VIDEO: Business icon Arlene Dickenson and Toronto Maple Leafs President & CEO Tim Leiweke talk about their participation in the Covenant House Sleep Out.
TORONTO – Community and business leaders spent the night sleeping on the streets to raise money for homeless youth in Toronto.
The “Sleep Out” event raises funds for Toronto’s Covenant House which has so far collected more than $700,000.
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Business icon Arlene Dickinson and Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair were among the 74 top executives abandoning their lavish abodes for a night on the street.
This is the second year Toronto’s executives have taken part. Last year, the event raised more than half a million dollars for the agency, which serves about 3,000 homeless kids annually.
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