DYNAMIC LADIES

The May Court Club of Barrie has stepped up to the plate for Youth Haven with a $15,000 donation (plus $5,000 for appliances) for our organization’s capital campaign. The fundraising Learn More

CUT ABOVE THE REST

Thank you to the Jay McNabb Torro Group and Lavish Barber Studio (Barrie) for choosing to #bethedifference for our youth. The team arrived at Youth Haven’s emergency shelter and provided Learn More

LIGHTING THE WAY

Kim Andrews, owner of THE GOOD WAX candle co, dropped by Youth Haven’s emergency shelter with an $1,800 donation. Three percent of the sales made at her business were donated Learn More

BarrieToday Partnership

BarrieToday is proud to support Youth Haven as a media partner. As a go-to source of news in our community, BarrieToday is very familiar with the challenges that vulnerable youth Learn More

Trio of Barrie teens nervous, excited for hike to Mount Everest

Elias and Claire Coleshill, along with their mother, Deb Bobechko, will join Sophie and Bernard Firanski later this month to hike 165 kilometres over the course of about 12 days Learn More

COMMUNITY RAISES RECORD AMOUNT FOR YOUTH HAVEN’S COLDEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR WALK

Nearly 300 participants and 59 teams helped raise more than $101,000 for Youth Haven’s Coldest Night of the Year (CNOY) walk in Barrie, which took place on Saturday, February 25, Learn More

JUST IN THE KNIT OF TIME!

Brittany Friesen is the owner of Knits By Brit. She creates beautiful knitted mittens, scarves, toques and more. Twice a year she subtracts a portion of her proceeds and donates Learn More

THANK YOU PORTAGE VIEW PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Students at Portage View Public School in the city’s Letitia Heights neighbourhood have been participating in an annual Gift Gala for the past decade, an event that this year raised Learn More

A YOUTH HAVEN CHRISTMAS MORNING

Thank you to everyone who decided to #bethedifference in the lives of youth over the holidays. Donations, through Boxes of Hope or private, from individuals, businesses, churches, schools and community Learn More

A Team Effort: Overcoming Trauma and Unlocking Opportunity

Leslie Varsava

Leslie Varsava is a Youth Haven Board member, volunteer, monthly donor, and fundraiser. This is my story of how I came to be involved with Youth Haven. While I haven’t Learn More