{"id":100918,"date":"2022-04-02T10:15:27","date_gmt":"2022-04-02T14:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=100918"},"modified":"2022-06-15T22:35:14","modified_gmt":"2022-06-16T02:35:14","slug":"sketch-provides-food-art-supplies-harm-reduction-kits-for-those-in-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/sketch-provides-food-art-supplies-harm-reduction-kits-for-those-in-need\/","title":{"rendered":"SKETCH provides food, art supplies, harm reduction kits for those in need"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">SKETCH Toronto is reaching out to those in need for art supplies, meal kits and harm reduction kits in the downtown core this week until April 7.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The city-based organisation is dedicated to helping the unhoused and marginalized youth through the arts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">While it is known for its performances and online events amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the organization is hoping to build a deeper sense of community with residents with restrictions still active.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Along with the essentials like the meals and harm reduction kits, the organization is hoping the art supplies will help residents find creative wellness, especially as isolation, unemployment and struggles for affordable housing continue across Toronto.<\/p>\n<p>Through their partners, SKETCH has been able to use local produce for the meals and provide contacts and resources for those requiring medical and legal aid.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0Jess Devitt and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Quina Gutierez of SKETCH join CJRU today to its development of the current initiative and future plans for the organization, including the potential for more physical spaces.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pickups for meal kits, art supplies and harm reduction kits are available until April 7.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Listen to CJRU's full interview with SKETCH:<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SKETCH Toronto is reaching out to those in need for art supplies, meal kits and harm reduction kits in the downtown core this week until April 7.\u00a0 The city-based organisation is dedicated to helping the unhoused and marginalized youth through the arts.\u00a0 While it is known for its performances and online events amid the COVID-19&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":100922,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[57],"tags":[15671,4569,15672,15670],"radio":[1380],"origine":[267,269,273],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100918"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/120"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100918"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":100924,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100918\/revisions\/100924"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100918"},{"taxonomy":"radio","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/radio?post=100918"},{"taxonomy":"origine","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/origine?post=100918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}