Homestay
Home For The Games is a new non-profit initiative to foster generosity and radical hospitality during the 2010 Olympics. It creates a unique legacy —a memorable Olympic experience for visitors and hosts, while raising money to help fight homelessness. More Than Gold is partnering with Home For The Games to recruit hosts who successfully opened their homes to lots of visitors.
Do you have a room or suite to share during the Games?
The Home for the Games website matches visitors to Vancouver hosts for home-stays or suite rentals. You keep 50% of your rental revenue (or donate it to More Than Gold). The other half benefits charities that fight homelessness in Vancouver. The homeowner receives a tax receipt for this amount. The two primary charities are: Covenant House and Street to Home. The goal is to raise 1.2 million dollars in contributions to local charities that assist Vancouver’s homeless population.
It's a great way to extend hospitality with new friends from around the world. It's also a creative way to help our city's most vulnerable people.
Visit www.homeforthegames.com for more information.
Program Lets Visitors Give Back
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 - 4:01pm Katie
from METRO - Vancouver, By Chris Kelly on 16 November 2009 Desperate for accommodation for her party of six during the Vancouver Olympic Games, Calgarian Andrea Clements turned to the Internet at the suggestion of a friend. She found Homes for the Games, which matches up Olympic visitors with Vancouver hosts, and found her social conscience soothed as well. “Knowing that 50 per cent of what I pay goes to homeless charities was what sold me,” said Clements. “Hotel rooms were grossly... Read more
How to be a More Than Gold Homestay Host
Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 1:28pm Katie
More Than Gold and Home For The Games want to help locals learn the value and life-changing nature of showing radical hospitality. Part of our vocation as people of faith is to practice hospitality and to offer an open-handed welcome to others. Rather than five-star entertainment that revolves around social status, radical hospitality is an extension of generosity and kindness – and includes the stranger. The first way that locals can offer radical hospitality is by opening their... Read more
2010 Olympic homestay program to help Vancouver's homeless
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 - 5:10pm Kimberley
By Jeff Lee, Vancouver Sun August 11, 2009 In what is being called an Olympic first, Covenant House and Streetohome Foundation will share revenues with homeowners with a conscience who want to rent out beds, rooms or even houses to Games-time visitors. Photograph by: Ward Perrin/Vancouver Sun, Ward Perrin/Vancouver Sun VANCOUVER — Two Vancouver charities that help the homeless will be the beneficiaries of a unique program to match visitors to the Vancouver 2010 Olympics with homestay... Read more
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