{"id":2343,"date":"2021-10-07T18:08:04","date_gmt":"2021-10-07T18:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salvationarmy.ca\/ontario\/world-homeless-day-gateway-linens-and-disposal-services\/"},"modified":"2025-05-30T14:00:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T14:00:06","slug":"world-homeless-day-gateway-linens-and-disposal-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salvationarmy.ca\/ontario\/2021\/10\/world-homeless-day-gateway-linens-and-disposal-services\/","title":{"rendered":"World Homeless Day &#8211; Gateway Linens and Disposal Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/salvationarmy.ca\/ontario\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/05\/WHDBanner.png\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8082\" src=\"https:\/\/salvationarmy.ca\/ontario\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/05\/WHDBanner.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"405\" \/><\/a>The Salvation Army Gateway Linens and Disposal Services in Toronto is more than just a laundry, it is a way back to a normal life, one sheet at a time.<\/p>\n<p>After four homeless years on the street, Leif Michaels knows the transformative power of being part of the commercial laundry and employee retraining program at Gateway Linens.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe challenges with homelessness are food, shelter and safety \u2013 safety because you never knew when laying outside what is going to happen. The challenges are coming back to what is classified as a normal society,\u201d Leif says.<\/p>\n<p>When Leif entered The Salvation Army Gateway Shelter after those four years on the street came the realization that he needed something more to turn his life around. That something turned out to be Gateway Linens.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"World Homeless Day 2021, Gateway Linens (Toronto)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/euo5V6D69pY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cGateway Linens is about providing opportunity. So many people are so capable and have so much to offer, yet they are trapped in their circumstance of homelessness,\u201d says Stewart King, General Manager of Gateway Linens.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s important that we never lose sight of the fact that it is about people, this it is about people\u2019s stories, their experiences and most of all, their potential. That is why Gateway Linens exists \u2013 to help people to reach their potential.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For Leif, regardless of what happens in his life, he knows there is always a place for him at Gateway Linens.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe message that\u2019s always been conveyed through The Salvation Army is the sense of hope. 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