MEDIA ADVISORY - UPS DELIVERS WARMTH TO LONDON

Warmth kits support vulnerable residents in community shelter

LONDON, ON, Dec. 10 /CNW/ - STREET CONNECTION is a drop in centre serving at-risk vulnerable street youth - one of the fastest rising sub-populations of homeless people in Canada. This holiday season, STREET CONNECTION will get a helping hand from UPS Canada as it Delivers Warmth to its residents in need. UPS will deliver 50 'warmth kits' full of winter garments, warm clothing and basic necessities as well as supplemental materials to help STREET CONNECTION provide shelter from the cold during the holiday season.

What:	Photo opportunity
When:	December 15, 2010, at 1:00 p.m.
Where:	STREET CONNECTION
	258 Horton Street
	London, Ontario
	N6A 5K2
Who:	Dick Rastin, Executive Director, STREET CONNECTION

STREET CONNECTION is one of the few organizations that specifically targets and provides service and support to homeless youth in London. Street Connection is a first point of referral service, which supports and enhances the work being done by existing social service agencies and their service providers.