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\"L'Itin\u00e9raire<\/a><\/p>\n

Parking meter coins buy karma for drivers
\n(this is crossposted with The Link<\/a>)<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been six weeks since the parking meters started reappearing on Montreal sidewalks. Dubbed \u201cParco-Don,\u201d these meters don\u2019t get you a parking spot, but the money collected helps a homeless person get a good meal.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo far so good. We\u2019ve made about $3,000,\u201d says \u00c9milie Moreau, a development counsellor at L\u2019Itin\u00e9raire, the organization benefiting from the parking meter project. They publish the bi-weekly magazine of the same name, produced by street people, and run Caf\u00e9 sur la rue, which offers hot meals for a few dollars.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s good, you can give money to a social organization without having to give your name and address and wonder what that organization is doing with that information. This is totally anonymous and the response has been really positive.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bringing in over $500 a week for the organization, Moreau explains the money goes directly into helping the homeless. It supports Caf\u00e9 sur la rue that dishes out 16,000 meals each year and will go to organize social events for homeless people, like the group\u2019s annual trip to a cabane \u00e0 sucre. Moreau says they are also working on developing an art therapy program. The organization reaches some 2,000 of Montreal\u2019s homeless people each year and employs 350 \u201cCamelots\u201d who produce and sell the magazine.<\/p>\n

The Parco-Don meters won\u2019t be replacing the Camelots on the street corners. Moreau explains the meters are targeting a different kind of person.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople who buy L\u2019Itin\u00e9raire are not the people who are putting money in the meters. It\u2019s two different things. People who buy the magazine from one of our Camelots do it for the discussion, the contact,\u201d says Moreau. She says feedback on the fundraising project has been positive so far, though she admits some panhandlers who don\u2019t know what L\u2019Itin\u00e9raire is are frustrated that the meters take away business.<\/p>\n

Thirty Parko-Don meters are currently in place around the city and the group has been given the go-ahead for 30 more. They are also beginning an advertising campaign with Zoom Media. Moreau says they are hoping to see the results of increased visibility by their Christmas donation campaign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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