Yesterday I received an invitation from Derek Weiss, senior public relations specialist for Union Gospel Mission. UGM is a Christian charity well-known in Vancouver for providing community meals, clothing, emergency shelter, faith-based services, and drug and alcohol recovery programs. Here’s Derek’s invite: Join Vancouver bloggers and UGM staff and volunteers as we chill together...
Concern Worldwide will receive more than $9,000 donated by the 250 people who attended Twestival in Vancouver last night, according to event organizer Miss604 Rebecca Bollwitt. Rob Cottingham is one funny guy. He took the stage and joked about not being at South by Southwest in Austin Texas last week, and how reading everyone’s...
Tonight is Twestival – here in Vancouver and in lots of other places too. “On Thursday 25 March 2010, people in hundreds of cities around the world will come together offline to rally around the important cause of Education by hosting local events to have fun and create awareness,” says the About page for...
Thanks to Vincent and his fellow vendors, people are getting an opportunity to learn about life in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside from folks who actually live there. All too often, especially during the Olympics, we hear stories from media outsiders who visit the neighbourhood for a short tour and then report all the bad things...
You’ve seen him, especially if you live near Commercial Drive and other parts of Vancouver’s east side. But you usually hear him first. His yelling breaks through the air and everyone he passes is silent. He might choose a target for his anger, and no one wants to be noticed. Hopefully he keeps going...
A Vancouver family of four is committed to giving away 10% of their annual gross income – and they challenge us to do it too. Their blog Guerrilla Giving reads: “How much/what should you give? That’s entirely up to you. Give what you can/what you’d like… We give money, time, things. You may decide...
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