5 Days Dalhousie

5 Days Dalhousie From March 22 -27, 2020 students from across Canada will sleep outside to create awareness and raise funds for the homeless. Join the journey at the Rowe.

Dalhousie Commerce students sleeping out to raise awareness

For the fourth year in a row, the Dalhousie Commerce Society (DCS) will forego the comforts of home and sleep outside the Rowe School of Business for Halifax’s 5 Days for the Homeless campaign. 5 Days for the Homeless is a national initiative that started at the University of Alberta in 2004 and has raised over $1,212,000 across Canada to date. Dalhousie University is the only university east of Montreal taking part, and the Commerce Society has set an ambitious goal - to raise $10,000 through this initiative!

5 Days for the Homeless strives to raise awareness of youth homelessness in Canada, while fundraising for a local charitable organization. The Dalhousie Commerce Society has partnered with Phoenix Youth Programs (Phoenix) in their mission to help youth rise above. Phoenix offers a continuum of supports and services, addressing not only the essential needs of food and shelter, but also prevention, community outreach, education & employment supports, skills development, recreation therapy, and more. For 30 years Phoenix has been providing hope for a brighter future, by helping youth achieve their full potential whereby strengthening the bonds between families and communities that contribute to healthy, local commerce. Dalhousie's 5 Days for the Homeless campaign will begin Sunday, March 12th and will continue through Friday, March 17th. Four dedicated students will be sleeping outside of the Kenneth C. Rowe building for the duration of the campaign, encouraged by the kindness of the Halifax community. Opening and closing ceremonies will begin at 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 12th and 11:00 a.m. on Friday, March 13, 2015 at the Kenneth C. Rowe Management building respectively. Join the Dalhousie Commerce Society in supporting Phoenix and the amazing work they are doing within the Halifax community. Follow the campaign on Facebook at 5 Days for the Homeless - Dalhousie and the Dalhousie Commerce Society as well as Twitter . The Dalhousie Commerce Society is a non-profit organization that represents the interests of over 1000 full time undergraduate, commerce co-op students. They strive to build a sense of community among all Dalhousie commerce undergraduates, and serve as the link between students, faculty, the business community, and business schools across Canada. For more information please feel free to contact:

Katie Flanagan, Campaign Chair
Dalhousie Commerce Society
Katie.Flanagan@dal.ca
226-808-5441

Melanie Sturk, Phoenix Youth Programs
902.405.3078
msturk@phoenixyouth.ca

04/06/2021

Thank you everyone for your commitment and efforts over the past few weeks. As our campaign came to a close today, we have raised $2,760 for Phoenix Youth Programs!

See you next year :)

03/29/2021

Thank you to all of our sleepers and those who donated over the past week! We truly cannot thank you enough!

As of this morning, we have raised over $2,600! Even though our '5 Days' of sleeping ended Friday, our campaign will remain open until Wednesday, March 31st!

Let us see if we can get to $3,000 in the next few days for Phoenix Youth!

Please donate and share our page below:

Check out this article about our 5 Days campaign!
03/23/2021

Check out this article about our 5 Days campaign!

You can usually see Commerce students in bright orange t-shirts sleeping outside the Rowe Building for a week in March, collecting money for Phoenix Youth Programs from passersby. This year, the tradition continues online.

03/22/2021

CAMPAIGN KICK-OFF ALERT! The DCS is proud to kick off our annual 5 Days campaign today!

As of this morning, we have already raised $1,550! Stay tuned for updates throughout the week.

If you’re looking to donate or share our page, check out our easy to use website below:

04/01/2020

And that's a wrap! This year we were able to raise a total of $2,442 despite the COVID-19 situation for Phoenix Youth Programs. Thank you to all who supported us in our efforts.

It is with deep sadness we have to announce that we will not be able to move forward with our five days campaign due to ...
03/15/2020

It is with deep sadness we have to announce that we will not be able to move forward with our five days campaign due to the current state of the COVID-19 situation.

In line with Public Health advice, non-essential university-sanctioned events must be cancelled or postponed at this time. Although we are not able to participate in the sleep we will be leaving the donation page open until the end of the month in hopes of still bringing awareness to this amazing cause.

Please donate online to support Phoenix and the amazing programs they offer.

Another great day for the Dalhousie 5 Days sleepers as we took a tour of Phoenix's amazing locations and prepared lunch ...
03/13/2020

Another great day for the Dalhousie 5 Days sleepers as we took a tour of Phoenix's amazing locations and prepared lunch for Phoenix youth.

Check out dalcomm.ca/5days to learn more about our campaign and upcoming events!

02/29/2020

Today is the last day we are accepting applications to be a sleeper this year! Please send your application to Jennifer.dubois@dal.ca by 5pm.

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