Welcome toThe Rose Quest
Personal Care Initiative
MISSION STATEMENT
Our quest is to improve the health, wellbeing, and dignity of residents in crisis, in need, at risk, or who are experiencing homelessness by providing hygiene products through social service agencies, charities, schools, and directly to the street.
“The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose.”
George William Curtis
STATS HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY COVID
Items Donated Last Year
Schools
2,447
DTS & PCCC
4,630
Crisis Relief
377
Community Organization Assistance
4,444
Cumulative Items Donated
Schools
15,616
Direct to street
2,479
PCCC
18,403
Crisis Relief
3,406
Community Organization Assistance
43,211
Why There Is A Need
12%
12% of Northumberland County households are considered low-income
7.3%
The unemployment rate in Northumberland is 7.3% (2016 Stats Can data, higher than Ontario average) and expected to be higher when latest census is releasesd
“The number of individuals and families that are homeless in Northumberland is increasing and the waitlist for affordable housing is long. A large proportion of the homeless population in Northumberland are indigenous people and/or single-parent families.”
News and Events
Join The Rose Quest Fundraising Committee!
Are you passionate about helping others and love thinking outside the box? The Rose Quest is looking for creative, compassionate, and maybe even a little nerdy folks to join our fundraising committee! Whether your dream event is a wizard-themed trivia night, a cosplay...
Stay in Touch
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We are growing!
Join The Rose Quest Team! We are looking to expand our volunteer team with fresh faces and bright minds! Please download the form, or print and scan it back in. (Requests to edit the google doc. will be rejected.) Email completed applications to :...
We’re back at the Port Hope Farmers’ Market!
We’re back at the Port Hope Farmers’ Market sharing a booth with local artist, Dryad Artifacts. You’ll find us and many other vendors behind the Town Hall on Saturdays from 8-1 until the end of October. Talk to our Founder and amazing volunteers about The Rose Quest,...