The 2020 Homeless Count team is recruiting qualified volunteers for the 2020 Homeless Count in Metro Vancouver. The Count will take place throughout the region inside shelters during the evening of Tuesday, March 3, 2020 and on streets throughout the day and evening of Wednesday, March 4, 2020. By volunteering for the Count, you are helping to gather valuable information…
Tickets will be available on Eventbrite until noon (Transforming the Community to Inspire Action) and some tickets will be available to purchase at the door. Doors open at 5:30 for appetizers and mingling; Program starts at 6:30. It is going to be a great night of music, food, and inspiration! Not to mention you can support…
We launched the week on Saturday with a HAW proclamation at the homelessness Awareness Community Walk which also included a Yarn bombing in Moody Park and large quantities of warm knitted items collected in the community. Them the UGM did their famous thanksgiving community lunch; not once but twice on Thanksgiving Monday! Today, October 15th,…
A big thank you to Theresa McManus for writing such a great article on #HAW2019. Read it here.
Homelessness Action Week (HAW) Meeting We are in the final stretch to making this year’s HAW the best one yet! Our next planning meeting will be on Wednesday, October 2, 2019, from 9:00 to 10:30 at the Union Gospel Mission at 658 Clarkson Street in New Westminster. This year HAW will feature: a Community Homelessness Awareness Walk in Uptown;…
