Someone has been sleeping on this old futon in the bushes beside a path near my house. Vancouver’s Frances Bula reported in the Globe and Mail today that 400 people were sleeping outside in Vancouver, with another 1,400 in homeless shelters. This is the lowest number of people sleeping on the streets since 2002...
Ideas for you…
This blog offers ideas on things you may wish to do (or know about) in my hometown Vancouver, B.C. - including arts, music, theatre, food, health, and social justice events.
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In the bushes or on the street? Sleeping outside in Vancouver
Orange Day Campaign Kickoff Tweet-Up in Vancouver
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...
“Homeless Count 2010″ now underway in Vancouver
Three-hundred volunteers are counting the number people living without homes in Vancouver. The goal of this project, run by the City of Vancouver, is to end homelessness by 2015. Here’s a quote from Gregor Robertson, mayor of our city, published in today in The Vancouver Observer: “This count gives us the critical baseline information...