Breakfast with Santa raises $500 for women’s shelter

Breakfast with Santa, an annual event hosted by Knox Presbyterian Church, raised $500 for Huron Women's Shelter this year. Huron Women’s Shelter will use the funds to support the women and children who use services. In this fiscal year, demand for service is extremely high, with the occupancy rate was 121 per cent during one busy month. The agency greatly appreciates the financial support that our generous community provides, said Michele Hansen, the shelter's executive director (at left), who accepted the cheque from

Breakfast with Santa, an annual event hosted by Knox Presbyterian Church, raised $500 for Huron Women’s Shelter this year. Huron Women’s Shelter will use the funds to support the women and children who use services. In this fiscal year, demand for service is extremely high, with the occupancy rate was 121 per cent during one busy month. The agency greatly appreciates the financial support that our generous community provides, said Michele Hansen, the shelter’s executive director (at left), who accepted the cheque from Marg McGillivary, who is an elder at Knox Presbyterian Church.

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Heather has spent most of her career in local journalism and communications. She moved to Huron County more than two decades ago to join the newsroom at the Goderich Signal-Star, reporting local council and community news. Since then, she had been editor at the Walkerton Herald Times, city editor at the award-winning Observer in Sarnia, and freelance writer for the Hamilton Spectator and the London Free Press. She developed a local network with local government and businesses while working for Heritage and Cultural Partnership. She also worked with municipal and provincial governments in her role as communications manager for a wind energy development company. She has been active in the local community, most recently volunteering time to Habitat for Humanity Huron County. Heather graduated from Ryerson with a Bachelor of Applied Arts, Journalism.