to another computer and ring it again!)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Step two</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: come to the Byward Market on Saturday May 25 and ring the bells on our real live doors! Bring tenants & members, bring clients, bring your stories and bring a loud voice. We want to show the whole city and the whole province that housing really does open doors. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Step three</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: </span><a href="http://www.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0xNjE2NzUyJnA9MSZ1PTEwOTM1NzY0MCZsaT03MjkxOTUx/index.html" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>help us spread the word</span></a> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>by downloading posters, adding the campaign banner to your e-mail and website, and sharing the campaign through your social media networks: <a href="http://www.onpha.on.ca/content/HousingOpensDoors/digitalToolkit/">www.onpha.on.ca/content/HousingOpensDoors/digitalToolkit/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Help us get this campaign launched!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I’ll have more news for you as the campaign develops. Until then – don’t forget to <b><a href="http://www.housingopensdoors.ca/index.php?lang=en">ring the bell</a></b>!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#003300'>Raymond Sullivan</span></b><b><span style='color:#003300'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#003300'>Executive Director</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#003300'>Centretown Citizens Ottawa Corporation</span><span style='color:#003300'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#003300'>613-234-4065 extension 233</span><span style='color:#003300'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:green'><a href="http://ccochousing.org/"><span style='color:green;text-decoration:none'>www.ccochousing.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:green'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.housingopensdoors.ca/index.php?lang=en&ref=emailSig" target="_blank"><span style='color:white;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=500 height=145 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CE4B37.FB0C39D0" alt="http://www.onpha.on.ca/content/HousingOpensDoors/digitalToolkit/english/English_Email_Signature.jpg"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><o:p> </o:p></p><p><o:p> </o:p></p><p><br> <o:p></o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'></td></tr></table></div><p><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>