Come and Celebrate
August 19
From 9am to 1pm
at the Outreach Resource Centre
7135 Walker Ave
Food, entertainment, and lots of fun!
Everyone is welcome!
 

The Progressive Housing Mobile Outreach Team will not be at the following locations on the following days: 
Lougheed Skytrain Station:
 Closed-Wednesday June 16 (but lunch will be provided on June 18th between 10:30 and 12:30pm)
Closed-Wednesday June 30
 North Burnaby
Closed-Monday June 20th at St. Timothy’s and McGill Library
South Burnaby
Closed-Tuesday June 21, 2010 at West Burnaby United Church and Metrotown [...]

SouthEast Communtiy Policing
You are invited to an InterFaith Meeting
  March 3rd, 2010
7:00 – 9:00 pm
Gordon Presbyterian Church
7457 Edmonds Street, Burnaby
 What are your concerns about crime around your place of Worship?
 What services are you providing to the needy in your Community?
Would your church be interested in assisting people who are dealing [...]

Burnaby Homeless Connect 2009 
275 people attended this important event – an increase of over 59 people 
Thank you to the 51 volunteers, 33 service providers/staff and 13 invited guests who helped provide service to 178 individuals
 175   BREAKFASTS were served by the Burnaby Optimists
  20   EYE CARE examinations performed (6 Referred)
  17   DENTAL examinations performed
  31   Individuals [...]

Carts of Darkness

WINNER OF THE 2009 LEO AWARD
FOR BEST CANADIAN DOCUMENTARY

Screening and Discussion with Filmmaker

Murray Siple
Thursday, July 30
7:00 – 8:45 pm
McGill Branch

 

 

The treacherous mountain roads and discarded shopping carts of North Vancouver have become
 the means of self-exploration for a group of homeless men. Murray Siple’s compassionate look at
 these men’s lives, and his stunning cinematography and [...]

Partners for Action  A Report by SFU Student Darren Baker
There has been a significant amount of research conducted in recent years to determine the extent of the homelessness crisis in British Columbia’s Lower Mainland. Unfortunately, most of this research has been focused on homelessness in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside; thereby, neglecting the crisis that neighbouring municipalities [...]

Responses from Burnaby Candidates to the Burnaby Task Force On Homelessness
Questionnaire

Green Party Candidates

Green Party Candidate Helen Chang Burnaby- Lougheed

has not responded to the Task Force Questionnaire at this time
Green Party Candidate – Bruce Friesen- Burnaby Deer Lake 
1)      If elected to the provincial government what will you do to ensure that short term/transitional housing is opened in [...]

Questionnaire for Provincial Candidates
 
The Burnaby Task Force On Homelessness leads local initiatives to END homelessness in Burnaby.
The Burnaby Task Force On Homelessness has compiled this questionnaire for distribution to all candidates seeking to represent Burnaby in the legislature.
The results from this questionnaire will be posted on the task force website www.burnabyhomelesstaskforce.org. Thank you [...]

 
During the 2008-2009 Winter Season the Burnaby Extreme Weather Shelter was located once again at St. Francis De Sales Church 6610 Balmoral Burnaby.
The Extreme Weather Shelter operated quietly and efficiently within this Burnaby neighborhood without in any way infringing on the health or safety of that neighborhood.
 The Shelter provided a crucial service to those in [...]

 
Are you dealing with homelessness
 
and live in Burnaby?
 
The Progressive Housing Society’s Mobile Outreach
 
Unit is at the following locations each week:
 
                        Outreach Resource Centre & Mobile Unit
 
Every Monday (except holidays): N.Burnaby
 

11:00am -12:30pm-St.Timothy’s Church 4550 Kitchener St. @ Willingdon Ave.
 
1:00pm -2:30pm-McGill Library 4595 Albert Street
 
 

 
Every Tuesday
9:30am – 10:30am Central Park-by Patterson and Kingsway at [...]