Original article: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/supportive-housing-delays-continue-1.5241574 Featured image: LeeAnn Poisson, left, sitting beside her daughters Abbey, centre, and Emily, right. (Jason Viau/CBC)
We’ve officially got roof trusses going up! We’re so excited to share these progress pictures with you!
A huge thank you goes out to the McCauliffe Park Ladies Slo-Pitch League – Team #1 who chose Murchadha House t-shirts as their team shirts. Looking great ladies! Thanks for your support!
Murchadha House was well represented at the Highland Games in Kingsville today. Thanks to everyone who ran/walked the 5K and those who volunteered at our information/sales tent. Murchadha House won for largest race team! Congratulations to Ben Murphy who came in first place for men in the walk.
We would like to thank Matt over at Sure Seal for donating the damp proofing! You can reach him by phone for your own projects at 519-818-2678.
Cottam United Church sold T-shirt’s and gave out information about the Murchadha House. The youth and scouters of 2nd Cottam Scouting worked hard at our car wash which raised $411.25. Kingsville Fire Department held a boot drive raising $4745. I want to thank everybody who participated in the fundraising events as well as those that …
A 25-year wait list for supported living housing was unthinkable for Sandy and Darrin Murphy. Their son Joshua is only 12 years old so the Kingsville couple decided to start a house-building charity now so people with an intellectual disability like Joshua will have a chance to move out of their parents’ home. “If there’s …
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Original Article and Image Credit: ctvnews.ca Image Caption: Deane Daprato when he was six-years-old and a day student at what was then called Bloorview MacMillan Kids Rehabilitation Hospital. When Deane Daprato was born in Toronto in 1998, his parents Mark and Ijeoma were given a frightening diagnosis: Spastic Quadriplegia, a type of cerebral palsy. “You’d …
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Murchadha House will provide non-profit residential accommodations for people with exceptional needs; empower individuals with disabilities and their families, through supports for integration into the community; provide cooperative services to support residents to maximize their full potential in life.
