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Gabrielle Walji

Etobicoke, ON

Gabrielle Walji is an innovative and inspiring youth community leader who is deeply passionate about advocacy, equity and strengthening community connections. Motivated by a natural curiosity about the world around her, she is dedicated to understanding complex social issues and crafting creative solutions to address them. She is the founder of To Seniors With Love (TSWL), a national initiative that seeks to alleviate loneliness and isolation experienced by seniors living in long-term care homes. Known as a creative strategist and solutions-driven advocate, Gabrielle is a collaborative and approachable leader who builds connections with others to create impactful solutions. Her friendly, empathetic nature helps her foster environments where diverse voices are heard and everyone feels empowered to contribute.

To Seniors With Love - Accessibility Program

To Seniors With Love is a national greeting card initiative that empowers youth to create holiday cards for seniors living in long-term care homes to reduce feelings of isolation and loneliness. Cards are accepted in all languages, for all holidays and faiths and contain a heartfelt message. With this program, TSWL aims to make our organization more accessible to seniors with vision impairments and blindness through the use of braille messaging and tactile art.

About this Project

Communities Served

My project will involve and/or impact the following communities:

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    When it comes to community impact projects, the UN has created 17 Sustainable Development Goals. These are the Sustainable Development Goals associated with my project.

      How the project works

      TSWL runs campaigns throughout the year during major cultural holidays and celebrations. Youth volunteers are encouraged to create cards, letters, artwork and poems for the seniors. Cards for any holiday and faith, in any language, are accepted. TSWL distributes the cards to our carefully cultivated national network of long-term care homes.

      Project Impact

      Seniors receive personalized cards containing heartfelt messages, reducing feelings of loneliness and showing the seniors that they are valued and culturally connected. With the inclusion of braille messaging and tactile art, seniors with vision impairments and blindness are also included. To date, we have distributed over 15,500 cards across Canada, including to remote facilities in the Territories.

      Project Mission

      TSWL creates holiday greeting card campaigns to reduce loneliness and help seniors of diverse cultures feel valued and cared for, with multi-faith cards provided to long-term care residents throughout the year. With the addition of cards that are accessible to seniors who are blind or visually impaired, we hope to be more inclusive of people with disabilities and promote accessibility.

      Project Team

      TSWL is led by a team of passionate and enthusiastic social impact leaders.

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