Upper Room Mission

• Coronavirus: Social services scaled back in Vernon, B.C. amid COVID-19 pandemic

  Almost all of Upper Room Mission's services have been temporarily shut down as a homeless resource centre due to coronavirus concerns and financial issues.

  Canada

  Mar 24, 2020
  
• Vernon soup kitchen shuts down due to ‘financial strain’

  The Upper Room Mission hopes the closure will be temporary and is asking for donations to help revive the operation.

  Mar 23, 2020
  
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• Vernon RCMP arrest break and enter suspect trying to hide at local soup kitchen

  Police have a 34-year-old Calgary man in custody after two break and enters on the same block in Vernon on Wednesday morning.

  Crime

  Jun 19, 2019
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• Memorial held for Vernon teen Traci Genereaux

  The rainy overcast weather was appropriately sombre on Tuesday as friends and family gathered to remember Traci Genereaux..

  Nov 21, 2017
• Drug overdoses taking emotional toll on Okanagan social service groups

  As British Columbia continues to be gripped by a drug overdose crisis, many Okanagan support workers are now finding themselves responding to overdoses.

  Aug 18, 2017
• Some reprieve for Vernon’s Upper Room Mission

  The Upper Room Mission was one of the north Okanagan non-profits that were forced to make service cuts...

  May 13, 2016
• Gaming grant denials cause North Okanagan non-profit service cuts

  North Okanagan non-profits were forced to make service cuts after they were denied provincial gaming grants.

  May 3, 2016
• Okanagan organizations feel the impact of rising food costs

  The Schubert Centre in Vernon is well known for providing programming for local seniors. However, they also serve lunch at a coffee shop, prepare food for Meals-on-Wheels and offer catering services. The money from those catering jobs helps to pay for other services the Schubert Centre provides. Rising food prices have begun to eat away the program funds. They are not raising catering prices for now but if food costs continue to rise, they may have to.

  Consumer

  Jan 22, 2016
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• Donations down, demand up: Vernon’s Upper Room Mission feeling stretched

  A North Okanagan soup kitchen is feeling stretched to its limit. The Upper Room Mission says they've seen a dramatic increase in the number of people seeking help and at the same time their donations are down.

  Jul 6, 2015
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• WATCH: Vernon’s Upper Room Mission gets dining room back

  After almost two months making do in other locations, the Upper Room Mission was able to serve lunch in their dining room for the first time since early December.

  Jan 26, 2015