Natalie Fingerhut
@nathut.bsky.social
Lives a life of books, street outreach, and adult figure skating
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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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.
cnoy.w-ith.me/Nat
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...
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January 26, 2026 at 3:50 PM
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.
cnoy.w-ith.me/Nat
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.
cnoy.w-ith.me/Nat
Outreach: Scrnes from a City in Crisis and the People trying to Help
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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.
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January 20, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Outreach: Scrnes from a City in Crisis and the People trying to Help
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When people reject your idea to get something done, consider doing it yourself
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Do It Yourself
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January 5, 2026 at 6:25 PM
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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December 28, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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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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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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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...
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December 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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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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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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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Ve'ahavta Lere'acha Kamocha: Love your Neighbour as Yourself
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December 14, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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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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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December 7, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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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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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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.
Outreach work is life saving work.
Please donate to my fundraiser for the Ve'ahavta Outreach Angels.
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...
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December 5, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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.
Outreach work is life saving work.
Please donate to my fundraiser for the Ve'ahavta Outreach Angels.
Outreach: Scenes from a City in Crisis and the People Trying to Help
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Whose fault is it?
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November 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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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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Now we don't know where they are.
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A Letter to The Artist: One of the very real human beings evicted from the St. Stephen's-in-the-Field encampment
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November 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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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Now we don't know where they are.
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There are 15000 homeless people in Toronto. you can read about them and the people trying to help here: open.substack.com/pub/natfinge...
Outreach
Scene One
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October 11, 2025 at 5:44 PM
There are 15000 homeless people in Toronto. you can read about them and the people trying to help here: open.substack.com/pub/natfinge...
Fran was dancing on Sherbourne Ave stopping only to look for food in the garbage bin.
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A different dance
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October 6, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Fran was dancing on Sherbourne Ave stopping only to look for food in the garbage bin.
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Saying Yizkor in Dufferin Grove
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October 2, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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Scene 38-Bringing Your Best Self to Work
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Scene 38-Bringing Your Best Self to Work
I check the Human Resources box “Yes”.
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September 14, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Scene 38-Bringing Your Best Self to Work
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Outreach in Images: A Photo Essay
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July 28, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Outreach in Images: A Photo Essay
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July 27, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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July 14, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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Grace
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July 4, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Human Rights Talk is Just That
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June 24, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Scene 30: Outreach, AI, and Existential Angst
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Outreach, AI, and Existential Angst
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June 21, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Scene 30: Outreach, AI, and Existential Angst
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Outreach: Scenes from a City in Crisis and the People trying to Help
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Scene 29: "Food Truck! Food Truck!"
Outreach: Scenes from a City in Crisis and the People trying to Help."
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"Food Truck! Food Truck!"
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June 18, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Scene 29: "Food Truck! Food Truck!"
Outreach: Scenes from a City in Crisis and the People trying to Help."
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Outreach: Scenes from a City in Crisis and the People trying to Help."
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Outreach: Scenes from a City in Crisis and the People Trying to Help
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A Matter of Priorities
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June 6, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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