NP Beth Hayhoe has been volunteering with Toronto’s Yonge Street Mission for nearly 30 years. The organization recently spent $3 million to expand its health and dental centre for youth in the city’s downtown neighbourhood. The site – which went from a 700-square-foot basement to a 4,600 square-foot space thanks solely to donations – provides care for people between 16 and 24 who are in precarious living situations. Eye exams, dental care, physiotherapy, mental health care and podiatry care are among the services provided, with wraparound supports such as employment and housing. Hayhoe says many of her clients have grown up without a lot of support in their lives. She hopes that with a newly renovated centre dedicated to serve youth, they will see that “they’re valuable enough to make this beautiful place for them and to have people come and take care of them.” (CBC News, March 2)