{"id":932,"date":"2019-10-15T19:03:23","date_gmt":"2019-10-16T02:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nwhomeless.ca\/?p=932"},"modified":"2019-10-15T19:16:48","modified_gmt":"2019-10-16T02:16:48","slug":"it-is-homelessness-action-week-in-new-westminster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nwhomeless.ca\/?p=932","title":{"rendered":"It is Homelessness Action Week in New Westminster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Them the UGM did their famous thanksgiving community lunch; not once but twice on Thanksgiving Monday!&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Today, October 15th, we saw over 60 people enjoy a <strong>Community Breakfast<\/strong> served by the parishioners of Holy Trinity Cathedral, community volunteers, local politicians, NW Police and local students. Then at&nbsp;<strong>CONNECT Day,&nbsp;<\/strong>19 local service providers came together under one roof to provide information, food, and services to those in attendance! We saw:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Public Health Nurses provide 43 flu shots<\/li>\n<li>BC Nurses Union and BCIT Nursing student check the blood pressure of 23 people<\/li>\n<li>7 people have their income tax prepared &#8211; one person filing 10 years&#8217; worth of claims!<\/li>\n<li>4 people have their hearing tested<\/li>\n<li>Stress&nbsp;being&nbsp;relieved through massage<\/li>\n<li>Many people receive information about local services&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Lots of pie, pastries, and coffee eaten thanks to the Union Gospel Mission!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All the while we networked, chatted and were entertained by local musician Pernell Reicher!<\/p>\n<p>The week is only half over and we still have:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>World Food Panel Discussion<\/strong> to recognize World Food Day at the River Market on Wednesday, October 16 at 7 pm.<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Transforming the Community to Inspire Change<\/strong><\/em>, the Coalitions annual fundraiser at the Columbia Theatre. Tickets are $75 and available through Eventbrite.<\/li>\n<li>A film screening of <strong>US &amp; THEM<\/strong> at Holy Trinity Cathedral at 7 pm on Friday, October 18th. Doors open at 6 pm with free refreshments being served. FREE tickets available on Eventbrite.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Happy #HAW2019!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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