Tag Archives: homeless

Salvation Army & Lookout Society Host Friendly Drop-in Soccer – March 22

Salvation Army and Lookout Society are hosting their twice-monthly street soccer game at 6pm on Saturday, March 22 at the John Braithwaite Community Centre gym. All homeless and at-risk people are welcome. Food and drink afterward provided by Lookout Society. For more information, please contact nsemployment@lookoutsociety.ca

Drop-In Soccer on January 11th – Everyone Welcome!

FRIENDLY DROP-IN SOCCER Homeless and at-risk people welcome • Saturday, January 11 • 6:00pm – 7:00pm • John Braithwaite Community Centre gym Food and drinks after provided by Lookout. See details below: notice – street soccer Jan 11 For more information please email: nsemployment@lookoutsociety.ca

Dundarave Festival of Lights – Support North Shore Transitional Housing

This Saturday Nov. 30th marks the start of the @DundaraveFest Festival of lights on Dundarave Beach in West Vancouver. Each Saturday, a full day of concerts is presented in a field of 100 Christmas trees on the beach, all to help raise awareness about homelessness, bring the community together, and raise funds for Lookout’s NorthContinue reading “Dundarave Festival of Lights – Support North Shore Transitional Housing”

Report: BC had a child poverty rate of 18.6 percent – the worst rate of any province in Canada

2013 BC Child Poverty Report Card: The latest figures from Statistics Canada (2011) once again show that BC is the worst province in Canada when it comes to major measures of child poverty: – BC had a child poverty rate of 18.6 percent – the worst rate of any province in Canada, using the before-taxContinue reading “Report: BC had a child poverty rate of 18.6 percent – the worst rate of any province in Canada”