Natalie Fingerhut

Scene 51-Acceptance DW is reviewing the different types of harm reduction with me.

“DW is reviewing the different types of harm reduction with me. Again.

“The “s” means short needle. The “l” means long. The green bag has two glass pipes with bulbs in it, ok. That’s for meth.”

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A Dream Fulfilled Scene 50

I had a dream that one day a community that had
Would help a community that needed.

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Natalie Fingerhut (@natfingerhut) Blizzard Shmizzard! Pondering why so many of us showed up for our meal program during a record snow storm in Toronto.

Blizzard Shmizzard!

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CNOY 2026 Fundhub Canada The Coldest Night of the Year is a winterrific family-friendly fundraising walk in support of local charities. Let’s change the tune for people experiencing hurt, hunger, and homelessness... because i...

OK T-Dot: Look outside.
It's a shitsuation. But you are housed, have food, warm clothes. 15,000 of our fellow Torontonians do not.
And we need to help them.
Please consider donating to my Coldest Night of the Year fundraiser to support the outreach team at Veahavta.

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Scene 48: “The socio-economic problem downtown is a significant security issue.” “I did two tours of Afghanistan and joined the police before I became a security content expert”, said the security content expert in a webinar I attended last night.

Outreach: Scrnes from a City in Crisis and the People trying to Help
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Scene 47 Do It Yourself

When people reject your idea to get something done, consider doing it yourself

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Scene 46: A Society is Judged by How it Treats its Most Vulnerable My personal Substack

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Natalie Fingerhut (@natfingerhut) It’s been a week of overwhelming darkness. At our community meal program, I found light. Scene 43: The Light We Give, The Light We Get Outreach: Scenes from a City in Crisis and the People Trying to...

It's been a dark week.
But at our community meal program, I found light.
Scene 45: The Light We Give, The Light We Get
Outreach: Scenes from a City in Crisis and the People Trying to Help

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Scene 44 Ve'ahavta Lere'acha Kamocha: Love your Neighbour as Yourself

In this heinous moment, you might find it odd or even offensive that I am writing about Ve'ahavta Le'reacha Kamocha: Love Your Neighbour as Yourself and recommending that you listen to a Rachel Maddow/Timothy Snyder podcast, but here we are.
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Today we find our intrepid redhead at the Miles Nadal JcC making treat bags for our fellow human beings suffering on the streets of Toronto.

Please donate to my fundraiser for Ve'ahavta to purchase the supplies to help those in need.

This Chanukah: Be the Light

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CNOY 2026 Fundhub Canada The Coldest Night of the Year is a winterrific family-friendly fundraising walk in support of local charities. Let’s change the tune for people experiencing hurt, hunger, and homelessness... because i...

We found a client sleeping on a grate in -12. We gave them food and wrapped their bare feet in a coat. Unsure if they would survive the night, we called 211 to find a safe place for them to sleep.

Outreach work is life saving work.

Please donate to my fundraiser for the Ve'ahavta Outreach Angels.

Scene 43: A Mom on Outreach My two great loves in life are kids and dogs.

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Scene 42 Whose fault is it?

Outreach: Scenes from a City in Crisis and the People Trying to Help
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Scene 41 A Letter to The Artist: One of the very real human beings evicted from the St. Stephen's-in-the-Field encampment

As many of you know, the St. Stephens-in-the Field encampment was cleared recently. There were very real people living there. People that we served, people that we checked on, people that we cared about.

Now we don't know where they are.

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Outreach Scene One

There are 15000 homeless people in Toronto. you can read about them and the people trying to help here: open.substack.com/pub/natfinge...

Scene 40 A different dance

Fran was dancing on Sherbourne Ave stopping only to look for food in the garbage bin.

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Scene 39 Saying Yizkor in Dufferin Grove

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Scene 38-Bringing Your Best Self to Work I check the Human Resources box “Yes”.

Scene 38-Bringing Your Best Self to Work
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Scene 35 Outreach in Images: A Photo Essay

Outreach: Scenes from a City in Crisis and the People Trying to Help

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Scene 33 Shabbat Shalom

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Scene 32 Grace

Outreach: A Substack about a City in Crisis and the People Trying to Help
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Scene 31 Human Rights Talk is Just That

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Scene 30 Outreach, AI, and Existential Angst

Scene 30: Outreach, AI, and Existential Angst
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Scene 29 "Food Truck! Food Truck!"

Scene 29: "Food Truck! Food Truck!"
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Me too!

Scene 28 A Matter of Priorities

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Scene 27: There seems to be a God
Outreach - Scenes from a City in Crisis and the People Trying to Help

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Scene 26 A Belt = Dignity

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