Food Resources over the 2023 Holidays
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UPDATE – Laundry Love New West
The New Westminster Homelessness Coalition Society would like to express our gratitude to the New Westminster community for the incredible support shown to the Laundry Love New West program. Laundry Love New West was the first program of its kind in Canada after receiving permission from Laundry Love US to use their best practices approach here in New Westminster. The…
Grant Received
The NWHCS is grateful for the support of Beacon Unitarian Church and wish to thank them for their $2000 grant courtesy of the Church’s “Share the Plate Fund.” This grant will be used to support our very successful I’s on the Street program, which engages homeless or at-risk-of-being-homeless persons into supervised employment cleaning and tidying…
Extreme Cold Weather Shelter Information
New Westminster currently has 54 permanent emergency shelter beds in operation. In addition, the City is working with BC Housing and Purpose Society to operationalize up to 50 extreme weather response program mats on the lower floor of the former Army and Navy department store and accessed off of Front Street. This additional shelter capacity…
It’s Homelessness Action Week in New Westminster:
Today folks with lived/living experience in homelessness, or are concerned about becoming homeless, are encouraged to visit Hyack Square (Columbia and 8th) from 1:00 to 2:30 and Holy Trinity (Carnarvon just east of 6th St.) from 4:00 to 5:30 to have your voices heard. Coffee, snacks, food (HTC), giveaways will be available. NEW: Coat Drive…