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The Victoria Cool Aid Society has been building hope, lives and community in the Capital Region for over 40 years, since 1968, through a wide range of programs including supported housing, community health and dental services, emergency shelter, and a casual labour pool for adults who are homeless or in need of help.
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February 1, 2010 - AIDS Vancouver Island and Victoria Cool Aid Society have announced that another $100,000 has been raised for the Access Health Centre. This $5.3 million building project is supported by the partner agencies, government, foundations, businesses and individuals. Just $900,000 remains to meet the mortgage-free goal. The building at 713 Johnson Street, occupied since September 2009, is now home to counsellors from the Victoria Native Friendship Centre offering renewed downtown access to urban First Nations services. Later in the year, VIHA will also be moving some of their mental health and addiction services onto the second floor. These valuable partners will add to the integration of services available at the Access Health Centre which provides primary care, dental care, counselling and mental health services to the homeless and other vulnerable, at-risk populations, with a team approach that has been applauded by government, health care professionals and the community. Significant donations in the last two months include:
- Over $25,000 – Individual Cool Aid donors, local physicians and dentists
- $16,000 - BMO Bank of Montreal (BC Division)
- $13,500 - The Queen Alexandra Foundation for Children to pay for dental equipment used in
the treatment of children - $10,000 - CIBC
- $9,000 - Gifts from Victoria Foundation donors
- $2,000 – St. John the Divine Anglican Church members
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January 20, 2010 - Children of Celebrities, the kings of enviro-cowboy lounge music, are back with their third CD – Stereo Bang Bang! Hailing from Victoria, BC, Children of Celebrities offer an original and striking acoustic blend of music that draws upon folk, roots, country and bluegrass…but presented in a unique and refreshing way. Victoria, BC’s Monday Magazine writes that Children of Celebrities “inhabit that nebulous middle ground between country, bluegrass and whatever it is that Tom Waits does.” 
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The Victoria Fine Art Festival Society presents its inaugural exhibition, in part sponsored by the Victoria Cool Aid Society: Homeless Awareness:
an Exhibition of Art Work by People Who Have Experienced Homelessness
January 15 – February 27, 2010
705 Johnson Street, Downtown Victoria
Hours: Wednesday – Saturday, 11am – 5pm
Opening reception with the artists January 15, 5-8pm. Free event and open to the public.
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Cool Views # 2Focus on mental health and employment
December 2009The second issue of the new Cool Views journal focuses on the mental health, addiction and employment services of Cool Aid's Rees program, located at 707 Johnson Street. Click on the front cover or here to pick up the latest copy of Cool Views. Email
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if you want to be mailed a printed copy or a stack to give away. Your location can also be added to our regular distribution list by request. If you have an idea for an article, photos or images that speak to Cool Aid and its services feel free to contact Alan Rycroft. Articles this issue include:- Access Health Centre opens its doors
- The Mentoring Project
- Did you know? (Rees facts)
- An oasis in the heart of downtown (community activity centre)
- Fiona Hyslop - a woman of conviction
- Extreme weather shelter
- Community Casual Labour Pool
- The unfolding story of artist Tony Van Deven
- A brief history of Cool Aid
- 40 Years of Cool Aid Culture DVD
- New Thrift Shop downtown
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