Masters Insurance Golf Tournament and Cycling Giro

Every year Masters Insurance hosts this event to support a local charity. This year, we are proudly supporting the Youth Services Bureau.

The Youth Services Bureau of Ottawa (YSB) is a charity that serves thousands of young people each and every month through life-changing programs and services in the areas of housing and homelessness, mental health and counselling, employment, and youth justice. Together with our community, they help change and improve the lives of Ottawa’s most vulnerable youth through immediate supports that create long-term impacts.

A donation from you to YSB directly contributes to a young person’s ability to completely change their future for the better. You give the gift of help and hope to some of our community’s most in-need young people, and it can have lasting impacts that span a lifetime. Thank you for wanting to change and save young lives in our community; your generosity is what community is all about.

When: September 13, 2019

Where: Eagle Creek Golf Club, Dunrobin

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Milo's Story

Every year when I was little, I’d think “this will be the year that everything will be okay”. And every year, I’d be crushed. By the time I was 18 I couldn’t take my dad’s drinking or my mom’s crying anymore, so I packed a knapsack with the warmest clothes I had and I left. It was freezing cold, and I was alone…but I was free.

The next few months were rough and at times very scary. I spent nights in parks, doorways and even under bridges all with just an old sleeping bag a friend had given me. One night it was so cold that I walked until the sun came up, afraid that I would freeze to death if I slept.

It took me awhile to get over the embarrassment to start asking people for money. But, it was swallow my pride or stay cold and hungry. After two weeks of doing this I learned about YSB. I didn’t know it then but, in that moment, my life changed for the better. I got connected to YSB’s Young Men’s Emergency Shelter and my first night in the shelter I slept 11 hours. I felt so safe and secure. I remember that moment clearly and I felt so hopeful I now have my own apartment in one of YSB’s long-term housing buildings, am attending college to become a graphic designer, and am working part-time to support myself.

“For the first time I can remember, I’m really excited about my future. Growing up I just thought about getting by one day at a time.” I hope my story conveys just how life changing it was for me to be able to access YSB’s shelter during a really difficult time in my life. The team at YSB supported me every step of the way, and I’m grateful they were by my side. I hope you’ll consider taking the opportunity to transform the life of another young person like me today.

Milo*

*While Milo’s story is real his name has been changed to protect his privacy