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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText>Hi friends,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Just four more days to the launch of <a href="http://www.housingopensdoors.ca/">Housing Opens Doors</a> in Ottawa!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>The <a href="http://www.housingopensdoors.ca/index.php?lang=en#campaign">actual doors</a> will be set up from 9am to 5:30pm on George Street near The Bay.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>We need some big strong volunteers to help with set-up (6:30am) and tear-down (5:30pm). So if you’re an early riser with a strong back, please contact <a href="mailto:info@housingopensdoors.ca">info@housingopensdoors.ca</a> to volunteer!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Can’t volunteer for those times? That’s Ok – but put it into your calendar to come visit and ring to ring those bells! We have a great set of speakers lined up for <b>noon</b>. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><a href="http://www.housingopensdoors.ca/index.php?lang=en#media">Spread the word</a>, tell your <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ONPHA">friends</a> – you know that housing really does open doors; make sure they know it too.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>(oh, and don’t forget to ring the bell: <a href="http://www.housingopensdoors.ca">www.housingopensdoors.ca</a>)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Ray <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>-----Original Message-----<br>From: Ray Sullivan <br>Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2013 3:42 AM<br>To: homeles_ot-l@list.web.net<br>Subject: RE: Housing Opens Doors campaign</p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Friends and colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>The Housing Opens Doors ( <a href="http://www.housingopensdoors.ca"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>www.housingopensdoors.ca</span></a> ) campaign is off and running. I’m getting very excited about our Ottawa launch on May 25 (in the Byward Market).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Did you ring the doorbell yet?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Check out this moving video clip about the impact of good housing: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NfY2dqpxM4"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NfY2dqpxM4</span></a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Follow this link: <a href="http://housingopensdoors.ca"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>http://housingopensdoors.ca</span></a> to join the campaign on Facebook and other newfangled interweb technologies.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Or, if you can’t do that just e-mail that link and invite everyone you know to ring the bell!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Raymond Sullivan<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Executive Director<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Centretown Citizens Ottawa Corporation<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>613-234-4065 extension 233<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><a href="http://www.ccochousing.org%3chttp:/ccochousing.org/"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>www.ccochousing.org<http://ccochousing.org/</span></a>><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>[<a href="cid:image001.jpg@01CE4B3C.120520D0"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>cid:image001.jpg@01CE4B3C.120520D0</span></a>]<<a href="http://www.housingopensdoors.ca/index.php?lang=en&ref=emailSig"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>http://www.housingopensdoors.ca/index.php?lang=en&ref=emailSig</span></a>><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>From: Ray Sullivan<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2013 3:53 PM<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>To: <a href="mailto:homeles_ot-l@list.web.net"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>homeles_ot-l@list.web.net</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Subject: Housing Opens Doors campaign<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Colleagues and friends,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Something pretty exciting is launching in Ontario this month: the Housing Opens Doors<<a href="http://www.housingopensdoors.ca/index.php?lang=en"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>http://www.housingopensdoors.ca/index.php?lang=en</span></a>> campaign.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>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></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>You all know this, and many of you know this through first-hand experience. That’s why we need you to be part of this campaign.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>My friend John at ONPHA<<a href="http://www.onpha.on.ca/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>http://www.onpha.on.ca/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home</span></a>> does a great job explaining it in this fantastic video clip: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DTxUWvGPMk"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DTxUWvGPMk</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>So here’s what you need to do:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Step one: go to the campaign website (<a href="http://www.housingopensdoors.ca%3chttp:/www.housingopensdoors.ca"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>www.housingopensdoors.ca<http://www.housingopensdoors.ca</span></a>>) and ring the bell (then go to another computer and ring it again!)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Step two: 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></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Step three: help us spread the word<<a href="http://www.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0xNjE2NzUyJnA9MSZ1PTEwOTM1NzY0MCZsaT03MjkxOTUx/index.html"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>http://www.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT0xNjE2NzUyJnA9MSZ1PTEwOTM1NzY0MCZsaT03MjkxOTUx/index.html</span></a>> 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/%3chttp:/www.onpha.on.ca/content/HousingOpensDoors/digitalToolkit/"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>www.onpha.on.ca/content/HousingOpensDoors/digitalToolkit/<http://www.onpha.on.ca/content/HousingOpensDoors/digitalToolkit/</span></a>><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Help us get this campaign launched!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>I’ll have more news for you as the campaign develops. Until then – don’t forget to ring the bell<<a href="http://www.housingopensdoors.ca/index.php?lang=en"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>http://www.housingopensdoors.ca/index.php?lang=en</span></a>>!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Raymond Sullivan<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Executive Director<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Centretown Citizens Ottawa Corporation<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>613-234-4065 extension 233<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><a href="http://www.ccochousing.org%3chttp:/ccochousing.org/"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>www.ccochousing.org<http://ccochousing.org/</span></a>><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>[<a href="cid:image001.jpg@01CE4B3C.120520D0"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>cid:image001.jpg@01CE4B3C.120520D0</span></a>]<<a href="http://www.housingopensdoors.ca/index.php?lang=en&ref=emailSig"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>http://www.housingopensdoors.ca/index.php?lang=en&ref=emailSig</span></a>><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>