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GSS Grand Opening

By on September 14, 2012 in Press

Cass Henry (Co-Founder of 1 in Four ) represented Good Shepherd Housing in speaking at the Grand Opening of The Good Shepherd Square, where she took the opportunity to announce the launch of 1 in Four to the gathered guests.

Cass can be seen below at the ribbon cutting, featured alongside other speakers David Sweet (MP), Kathleen Wynne (Minister of Municiple Affairs and Housing), Brother Tom Liss (BSG Chair of the Board Good Shepherd Non-Profit Homes), Robert Bratina (Mayor of City of Hamilton), Nancy Digregorio (Vice Chair of the Board, Good Shepherd Centres), Brother Richard MacPhee (BSG Executive Director) and the Most Revered Douglas Crosby O.M.I. Bishop of Hamilton.

This event was also featured on the Ministry of Ontario Newsroom .

As well as picked up by the local paper, The Hamilton Spectator .

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34y/o single mother of one. A survivor of Domestic Violence; an advocate for change to the current Canadian legal system -- stronger sentencing for perpetrators of DV crimes. I believe in advocacy as a means to change. I believe in using your voice to make a difference. I believe in standing up for what is right and standing up for those who can't. I believe in educating young girls and boys of the future generations that there is always a choice and that violence is not the right choice. "Be the change you wish to see in the world" -- Gandhi.
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