Siloam Mission and MacDonald Youth Services

MacDonald Youth Services: Five social agencies will be receiving $173,000 in Downtown Biz funding to provide the homeless with 24,070 hours of employment. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. The agencies that will benefit from the funding include Graffiti Art Programming, Siloam Mission, Red Road Lodge, Artbeat Studio and MacDonald Youth Services. The balance of the $200,000 raised by the Sleepout will be distributed in the coming months after a second call for agency proposals is solicited, the BIZ noted. More than the 100 community and business leaders took part in the Downtown Winnipeg BIZ's third annual CEO Sleepout at Portage and Mainearlier this winter to raise money for employment programs for the homeless. Photo Store The money was raised during the BIZs 2013 Sleepout, where dozens of the citys business and political leaders annually spend the night on the street. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.