Building Wellness Without Barriers
How Our Fundraising & Community Awareness Efforts Are Beginning — Together
Lasting change does not come from shortcuts, pressure, or profit-driven systems. It is built slowly and intentionally — through trust, transparency, and community-led action that honours dignity at every step.
We are now entering the next phase of our work: raising awareness and community-supported funding for Wellness Without Barriers: A Community Space for Growing, Learning, and Nourishment.
This space is a foundational step toward a larger vision — the LIFE Transitional Housing Project — a self-funded, grassroots initiative rooted in one simple truth:
LIFE — Love Is For Everyone.
Awareness First: Building Understanding Before Asking for Support
Our fundraising efforts are intentionally beginning online, with a focus on awareness before fundraising.
Before asking the community to contribute financially, we want people to understand:
Why this space is needed
How it removes barriers to health, wellness, and nourishment
How local, practical action creates real and lasting impact
Through Just Oshawa, we are launching connected efforts designed to work together — strengthening visibility, building trust, and creating shared ownership within the community.
Crafted With Purpose — Marketplace Oshawa
A Free Online Space for Local Makers, Built on Fairness
A central part of this awareness effort is the launch of:
Crafted With Purpose — Marketplace Oshawa
This is a free online marketplace created to raise awareness of Oshawa-based Makers, Crafters, and Artists, while supporting community-driven fundraising goals.
How it works:
Makers must be based in Oshawa
Items must be made in Oshawa
Each Maker may list one item for sale at a time
No listing fees
No required donations
Awareness and fairness come first
This marketplace is about connection and visibility — not competition.
To ensure transparency and trust, we will follow the same rules as every other Maker:
One Inspiring Times product will be listed
It will receive no priority placement or special treatment
It will exist in the marketplace as a peer, not a feature
Community trust is built by walking alongside others — not standing above them.
$3 – $2 – $1 – Free
A Fair, Dignified Way to Support Our Community & Fund Our Work
Running alongside Crafted With Purpose is the launch of:
$3 – $2 – $1 – Free
A compassionate, clothing-based support and fundraising system
This initiative transforms donated clothing into a shared community resource while helping fund wellness-focused efforts.
How the system works:
Clothing is donated (clean, in good repair)
Items are washed, folded, photographed, and posted online
Prices step down over time:
$3 → $2 → $1 → Free
How the Free Stage Works — With Care and Compassion
When items reach the Free stage, they become visible to members signed up with the ILFJL Collective, who may request those items once they are listed.
At the same time, free items are intentionally reserved first for:
Individuals connected with the Not Just A Food Program
Community Partners — verified groups and organizations in Oshawa supporting people with identified needs
This ensures priority access for those facing the greatest barriers, through trusted and direct support channels.
This process is not about speed or competition. It is rooted in love, compassion, and dignity.
By balancing open access with reserved priority, we create a system that supports those most in need while welcoming broader community participation.
Because caring for one another should never feel like a race. And because Love Is For Everyone.
One Connected Awareness Effort
These initiatives are not separate projects — they are interconnected parts of one system.
As part of our awareness drive, we will:
Promote Crafted With Purpose and $3-$2-$1-Free together
Share clear online campaigns
Visit local small businesses, online and in person
Place small tent cards with QR codes in participating locations (each QR code linking directly to a specific campaign or effort)
This approach makes it easy for people to learn, share, and participate — in ways that fit their capacity.
A Stepping Stone Toward the LIFE Transitional Housing Project
Everything being launched now is intentional.
Wellness Without Barriers provides:
Hands-on health and wellness education
Year-round food growing in small spaces
Nourishment beyond emergency food
Skills that restore confidence, stability, and dignity
These efforts directly support the long-term goal of the LIFE Transitional Housing Project — designed to be:
Self-funded
Community-supported
Free from political and corporate interference
Rooted in accountability, compassion, and real outcomes
Volunteers Needed: Help Us Build This With Care
As awareness grows, so does the need for helping hands.
We are now seeking volunteers, especially to support the $3-$2-$1-Free initiative:
Volunteer Opportunities Include:
Washing and folding 1–2 loads of donated clothing
Done at home
Weekly or bi-weekly
Pick-up and drop-off arranged
Sorting donated clothing
Helping expand delivery options for Not Just A Food Program participants
Assisting with photography and online postings
Helping share campaigns and posts on social media
Once items are cleaned, they are photographed and posted — beginning their journey through the system.
This is flexible, human-paced volunteering designed to fit real lives.
Moving Forward — Together
This work is not about charity. It is not about saviours.
It is about community-built solutions that remove barriers and restore dignity.
We are opening the door. We are sharing the systems. And we are inviting the community — Makers, volunteers, businesses, and neighbours — to grow this together.
Because wellness should never have barriers. Because dignity should never be conditional. And because LIFE — Love Is For Everyone.
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