Winter Shelter Toowoomba, a charity offering accommodation and support services to the city's homeless people, is the beneficiary of the 28th Toowoomba Mayoral Prayer Breakfast, which will be held at Rumours International on Tuesday, May 24, 2022.
At today's (April 26) event launch at Futures Restaurant at TAFE Queensland South West, Toowoomba Region Mayor Paul Antonio said he was pleased to see the charity breakfast return after COVID-19 restrictions forced the event to be cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Mayor Antonio also announced Mr Greg Sheridan, foreign editor at The Australian, as the 2022 guest speaker.
Tickets are now on sale. (see full details below).
"Winter Shelter Toowoomba is backed by Lifeline Darling Downs and South West Queensland in conjunction with seven church organisations and support services to house up to 10 homeless people a night over winter," Mayor Antonio said. (Participating churches include: Toowoomba West Anglican Parish, St Stephen's Uniting Church, HumeRidge Church of Christ, South Toowoomba Baptist Church, Belong Church, Toowoomba City Church partnering with Reform Church and the Rangeville Community Church)
"This collective is entering its second year of operations, based on a parent program run by Stable One, that has been operating in Victoria for six years.
