We just completed our 28th year serving the City of Hamilton.
This season we served
33,518 hot, nutritious meals to those in need.
HOOTC SEPTEMBER NEWSLETTER
Welcome to the Hamilton Out of the Cold Newsletter
As the fall season begins, we’re looking ahead to the winter months and preparing to serve our neighbours with dignity, compassion, and care. In this issue, we share an urgent call for a new meal site in downtown Hamilton, celebrate the generosity of our supporters and partners, and honour the lives of those remembered through memorial gifts.
Together, with your help, we continue to change the face of hunger in Hamilton
one meal, one connection, and one act of kindness at a time.
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THANK YOU TO OUR SUPPORTERS
In-Kind Food Donations
Fortinos Waterdown • Fortinos Rifle Range • Costco Stoney Creek • Lococo’s • Fortinos Upper Centennial • Fletcher Fruit Farms • Stoney Creek Metro • Post Family Farms • Dear Grain • Timothy Christian School
Community Partners
Ancaster Film Festival • Homeless Cars • Chris’s Store Fixtures – Chef Supply • Minute Man • Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra
Community Groups Supporting Our Programs
Soroptimists of Hamilton/Burlington • Red Hatters • Purse Project • Highgate Residence Resident Council • Durand Community Foundation • Retired Police Association of Hamilton • Colombo Ramanathan Hindu Ladies Old Girls Association • Shorcan Ltd. • Battlefield New Horizons • University Bible Fellowship of Hamilton • Pal-O-Mine Home Services • MacNab St. Presbyterian • Roman Catholic Diocese of Hamilton • Allen & Millie Gould Family Foundation • Mischa Weisz • Catholic Women’s League • Brant Hills Presbyterian – Burlington • Carpenter’s Union • Hamilton Hurricanes
Special Events Supporting HOOTC
Ella Medakovic Memorial Concert • Retired Police Association of Hamilton Turkey Roll • St. John Henry Newman • St. Mary Margaret Elementary School • Hamilton Hurricanes Home Opener • Hamilton Hurricanes Food Drive • Waterdown Village Theatre Food Drive • Burlington Gardens Food Drive • Hamilton Hawks U18 Food Drive • Starbucks – Royal Connaught Hotel • Mackesy Smye Lawyers • ACEYA Mar Mari Hamilton Youth Food Drive • Waterdown Farmer’s Market • Super Crawl at Christ’s Church Cathedral
IN MEMORY OF…
At Hamilton Out of The Cold, we are overwhelmed by the number of people who make donations in memory of their friends and loved ones. These individuals are no exception.
The loving legacies of these individuals live on with every meal served.
Paul Blake • T. Costello • Donald MacPherson • Gwen Todd • Harry Rodzoniak • Jack Antolich • Harvey Hicks • Ron Cox • Terence Sullivan • Don Whelan • Lucille Dunn • Jack Graham • Grant Scobie • John Howarth • Ann Hartnett • Guy Magakian • Kelly Laird • Helen Ostrosina • Gloria Kerr • Terrie Morrison • Ella Medakovic • Elain Winchester • Margaret Jacusiev & Shirley Ingram • John Smith • David MacIntyre • Justin Sprentz • Mary Louise Beecroft • Sarah Estelle MacIntyre • Ida Shaw • Geoffrey Purdell-Lewis • Anna Schaefer • Dr. Brian Hutchison • Deirdre Simpson’s Father • Mark Weinstein • Judith Mary Holland • Lena Hamstra Weber • Deceased Searby and Rowthorn Family Members • Sonia Ger • Gail Wilkinson • Selina Young’s Father • David Ludwin • David MacIntyre • Vyvyan Reilly • Godelieve Verhaeghe
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In our 28th year, we celebrate the tireless efforts of our incredible volunteers, the privilege of serving our deserving guests in the Hamilton area and our supportive donors who help us to continue to provide this much needed nourishment.
We are proud to celebrate 28 years of service in the Hamilton community. HOOTC was established in December 1997 at James St. Baptist Church by two retired teachers, Gloria Colizza and Sister Carole Anne Guay. From its humble beginning of offering one meal to one single guest on its first night, HOOTC has grown to a program serving 33,518 hot meals in 2024-2025.
Our mission is to provide hot, nutritious meals for those in need in the Hamilton community. Served with dignity and compassion, HOOTC is a volunteer based, low barrier program sustained by donations of both money and food from foundations, local groups, businesses and individuals.