Participants in the Occupy Toronto movement are depending on the kindness of strangers to keep their cause alive as the protest moves from days to weeks.

The numbers may have dwindled from thousands when it began two weeks ago to hundreds now, but those still living in the tent city in St. James Park have vowed to keep up the fight.

And their needs are growing by the day as they hunker down in the makeshift camp ahead of the cold winter months. Strangers bring supplies such as firewood, food and even cases of anti-perspirant.

"People just want to help. They don't know how to help," said one occupant. "They don't know what to bring but if they have something they think is useful they drop it off because they love us."

One family recently drove two hours from Haliburton, Ont. to drop off a shipment of firewood, noting that although they could not participate in the cause, they still wanted to help.

"It's not really practical for us to come down and join but this is one small way we can help," said Damien Deveau.

With the colder weather comes fire concerns, as the participants try to stay warm. They have begun putting smoke detectors in tents as an extra safety measure.

The occupy protests came to Toronto on Oct. 15, when some 2,000 people met at the corner of Bay Street and King Street West in the financial district, before marching to St. James Park and setting up camp.

The recurring protests are part of a worldwide movement that is concerned with, among other things, economic inequality and what many of the activists call corporate greed.

The movement originated on Wall Street in New York in September and has spread to a number of other cities across North America, Europe and elsewhere.

Protester Alexander Braun said that a number of assaults had taken place in the St. James Park encampment, leading some individuals to be expelled.

However, the Toronto movement has been relatively low key compared with other Canadian cities that have seen their share of headline making problems, including the recent death of a woman from an apparent drug overdose.

With a report from CTV Toronto's Ashley Rowe