It takes a village to raise a child and it sometimes takes help from multiple agencies to ensure a safe home for dozens of them stays on track.
A touching donation was made this week, with Hastings Quinte Paramedic Services (HQPS) giving Habitat for Humanity Prince Edward Hastings a retired ambulance.
This generous contribution will support Habitat PEH’s Home Build Programs, which supports their mandate of providing safe, decent affordable homeownership opportunities to hard working families.
Carl Bowker, Chief of Emergency Services says “This retired ambulance will be repurposed to transport tools and materials, making it easier for Habitat PEH staff and volunteers to carry out construction activities.”
With the new Habitat Village project underway at the site of the former Police Station in Belleville, this repurposed vehicle will surely get plenty of use.
Thanks go out to Hastings Quinte Paramedics for donating the former ambulance. Countless lives were saved in that vehicle, and now countless more will be benefit from its continued use.
Habitat for Humanity has been on the front lines of providing housing support for decades, and it’s always great to see them moving things forward and forging new partnerships like this one.
The battle against homelessness and poverty is both far-reaching and complex. Preventing more people from being lost to the streets will save lives just as surely as the people who used to drive that ambulance.
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(PAUL MARTIN)
