BC Government News Release - September 8, 2010 - Victoria - The Province is investing $2.5 million in two former Traveller’s Inn motels to provide more affordable housing options for people in Victoria who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, announced Ida Chong, Minister of Healthy Living and Sport, on behalf of Rich Coleman, Minister of Housing and Social Development.
“Our government is committed to providing a range of affordable housing options that meet the diverse needs of people facing the reality of homelessness while preserving existing rental stock,” said Chong. “We are delivering on our commitment with this investment by collaborating with municipal and community partners on these two properties.”
September 2010 - The Victoria Cool Aid Society invites you to donate gently used professional attire at any Moores Clothing for Men store in September.
Your gently used professional clothing can help an unemployed neighbour find housing and a job. As a thank you for your donation Moores will provide you with a 25% discount coupon. Your clothing will be given away through Cool Aid’s Casual Labour Pool.
September 2, 2010 - A Channel TV - Connie Martin was in a high power job in the fashion industry, one that many women would envy. She lived in both New York and L.A. and worked in Chicago. She slept on airplanes. But after years of living the high life, a Victoria woman found herself on the streets, addicted to drugs and finally in a shelter.
Ten years of addiction, two unsuccessful attempts at rehab, and Connie ran away from it all. She came home to Victoria.
"I was on my last breath," she says.
In a shelter, barely walking, she hear of the Cool Aid Society's Every Step Counts Program . A running group that helped Connie focus on her body and soul."The mental rehabilitation, the physical rehabilitation, I owe it to this program," she says, "it saved my life."
Over the past several months, local and provincial government agencies have announced millions of dollars in funding for social housing and other initiatives aimed at eliminating homelessness on Victoria’s streets. And yet, as the headlines above show, a sad reality continues to display itself daily in the downtown core, especially on Pandora Avenue.
It’s a reality that appalls residents and visitors, annoys neighbouring businesses and taxes the resources of police and emergency services.
Is it fair to ask: Could better co-ordination among governments, police and social aid agencies, including downtown churches, produce a healthier downtown environment?
St. John the Divine Anglican, a downtown church that operates a food bank and overnight shelter close to Pandora Avenue, believes it could.
Please join with the staff of Victoria Cool Aid Society's emergency shelters to support people in our community suffering from HIV/AIDS in this year's Scotiabank AIDS Walk for Life. We work at Streetlink Emergency Shelter, Sandy Merriman House, Next Steps and the Divine Intervention. We also work closely with VARCS and AIDS Vancouver Island and will be supporting both organizations and our clients living with HIV.
The Scotiabank AIDS Walk for Life is a project of the Canadian AIDS Society in partnership with the British Columbia Persons with AIDS Society, AIDS Committee of Toronto, and community-based AIDS organizations across Canada.
Join us!
When: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 @ 6 pm Where: City of Victoria, Centennial Square
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September 2010 - The Victoria Cool Aid Society invites you to donate gently used professional attire at any Moores Clothing for Men store in September.