Mortgage Brokers by Day, Homeless Shelter Missionaries by Night

TORONTO, ON--(Marketwired - December 08, 2015) - Tonight, volunteers from Invis-Mortgage Intelligence, one of Canada's leading mortgage brokerage firms, along with industry partners and friends will visit shelters in seven Canadian cities to distribute new winter clothing and much needed supplies as part of their award-winning community program, Angels in the Night Homeless Shelter Project.

Angels in the Night is an annual event resulting from a year's worth of community fundraising efforts by Invis-Mortgage Intelligence volunteers in support of homeless shelters in communities across Canada. Since 2002, Angels in the Night volunteers have raised almost $3 million. Each year, volunteers reach out to homeless shelters in their communities to identify the items most in demand. Those items are then purchased and personally delivered to the shelters on one night in December.

This year, Invis-Mortgage Intelligence plans to distribute over 100,000 items, which will include sweaters, sweatshirts, jeans, jackets, boots, hats, scarves, gloves, socks, sweatshirts, underwear, blankets/bedding and backpacks. Personal toiletries are often the most requested items and tonight's delivery will also include lots of razors/shaving cream, shampoo, toothbrushes/toothpastes, bars of soap, hand lotion, body wash, and deodorant.

"Today we're proud and inspired by a grass-roots local project that has evolved into a coast-to-coast initiative of caring and community engagement. As mortgage brokers in the business of helping people find their homes, it seems right to extend some support and help to those who might not have a warm home to go to every night," says Cameron Strong, CEO, Invis-Mortgage Intelligence."

What: Angels in the Night volunteers load items onto trucks and buses (varies per city) and then will deliver those items to shelters throughout the evening hours.

When: Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Start times and details vary per city -- please see details and contact information below (all listed in local time):

Vancouver

Meet location: Army and Navy department Store, 36 W Cordova St (Loading Dock)

Start time: 6:00 p.m.

For more information contact: Anna Hewstan, ahewstan@shaw.ca 604-812-6062

Calgary

Meet Location: Army and Navy Department Store, 1107 - 33rd Street NE, Parking Lot

Start time: 6:10 p.m.

For more information contact: Gary Siegle, garysiegle@invis.ca, 403-589-0770; Sue Black-Garland, sue.blackgarland@migroup.ca, 403-508-7800 ext. 101

Edmonton

Meet location: 17303 103 Avenue

Start time: 5:30 p.m.

For more information contact: Ron Manson, ronmanson@invis.ca , 780-446-0340

Winnipeg

Meet location: Invis office 2310 Pembina Hwy. Start time: 4:30 p.m.

For more information contact: Rosa Bovino, rosabovino@invis.ca, 204-781-4350

Mississauga

Meet location: 1876 Roy Ivor Crescent Start time: 6:30 p.m.

Kitchener-Waterloo

Meet location: 215 Frobisher Dr Waterloo

Start time: 5:45 p.m.

For more information contact: Lori Pollice, loripollice@invis.ca, 519-589-5437

Halifax

Meet location: 80 Thornhill Drive, Dartmouth (in Burnside) Start time: 5:15 p.m.

For more information contact: Donna Eagle, donnaeagle@invis.ca, 902-401-0801

London

Delivery is scheduled for Tuesday, December 15. For more information contact: Carmen Alpaerts, mortgageladycarm@primus.ca, 519-871-4954

About Angels in the Night

Angels in the Night is a volunteer community event that aims to raise money through mortgage brokers, financial institutions, industry partners and other service providers to purchase items specifically requested by homeless shelters and related charitable organizations.