Homelessness Action Week 2011
2011 Homelessness Action Week in Burnaby
The Burnaby Task Force On Homelessness is organizing a sixth annual Homelessness Action Week in Burnaby from October 10-16. www.burnabyhomelesstaskforce.org
Homelessness Action Week is now a province wide initiative organized by the Regional Steering Committee on Homelessness and Ethos Strategy Group. www.stophomelessness.ca
The Burnaby events for Homelessness Action Week provide access to health care, outreach worker support, clothing and food for many Burnaby people who are dealing with the issue of homelessness and living in extreme poverty.
For more information, please see the following attachments:
Burnaby Homeless Connect 2011 PDF
Saturday October 8th
Kick Off To Homelessness Action Week
6:30 pm Presentation & What Do People Need Game – Ethos Coffee House
#30-8650 Cinnamon Dr, Burnaby (Just off Forest Grove Drive)
Monday October 10th
10/10/11 World Homeless Day
2:00pm Parish of St Timothy 4550 Kitchener Street
Free Admission- Documentary Poor No More
Co- Sponsored by the Burnaby Task Force On Homelessness, MP’s Kennedy Stewart (Burnaby-Douglas) and Peter Julian ( Burnaby- New Westminster).
8:00 pm Salvation Army Soup and Sandwich Night
Southside Community Church 7135 Walker Ave.
Tuesday October 11th
Thanksgiving Lunch at West Burnaby United Church
6050 Sussex Ave Burnaby
11:00am line up for tickets First sitting 12:00pm Second sitting 12:30pm
Increased Clothing Distribution with the Progressive Housing Society Mobile Outreach Van
Wednesday October 12th
10:00am- 2:00pm
Special Lunch & Increased Clothing Distribution with the Progressive Housing Society Mobile Outreach Van
at New Life Community Church 8765 Government Road
Thursday October 13th
Burnaby Homeless Connect 9:00am – 2:00pm
Free Admission Southside Community Church 7135 Walker Ave
Sponsored by the Burnaby Task Force on Homelessness – Pancake Breakfast, Blood Pressure Clinic, Foot Care Clinic, Nurse Practitioner, Prevention Nurse, Dentist, Optometrist, Make Overs, Haircuts, Legal Services Society, Learning Table, Outreach Workers, Games, Free Clothing, Comfort Kits, Personal Toiletry Items, Barbeque Lunch, Door Prizes, Games, Community Art Project
Friday October 14th
Burnaby Task Force On Homelessness Presentations in Burnaby Schools
Burnaby Homeless Connect 2011
Thank you to the 7 volunteers and 2 staff who compiled comfort kits on Tuesday Oct 11th and the 20 volunteers/staff who set up for the event on Wed Oct 12th
and at Burnaby Homeless Connect thank you to the
46 volunteers, 66 service providers and 22 special guests who helped provide
service to 182 individuals
316 people attended this important event
180 Pancake BREAKFASTS were served by the Burnaby Optimists
24 EYE CARE examinations performed
21 DENTAL examinations performed
38 Individuals were seen by the NURSE and NURSE PRACTITIONER
3 BLOOD PRESSURE CLINIC
8 NURSE PRACTITIONER
11 PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES NURSE
8 ABORIGINAL HEALTH
56 People received FLU SHOTS
18 People attended the FOOT CARE CLINIC
64 HAIR CUTS were completed
12 MAKE OVERS were completed
128 Attended the LEARNING TABLE
45 People received information from LEGAL SERVICES
300 Hot Dogs, 170 bowls of Chili, 400 bowls of Ice Cream were served Salvation Army
106 People received COMFORT KITS
18 Connected with the Progressive Housing Society OUTREACH WORKERS
Over 31 People attended who were formerly HOMELESS and are now HOUSED
The Burnaby Task Force On Homelessness would like to thank the following contributors
to our Burnaby Homeless Connect and Homelessness Action Week events:
A & W Metrotown
ABC Recycling
BC Housing
Burger King
Burnaby Board of Trade
Burnaby Community Connections
Burnaby Edmonds Lions Club
Burnaby Mental Wealth Society
Burnaby Now
Burnaby Optimists
Burnaby RCMP
Burnaby Square Dental
Cariboo Hill Secondary School
Cariboo Hill Secondary School Youth Action Committee
City of Burnaby
City of Burnaby Councillors -Paul McDonell – Pietro Calendino
Coast Capital Savings
Costco
Dr Stuart Katz
Dr Ashifa Nurani
Ethos Coffee House
Fraser Health
Aboriginal Health
Burnaby Home Health
Burnaby Hospital
Burnaby Substance Use Services
Primary Care Clinic- Nurse Practitioners
Public Health Services
Gourmet Bakers
Greater Vancouver Food Bank
I Care at Douglas College
Kats Foot Care
Lakeview Elementary School
Legal Services Society
Lookout Society
Marianne Otterstrom- Shadbolt Centre for the Arts
McGregor Socks
Me N Eds Pizza Parlors
Metropolis at Metrotown
Ministry of Housing and Social Development Burnaby Metro Pointe
MLA Harry Bloy
MLA Raj Chouhan
MLA Kathy Corrigan
MLA Richard Lee
MP Peter Julian
MP Kennedy Stewart
New Balance Shoes
New Life Community Church
New West Family Eye Care Centre
Old Spaghetti Factory
Parish of St Timothy
Parish of St Timothy-Fifth Guides group
Progressive Housing Society
Pro Organics
Regional Steering Committee On Homelessness
Salvation Army
Save On Foods
Shoe Warehouse
Southside Community Church
SPARC BC
Telus
Tim Horton’s Community Cruiser
Tommy Douglas Library
Twelfth Ave Elementary School
Utopia Academy
Van City
West Burnaby United Church