Helping The Homeless

• South Okanagan Women in Need Society to fill backpacks for people in need

  SOWINS is reaching out to the public for more help, either through monetary donations or people can buy a complete backpack.

  Lifestyle

  Nov 27, 2023
  
• ‘It makes your heart feel good’: Lethbridge students take part in Blankets of Hope 2021

  It's the third year Children of St. Martha School is taking part in Blankets of Hope. In fact, they're one of just a handful of Canadian schools chosen to be an ambassador.

  Features

  Mar 4, 2021
  
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• Backpack program for West Kelowna homeless launched by former homeless man

  The backpacks are filled with all kinds of essentials, from toques and gloves to hand warmers and scarves to toothbrushes and toothpaste.

  Canada

  Jan 5, 2021
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• Welcome Home program providing friends to recently housed Edmontonians

  An Edmontonian who used to be homeless has grown more confident and independent since a pair of volunteer friends came into his life.

  Features

  Dec 24, 2019
• New Brunswick students make placemats of hope for the homeless

  The group has started making brightly coloured placemats to lay on the tables in the soup kitchen dining area, each one with messages of hope and inspiration

  Features

  Jun 9, 2019
• GiveBack Edmonton ensures nobody goes cold this winter

  An Edmonton mother once unable to afford winter jackets for her daughters wants to make sure nobody else goes through the same struggle they did.

  Features

  Jan 1, 2018
• Mom gifts purses to homeless women as ‘thank you’ for daughter’s second chance

  For the second year in a row, mother Darlene Gauthier has been busy filling purses with items she thinks will make homeless women smile.

  Features

  Nov 18, 2017
• Vernon man reaches out to homeless with blankets

  Hamilton has seen the homeless issue in Vernon get worse in the last four years he's been handing out blankets and food.

  Health

  Nov 5, 2017
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• West Island woman crochets plastic bags into mats for homeless

  A West Island woman collects plastic bags so she can re-purposes them into pillows and mats for the homeless.

  Canada

  Sep 17, 2017
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• 11-year-old N.B. boy helps feed the homeless in mother’s memory

  A promise is a promise according to 11-year-old Miguel Goguen of Bouctouche, N.B.

  Canada

  Apr 19, 2017