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Outreach workers will be checking on homeless campers and agencies are distributing warm winter coats, hot drinks and even fire extinguishers as temperatures drop and brisk winds bring . . .
“This allows everybody to safely support Our Place by taking a walk around their own neighbourhood,” said Julian Daly, executive director at Our Place. “This walk allows the community to come together and show how much they care about the most vulnerable members of society.” The walk in the cold gives people an opportunity to experience what so many people without homes endure every night, Daly said. “On the coldest nights, we try to get as many people indoors as possible. But, unfortunately, there are still people left outside. ” Participants can organize their own two to...
Mayor Maja Tait called donors’ generosity a “virtual hug for the community.” “Sooke is a resilient community, with so much heart,” she said. “ As we look ahead to a new year, what a way to show heart with residents supporting each other through this campaign and contributions to the Sooke Food Bank.” •To learn more about the Sooke Food Bank, go to foodbanksooke.org. Find how how you can take action to help British Columbians living with dementia during Alzheimer’s Awareness Month, throughout January. Hosted by the Alzheimer Society of B.C., the annual campaign invites Vi...
Boudreau’s neighbour, contractor Reece Tibbitts, built the structure, which is modeled after the free little libraries dotted around Victoria that invite residents to take a book and leave a book. Boudreau is hoping people who have something to spare will leave non-perishable food items, while those in need will find some help filling their cupboards. Particularly useful are peanut or nut butters, canned fish, dried or canned beans, rice, pasta, oats, baby formula and baby food. “It’s one of those funny things, you know, ideally, we wouldn’t actually need it,” she said. “So it...
A couple of volunteers will be on site at the intersection of Yates and Wharf streets to light candles commemorating lives lost, and while people can’t gather for an event, they’re invited to call in to ask that a candle be lit in honour of someone they’ve lost. Abells, who has volunteered with the committee for a decade, said it was important to find a way to commemorate people despite pandemic restrictions, noting the life expectancy for people who experience chronic homelessness in B.C. is between 44 and 49 years old. The advocacy groups are inviting those who haven’t been tou...