LaSalle College provided a free space for the event and partnered with Le Blumenthal restaurant to offer a gourmet lunch for close to 300 women.

Chez Doris notes the move of the Open Door shelter has created a lack of resources in Montreal and the impact on homeless women is being greatly felt.

Three hundred guests and donors attended Chez Doris' 10th annual Tea Time Fundraiser at the Ritz-Carlton on Sunday.

The city's one and only drop-in day shelter for homeless women is in desperate need of summer clothing.

The grand reopening comes after almost four months of being partially closed for renovations.

An organization dedicated to helping the homeless in Montreal said services are strained more than ever as more than 30,000 people are believed to be homeless and 80,768 are using night-time services such as shelters.

Take a look at who we’re meeting this week on Focus Montreal.