Roommates and Molly Elliott

Elliott: However, one of her roommates will be leaving two months before that, according to CBC. Elliott thought about listing the room on Airbnb or subletting it, but the idea of offering it up to a Syrian refugee or their family for a couple of months popped into her head. "I just kind of didn't want to be one of those people who limits themselves to sharing posts and contributing only to discussion, which is of course important, but that can't be all that happens," she said. Molly Elliott lives in a three-bedroom apartment with two roommates in north end Halifax on a lease that will be up at the end of April next year. Elliott will be starting a master degree in engineering in January and she and her student roommates don't have the money to eat two months of rent and utility, so she wrote a post on Facebook asking if her friends would be willing to chip in. "If we all pooled our resources, I think we could make a big difference to some individual or family," she said. She says even her mother, "a notorious worrywart," approved of the plan. $1K goal Elliott has reached out to 211, the province community and social services line, and explained her plan. The idea received many likes and comments, so Elliott decided bring the idea to fruition. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.