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2026 House of Hesed Summer Newsletter
The Summer 2026 newsletter from House of Hesed highlights personal stories of recovery and volunteer service, honours the memory of a beloved resident, highlights Manitoba’s recent HIV state of emergency, and requests community prayer, volunteer, and financial support to keep the home operating amidst growing financial strain.
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2025 House of Hesed Christmas Newsletter
This December 2025 Christmas newsletter from House of Hesed features personal stories from a former resident, a donor, and a long-time volunteer, along with updates from board members, expressions of gratitude for community support, and requests for prayer and financial donations.
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2025 House of Hesed Summer Newsletter
This May 2025 newsletter from House of Hesed requests financial and prayer support to keep its home for individuals living with HIV/AIDS open, includes Canadian HIV surveillance statistics, pays tribute to a late friend, and celebrates a staff member’s Canadian citizenship.
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2024 House of Hesed Christmas Newsletter
This December 2024 newsletter from the House of Hesed features a message from Board Chair John Gray, details Manitoba’s HIV statistics, shares resident and staff testimonials, highlights summer staff outings, and requests financial support for the ministry’s ongoing work.
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2024 House of Hesed Summer Newsletter
This Summer 2024 newsletter from the House of Hesed features a profile on resident artist Darren Flett, highlights generous contributions from donors and 13-year-old supporter Emily Kornelsen, and includes a call for new members to join their Board of Directors.
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2023 House of Hesed Christmas Newsletter
This Christmas 2023 newsletter from the House of Hesed outlines the ministry’s financial challenges following the loss of their Dinner Theatre fundraiser, highlights summer activities with residents, introduces new Staff Coordinator Kathy Milla, and shares personal reflections from departing staff and long-time volunteers.
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2023 House of Hesed Summer Newsletter
This Summer 2023 newsletter from the House of Hesed features personal stories from a volunteer and a current resident highlighting the supportive, family-like environment at the home, along with general updates on daily life, community support, and ongoing maintenance needs.
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2022 House of Hesed Christmas Newsletter
This Christmas 2022 newsletter from the House of Hesed highlights parent and resident testimonies, expresses gratitude to donors, and reflects on an eventful year featuring facility upgrades, a burglary, staff milestones, and a resident’s baptism.
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2022 House of Hesed Summer Newsletter
This Summer 2022 newsletter from the House of Hesed features a retirement testimony from long-time staff member Sara Sawatzky about her experience witnessing faith and community at the home, while expressing gratitude to their supporters, churches, staff, and volunteers.
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2021 House of Hesed Christmas Newsletter
This Christmas 2021 newsletter from the House of Hesed features a reflection on faith and gratitude from their Board Treasurer, updates on home events like a recent yard wedding and bake sale, resident and staff testimonials, and a list of current prayer requests and donation needs.
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2021 House of Hesed Summer Newsletter
This June 2021 newsletter from the House of Hesed highlights a resident’s story of finding a supportive home while living with HIV/AIDS, expresses gratitude to donors for keeping the home operating through COVID-19, and introduces their volunteer therapy pets.
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High cost of compassion threatens to shutter Christian home for people with HIV in Winnipeg
Facing a severe funding shortfall amid Manitoba’s rising HIV rates, Winnipeg’s House of Hesed transition home is at risk of closure, threatening to leave its vulnerable residents without vital housing and support.
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Opinion – House of Love
In a January 2019 Winnipeg Free Press column, Aaron Epp highlights House of Hesed’s 20th anniversary of providing housing for people living with HIV/AIDS, spotlighting longtime volunteers Clive and June Hickson for their 18 years of dedicated service.
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The House of Hesed is a Harbour of Love
In a December 2000 Winnipeg Sun column, Laurie Mustard profiles the House of Hesed—a non-denominational, donation-funded Christian transition home in Winnipeg—highlighting how it provides a compassionate, family-like environment for individuals living with HIV/AIDS who have nowhere else to go.
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AIDS Home Funding Defended
Despite initial fears of discrimination due to its administrative partnership with a Christian organization, HIV-positive resident Jonathan Carrington found a safe, non-judgmental, and supportive community at Winnipeg’s House of Hesed, a charity-funded transition home founded by Maureen Feakes to provide dignified care for individuals living with HIV/AIDS.
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New AIDS Shelter Open
The September 2004 Winnipeg Sun article reported on the official opening of House of Hesed’s new Edmonton Street facility, highlighting it as Manitoba’s only shelter providing affordable, family-like transitional care for low-income residents living with HIV/AIDS.
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House of Mercy Comforts AIDS Victims
In September 2004, the Winnipeg Free Press reported on the House of Hesed moving into a larger, government-supported home on Edmonton Street to expand its capacity to provide family-like transitional care for up to 10 Manitobans living with HIV/AIDS.
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A Tower of Power
This Winnipeg Free Press newspaper article by Alison Mayes highlights the Taché Booster Pumping Station, a historic 1918 brick surge tank in St. Boniface. Built by contractor Thomas Kelly and Sons, the unique architectural structure remains a functioning part of Winnipeg’s city water system.
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It’s a House of Hope
This 2012 Winnipeg Free Press newspaper article profiles House of Hesed, a Winnipeg-based charitable transition house for individuals living with HIV/AIDS. Written by Kevin Rollason, the piece highlights how medical advancements transformed the facility from its original hospice vision into a supportive home offering physical and emotional recovery.
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House of Compassion
Newspaper article on House of Hesed, Manitoba’s only transition home for people living with HIV/AIDS, provides a supportive, home-like environment where residents are accepted and cared for.
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Restores Hope Through Love
Restores Hope Through Love By Moe Feakes | Published by House of Hesed Category: Format:PDF Article Source:House of Hesed Summary: In a 2014 letter of support, Executive Director Moe Feakes endorses the creation of “Sanctum” in Saskatoon, highlighting how House of Hesed’s years of providing a loving, supportive transitional home in Winnipeg have successfully restored…
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House of Mercy Comforts AIDS Victims
The article reports on the official opening of a new, larger location for House of Hesed, a Winnipeg transitional home direct-led by Moe Feakes that provides a supportive, family-like environment for individuals living with HIV/AIDS.
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House of Hesed: A Dream Lost
After his own committee’s failed attempt to start a Christian HIV/AIDS hospice in British Columbia, Dave Edwards discovers years later in Winnipeg that another group successfully realized that exact dream under the name House of Hesed.
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House of Love
The House of Love by Elizabeth Cheney follows the emotional journey of Abigail Wilde as her cold demeanor toward her family and community is gradually transformed through moments of faith, grace, and unexpected village kindness.
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Grant Makes Move Possible for Hospice Ministry
This 2004 article details how a $400,000 grant allowed the House of Hesed, Manitoba’s only transition home for individuals living with HIV/AIDS, to relocate to a larger Winnipeg facility to expand its compassionate, faith-based support and housing services.
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AIDS Home Funding Defended
This article profiles Winnipeg’s House of Hesed, a transitional home providing essential care and shelter to homeless individuals living with HIV/AIDS. Despite initial concerns regarding its administrative ties to a faith-based organization, residents describe the facility as a welcoming and non-judgmental environment. Operating primarily on donations, the home faces ongoing financial constraints that limit its capacity to support everyone seeking help.
