Covenant House Sleep Out 2018 Executive Edition
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- Covenant House Drake St - 575 Drake Street, Vancouver, BC View Map
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On November 15th, the Covenant House is challenging business leaders to spend one night sleeping on the street to raise funds to support their Residential Crisis Programs.
You can help by making a donation to support a Sleep Out participant. Join the Sleep Out movement and make a meaningful and lasting impact on the lives of homeless youth.
The Covenant House Sleep Out: Executive Edition will be taking place November 15th, 2018 from 730pm to 6am November 16th. At their Drake Street building – 575 Drake Street Vancouver BC V6B 4K8.
The Growing Issue of Homeless Youth:
On any given night there are between 500 and 1,000 young people living on the streets in Vancouver. Vancouver’s downtown streets are dangerous. Sexual exploitation, drug abuse, poverty and illness are commonplace.
Many youth are re-victimized on the streets, having fled one unsafe situation only to find their circumstances are often worse. Exposed to the elements, lonely, afraid and without hope; this is the reality for our youth.
Sleep Out: Executive Edition:
Business Leaders use their influence to raise awareness and critical funds for vulnerable young people each November. Participants are C-suite executives, business owners, leaders within their organization, and/or board members of Covenant House. Watch our inspiring Sleep Out: Executive Edition Video to learn more and see the impact this evening has on participants.
About the Covenant House Vancouver:
With the support of 7,500 donors who had been donating to Covenant House Toronto, we took a leap of faith and opened our doors on September 22, 1997. The first night we were full (with just 12 beds) and we’ve been full ever since. In the first 10 years, we expanded our shelter twice (to 18 then 22 beds) and opened our transitional living program, Rights of Passage (ROP).
When we first opened, the young people we served were very similar to those seen at other Covenant House sites: the majority had either fled physical, emotional and/or sexual abuse or had been “kicked out” of the family home. For the most part these young people are under-educated and lag behind their peers in both social and emotional development. Marijuana and alcohol (crystal meth wasn’t on the scene yet) were the drugs of choice and there was little awareness of “street kids” in Vancouver.