Several years ago, a colleague and I decided to spend the donation given to us by BWI on buying gloves, mitts, and hats for the homeless, and then spend the day of the Christmas Party driving around the streets of Toronto trying to give these items to those in need. Many many people were very appreciative of our donation (it was an extremely cold day), but we did end up with gloves and mitts left over – not everyone we found wanted them, and I was personally a little bit discouraged by not having been more efficient in our charity.

This year, I was introduced to an event and organization called Angels In The Night. This group, 100% volunteered, has organized a hat/mitt/glove/blanket drive similar to ours several years ago, however on a much larger scale. Two Saturdays before Christmas roughly 30 volunteers gather at a downtown office and sort through thousands of items which have either been donated or bought by money raised by Angels In The Night, and organize these for ‘the drop’. Then Tuesday night, 100 volunteers are organized into 6 teams and drive throughout Toronto in donated school buses and deliver the items to pre-arranged shelters for the homeless – small shelters, big shelters, shelters for battered women, Salvation Army shelters, etc…Originally started by a mortgage broker in Vancouver, the event has spread across Canada, and raises well over $100k in clothing and supplies for Canada’s homeless.
— Stewart Borden