Montreal parking meters used to raise funds for homeless

From EndCanadianPoverty.ca

• Date: July 23, 2007
• Source: CBC News
• Link to article: Montreal parking meters used to raise funds for homeless

"Once the bane of many a motorist's existence, parking meters in Montreal's downtown core are being transformed from objects of scorn into symbols of charity.

A new project pioneered by municipal politicians is putting some of the city's old parking meters at the disposal of a local community group, allowing it to use the quarter-suckers to raise money for the homeless."