Now offering 2 bonus hours for a short reflection video. 💌 Details on our Student Volunteering and Community Hours page. 💕
New Opportunity for Student Volunteers!
We’re excited to share a brand new way to earn community involvement hours. Students can now receive an additional 2 volunteer hours by sending us a short video clip about their experience with Project Tight Knit.
Your clip doesn’t need to be long or formal. Just tell us what volunteering has been like for you, what you’ve enjoyed, or what it has meant in your life. Once you submit your video, our team will review it and add the extra hours to your total.
We can’t wait to hear your stories and highlight the amazing work our volunteers do every day.
Project Tight Knit is now at Memorial University!
We’re so excited to launch this new chapter and bring our mission to campus. Project Tight Knit connects volunteers with seniors in long-term care through heartfelt handwritten letters, helping to brighten someone’s day and reduce feelings of loneliness.
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If you’d like to get involved, you can join our on-campus letter-writing events or write letters from home by following the simple steps on our website. Every letter makes a real difference, and we’re so happy to welcome Memorial students into our community of kindness.
Healing Through Stories: A Six Week Storytelling Circle for Indigenous Learners
Project Tight Knit is pleased to announce Healing Through Stories, a six week storytelling circle created especially for Indigenous learners. This program offers a safe and supportive space where participants can read, write, and reflect together to explore their voice, roots, and resilience. Through shared storytelling, the circle encourages community, healing, and self-expression.
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Program Details
Dates: November 5 to December 10, 2025
Duration: 120 minute weekly sessions
Includes: Dinner for all participants
Certificate: Participants will receive a certificate of participation
This initiative reflects PTK’s mission to nurture connection, healing, and creative expression across communities. We are proud to support this circle and amplify Indigenous voices through the power of storytelling.
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Contact and Registration
For more information or to register, please email literacy@hric.ca or call 905-548-9593 ext. 257.
Upcoming Workshop: Healing Stories
We’re excited to announce that our next Healing Stories workshop will begin on November 5, 2025!
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This program offers a guided space for participants to reflect, write, and share their personal stories. Through writing and conversation, Healing Stories helps us explore the power of memory, resilience, and connection.
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Program Lead: Natascha Ibowski, Creator & Facilitator
Contact: healingstoriesprogram@gmail.com
Love Has No Language Barriers!
We are so excited to share that you can now write letters in the language closest to your heart! Alongside English, we welcome letters in French, Punjabi, Turkish, and Farsi.
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Our goal is to make Project Tight Knit even more inclusive, so more seniors can receive messages of love and kindness in the languages that speak to them most.
We’re a Top 25 Organization on Volunteer Connect York Region!
​We’re excited to share that Project Tight Knit is among the top 25 most searched organizations on Volunteer Connect York Region!
This means thousands of people are actively interested in our mission to reduce senior isolation through handwritten letters, and we couldn’t be more grateful.
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Thank you to everyone who’s supported us so far. If you’re looking to get involved visit our page.