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Class Inequality in Healthcare | Wealthy? You’ll Be Healthy
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The conversation about class inequality in healthcare all over the world has been going on for a while. Whether you are looking at rich nations like the US or poorer nations with shoddy healthcare services, there are clear differences in the sort of care the rich get and the care that the poor get. Due to problems with insurance and high prices, healthcare is really expensive for a lot of people. This has resulted in serious class inequality in healthcare, with only the rich being able to afford access to good care.
With one billion children living below the poverty line across the world, they are more likely to suffer from poor nutrition, obesity, and asthma. Adults who are part of the lower socioeconomic category are also more likely to experience mental illnesses, infectious diseases, heart conditions, obesity, and blood pressure issues.
Taking time off from work to go to the doctor, not being able to pay for services, not having access to healthcare consultancy, and more are common problems. Being poor also means that you have more crises and stress to deal with, which can also add to a person’s health woes.
The gap between the rich and the poor has been sharply increasing since the 1970s. The increase in the gap between the rich and the poor definitely has consequences that can impact individuals deeply. One way to address class inequality in healthcare is to enact top-down policies that are designed to address such inequalities specifically. There needs to be more focus on making sure that healthcare is easy to access for everyone in society without putting you under a big debt of thousands of dollars.
My Name is Brad – A Docu-drama Film / Project in Memory of Kelly Thomas and Countless Others Who Fall Victim to the Stigma of Mental Health and Homelessness in America
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Bradley James was born on April 13th, 1972. Kelly Thomas was born on April 5th, 1974. While neither met each other, they both share something in common. They both suffered from schizophrenia. While Brad lives in British Columbia, struggling to make ends meet, Kelly was not that lucky. On July 10th, 2011, while many in America were glued to their television screens, watching in awe as the US team defeated Brazil during the semi-final of the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup, Kelly Thomas lay in a hospital bed, bloody and dying.
Kelly Thomas, a man who had struggled with fits of schizophrenia his entire life, was dragged out into the streets and brutally beaten by six officers of the Fullerton California police department – he later succumbed to his injuries.
Now, 57 Years of Soul Music Radio is collaborating with The Urban Survivor Humanitarian Network and Cheektowaga-Omni Media Marketing based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, to tell Kelly’s story to the world. The company is raising funds via Slated, a crowdfunding platform for filmmakers, to launch the production of their film, “My Name Is Brad” in early Spring 2021.
This docudrama film is an initiative to recognize severe mental health issues and make them a mainstream topic of conversation. The film is aimed to show the controversy surrounding mental illnesses and police misconduct. It revolves around the lives of Brad James and Kelly Thomas.
With the current scenarios looking to get worse before they get better, the producers of “My Name Is Brad” believe that now’s the right time to bring this topic to the forefront of humanitarian initiatives that should be prioritized. With the new President in the Oval Office, we are closer to this dream than ever before – to end the injustice, indignation, and stigma associated with mental health and homelessness.
All funds raised through this film will be used to kick start an Urban housing development in all major cities. Modular container housing can be purchased for less than $2000 per unit. Since the government spends millions on everything else, it’s time to end homelessness and help those who are struck with mental illness. For that, your participation and support are desired.
If you would like more information about this film, or to find out how you can help, please visit the website:
From Homelessness to Renting: How to Find Rental Housing without References
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The solace of silence is sometimes the only vocal support one gets without friends and family references.
There is no point in sugar-coating the fact that transitioning from homelessness to renting can be quite difficult for an individual, especially in cities like Toronto or Vancouver. From a landlord’s perspective, these markets are full of eligible and desirable tenants, so why would they lend their property to someone without any reference and an unstable (or non-existing) rental history.
This is a challenge most homeless people face, even when they have found a stable job and have enough money for a deposit. Finding rental housing without references can be tough but not impossible. There are a few things you can do:
1. Seek out your regional Housing First* program. It’s designed to help homeless people find stable homes. You’d need to contribute a portion of your income (ideally 30% or more) while the rest would be covered by rent subsidies. It also helps you establish a rent history that can open up more rental housing options for you.
2. Provide potential landlord proof of stable income. If you’ve been working for a while, bring your last three payslips and, preferably, a letter from your employer stating your good behavior (and that they don’t have any plans to let you go in the foreseeable future).
3. If you have a stable income and money for monthly rent but not the deposit, charities like Canadian Red Cross and Salvation Army might assist you (financially). With a decent deposit amount (say three-months rent), you might be able to convince potential landlords to rent to you, even if you don’t have references.
4. Don’t fake a reference history. It is a huge red flag, and if you get caught, it might disrupt your chances of renting with other landlords as well.
5. Talk to the people who are running emergency shelters. They might be able to guide you to individuals who might be inclined to rent to you without references, just to pull you out of homelessness. If not, they might be able to put you in touch with local housing assistance programs you might not be aware of.
Be honest, talk to the people helping homeless individuals in your community, try to save as much money as you can for rent and deposit, find a co-signer if you can, and make sure your employer puts in a good for you. These might help you find rental housing without references.
*https://www.bchousing.org/projects-partners/funding-opportunities/RHFP
Boggles Brown – The Blurb
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-From “Boggles Brown – My Cartoon Life in the Land Of Schizophrenia” inner sleeve. – BJ 2010
Boggles Brown is broke, except for the “People With Disabilities Allowance” he gets once a month. This month, he lives in a run-down motel – he manages to buy an old beat-up Toyota which is unreliable but reliable if you know what I mean. Somtimes he thinks his car may be bi-polar.
He wonders whether he should be using one of those fancy-named gasoline additives like “Engine-X,” I imagine “Engine-X” to be somewhat like Olanzapine, only for cars.
Boggles Brown struggled through college. He graduated,worked for a while and then became bonkers It was not worth the ecstacy or all the raves in the world to lose his mind – he knows that now. But it is his life, what to do?
Boggles Brown is not how I see myself so much, as how I think others see mee. My mom has read some of my cartoons and scratched her head. I imagine a lot of people will do the same. But that’s not the point – is it? Am I Canada’s Andy Warhol? I think not.
I hope you like Boggles, and if you don’t, I hope you keep it to yourself because the point is that it gave me something to do.
These are all hand-drawn on whatever paper I could find.
– Boggles Brown; BJAF 2010
Exclusive Boggles Brown T-Shirts Online
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Greetings Readers,
Now, like never before, we have been waiting for a marketing breakthrough to gain that glimmer of interactivity on it’s way to your wardrobe. It’s here – Boggles Brown multi-colour T-Shirts where you get to write the dialogue for our lovable but lunatic street-sage.
MyNameIsBrad.ORG is an exclusive portal of perception on a development of Boggles’ words and world.
Drop by and donate to give the My Name Is Brad docudrama the funding it needs and order a Boggles Brown exclusive hand drawn T-Shirt by local artist Brad James.
Stay Safe and Think of M. Brown When You’re Feeling Down.
– The Crew At The Urban Survivor and My Name Is Brad
Cheektowaga-Omni Launch Fundraiser for Debut Socio-Cultural Movie “My Name Is Brad”
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January 11, 2021: Cheektowaga-Omni, a production, media, and marketing company has today announced its foray into film making with the production of a socially conscious movie, “My Name is Brad”. The company hopes to engage the public and has started fundraising, soliciting support from keen donors and people who value movies with a cultural and socially significant theme.
The prevailing atmosphere in the USA makes it ripe for movies like My Name is Brad to be an eye-opener for a public swayed by bigotry and misinformation. Moreover, homelessness is a growing issue that is affecting many people.
“My Name is Brad” narrates the story of a young middle class suburban white man who struggles through University, only to end up deluded, and living on the streets. He watches his promise die, like so many North American youth today.
Cheektowaga-Omni is a production and media marketing company that was established as a tie up between Cheektowaga Music and Omni creative group Cheektowaga Music was formed by prolific musician, music, entertainment producer and, performer “Little” Herbert in 1986. Cheektowaga-Omni is in the process of reactivating a dormant Analogue TV station in Northern Washington State.
The movie My Name is Brad being produced by Cheektowaga-Omni is in memory of Kelly Thomas, who was killed by members of the Fullerton police dept in 2011. Cheektowaga-Omni has launched fundraising efforts to support the movie and plans are afoot to launch a kick-starter and a web page in support of My name is Brad. For more – click here.
Cheektowaga – Omni media is based in Kelowna BC, with studios located in Abbotsford BC and Vancouver BC.
For more information: http://mynameisbrad.org/
Media contact
Dale Corrigan
Cheektowaga – Omni Creative Group
Email: dalecorrigan@cheektowaga-onmi.com
Website: www.cheektowaga-omni.com
Homelessness During COVID – Disaster Amplified
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Homeless individual
In any given year, there are about 235,000 Canadians that suffer from homelessness. That’s about 0.625% of the total population, a statistically “small” minority, which is, unfortunately, seeing its woes compounded due to winter and COVID.
Homeless people rely on shelters to provide them a place to sleep and stay, especially during the cold winter nights when staying outside or in a makeshift shelter can be deadly disastrous. So it’s only logical that the shelters try to accommodate as many people as possible.
But that’s impossible due to COVID cases spreading. To mitigate the probability of transmission, shelters have reduced the number of people they take in. Needless to say, this is a significant blow to the homeless population of the country because during the second wave, more and more people are seeking shelter and less space is available. The lifting of the eviction ban has also added fuel to the fire.
To make matters worse, some shelter homes are being forced to close down or have been working at reduced capacity because the staff and residents have contracted the virus.
People are aware of the problem and are doing what little they can to remediate the situation like staging protests and urging the government to ramp up support. And shelters are using glass dividers in between beds to reduce the probability of transmission in close confines.
We can take lessons from international solutions to this problem, such as accommodating homeless populations in unused hotels (since the travel business is already suffering) or taking measures to contain homeless people to designated areas (by providing necessary amenities and shelter) to mitigate the possibility of transmission.
What Needs to be Done to End Homelessness?
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Noreen date of birth ? death was in 2012, she loved music any-kind of good music. She loved to party and that she did until the end.
An adequate supply of safe, affordable and appropriate housing is a prerequisite to truly ending homelessness in the long term. This includes ensuring that people who are chronically and episodically homeless are prioritized and that systems are in place to enable such persons to receive housing and supports through Housing First programs. In a tight housing market, implementing a Housing First agenda becomes that much more challenging. It is also important to address the supply of affordable housing, in order to broaden access for other priority populations, including women fleeing violence, Aboriginal Peoples, families, seniors and youth, for instance.
Ultimately, addressing Canada’s housing crisis comes down to money, which then begs the question about our national priorities.
Canadian homeowners enjoy over $8.6 billion in annual tax and other benefits. This kind of investment in home ownership is important because it benefits millions of middle-income households.
Spending on affordable housing for Canada’s poorest households however, is less than one quarter of that invested in homeownership, approximately $2.1 billion per year and has declined quite dramatically over the past 25 years.
Ironically, it costs more to ignore our housing problem than it would to fix it. Consider the estimate that homelessness alone costs the Canadian economy over $7 billion per year. While the Government of Canada invests $119 million annually to address homelessness through the Homelessness Partnering Strategy (provinces and municipalities also invest), this is not sufficient to address the problem and as a result has not led to a noticeable reduction in homelessness.
By not investing adequately in housing for the poorest Canadians, health care, justice and other taxpayer-funded costs increase.
Put another way, as Canadians, we are spending more money on people who do not need help compared to those in greatest need. And by not spending on those in greatest need, we are not only creating hardship for many Canadian families, we are creating a considerably larger expense for the Canadian economy.
We can do things differently. In the State of Homelessness in Canada 2014, we propose a robust housing investment strategy that would cost the economy much less than the current costs of homelessness. The key elements of our strategy include the following proposals:
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Penny Procession Produces Precise Profit Projections Pundit Predicts
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![The Canadian Penny [RIP]](http://urbansurvivalmedia.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/si-220-penny-1936-7877445.jpg "The Canadian Penny [RIP]")
February 4th, 2013 – a day of infamy as Canada loses it’s copper companion …
Now, courtesy of our forward-thinking financier elite (who are probably so choked up with currency conundrums that the old “cup o’ joe” doesn’t hit that sacred spot) we no longer have that LCD – the lowest common denominator, the penny.
Part of me (the fractionally crazy part) says – hey great, i don’t know how many times my inner math computer has been defaulting on it’s reasoning functions because of a redundant 1,1,1,1,1, type singularity on the event horizon. What that translates into is that the copper (and especially copper oxidized green) tint to what some would call “the high point of the day – a good cup of tea or coffee” seems to be awash in auburn metallurgical particulates – some may see them as ingredients in a quantum chemical bath that goes into – invisible to all but an alien scientist – our liquid intakes.
What are we going to do with all that copper now that it’s out of the larger socio-economic corpus (sounds like someone was trying to exterminate the little beggars – pun not intended, i’ll say 2 acts of contrition.) Immediately one could say that the melted down copper could go a long way to subsidize Canada’s well-known telecommunications industry…but then you realize everyone’s talking about Wire-Fibre – just as silicate a syndicate as the microchips which cause us to decide on crazy oracular life issues from economics, social-networking, what kind of tattoo to get, among other decisions once left to soothsayers …
All in all it’s nice to surmise that someone out there isn’t going to get the average person to reinforce his averageness through creation of percentile calculations – are we beginning to find that having a nickel as a lowest common denominator may intimate that “Pi” the longest non-repeating repeating number is getting closer to a “zero point” (ya, ya i know we missed the end of McKenna’s *(RIP) TimeWave Zero on December 12th last year – i’ll send a postcard from the edge.
Overall i’m hoping that the ecology of muddy money, perhaps rooted in grudgery and drudgery will begin to shine clear as that silver backed beaver …
Cheemo to you, cup of Joe!
– James
One of those favorites for the hard-pressed creative type; morning, noon and night.
Food Banks in B.C.
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100 Mile House Food Bank
5693 Horse Lake Rd. 100 Mile House, BC V0K 2E1
T: 250-397-2571 F: 250-397-2579
Email: bobhicks@bcinternet.net
Abbotsford Food Bank
2420 Montrose St. Abbotsford, BC V2S 3S9 T: 604-859-5749 F: 604-859-2717 Dave Murray Email: afb@telus.net or christmasbureau@telus.net
Website: www.abbotsfordcommunityservices.com
Agassiz-Harrison Food Bank
P.O. Box 564 #5 – 7086 Cheam Ave Agassiz, BC V0M 1A0 T: 604-796-2585 F: 604-796-2517 Laurie Sallis Email: ahcs@shawlink.ca or greimer@shawlink.ca Website: www.agassiz-harrison.org
Okanagan Boys & Girls Club
P.O. Box 332 3459 PLEASANT VALLEY RD Armstrong, BC V0E 1B0 T: 250-546-3465 F: 250-546-3468 Andrea Schnell Email: cfedick@boysandgirlsclubs.ca Website: www.boysandgirlsclubs.ca
Ashcroft & Area Food Bank
PO Box 603 601 Bancroft St Ashcroft, BC V0K 1A0 T: (250) 453-9656 F: (250) 453-2034 Denise Fiddick Email: scelizfry@telus.net
Barriere & District Food Bank Society
P.O. Box 465 Barriere, BC V0E 1E0 T: (250) 672-0029 Kim Keating
Bella Coola Valley Food Bank
P.O. Box 22 Bella Coola, BC V0T 1C0 T: 250-799-5588 F: 250-799-5791 Clare Harris Email: charris@belco.bc.ca
Campbell River & District Food Bank
1393 Marwalk Crescent Campbell River, BC V9W 5V9 250-286-3226 250-286-3296 Ann & George Minosky email: ann_minosky@telus.net OR ann_minosky@telus.net
Arrow & Slocan Lakes Community Services
Arrow & Slocan Lakes Community Services PO Box 100 Nakusp, BC V0G 1R0 T: (250) 265-3674 F: (250) 265-3378
Anne Miskulin
Email: amiskulin@aslcs.com
Arrow & Slocan Lakes Community Services
PO Box 100
Nakusp, BC V0G 1R0
T: (250) 265-3674 F: (250) 265-3378
Anne Miskulin
Email: amiskulin@aslcs.com
Boundary Community Food Bank Society
Mailing Address:
7149 2nd Street Grand Forks, BC V0H 1H0
Clients: 215 Central Ave., Grand Forks
7419 – 2nd St, Grand Forks T: 250-442-2800 F: 250-442-2800
Larry Dickerson
Email: boundaryfoodbank@gmail.com or auroraws@yahoo.ca
Bulkley Valley Food Bank Smithers/Houston
P.O. Box 4293 1065 MAIN ST Smithers, BC V0J 1Z0 T: 250-847-1501 F: 250-845-7048 Rick Apperson Email: rick_apperson@can.salvationarmy.org
Cawston/Keremeos Food Bank
c/o Cawston/Keremeos SDA Church 2334 Newton Road Cawston, BC V0X 1C1 Ingrid Percival Phone: 250-499-0297 Email: kere@telus.net
Chase Hamper Society
P.O. Box 137 Chase, BC V0E 1M0 T: (250) 679-2399 Email: cjwyld@cablelan.net Chuck Wyld
Chilliwack Community Food Bank – Salvation Army
45746 Yale Rd W Chilliwack, BC V2P 2N4 T: (604) 792-0001 F: (604) 792-5367 Don Armstrong Email: careandshareda@shaw.ca Website: www.salvationarmychilliwack.ca
Chemainus Harvest House
P.O. Box 188 9814 Willow St. (BSMT) Chemainus, BC V0R 1K0 T: 250-246-4816
Sylvia Massey Email: sylviamassey@shaw.ca
Clearwater and District Food Bank
741 Clearwater Village Road Clearwater, BC V0E 1N1 T: 250-674-3402 F: 250-674-3402 Patrick Stanley Email: pandhlc@telus.net
CMS Food Bank Society
2740 Lashburn Road Mill Bay, BC V0R 2P1 T: 250-743-5242 F: 250-743-5268 Email: cmsfbank@telus.net
Community Connections Food Bank
PO Box 2880 Revelstoke, BC V0E 2S0 T: 250-837-2920 F: 250-837-2909 Patti Larson Email: plarson@community-connections.ca
Website: www.community-connections.ca
Columbia Valley Food Bank
201 – 7 Ave PO Box 2141 Invermere, BC V0A 1K0 T: 250-342-0850
Doug Leibel
Comox Valley Food Bank
PO Box 3028 1755B 13th Street Courtenay, BC V9N 5N3 T: (250) 338-0615 Jeff Hampton Email: comoxvfb@shaw.ca
Cranbrook Food Bank Society
104-8th Ave South Cranbrook, BC V1C 2K5 T: 250-426-7664 F: 250-426-7610 Jackie Jensen Email: jackiejensen44@shaw.ca
Creston Valley Food Bank
807 Canyon St Creston, BC V0B 1G3 T: (250) 428-4166 F: 1-866-460-881
Doreen Lowe Email: cvgleaners@telus.net
Food Bank on the Edge
160 Sea Plane Base Rd PO Box 1146 Ucluelet, BC V0R 3A0
T: (250) 726-6909 F: (250) 726-7543
U: Lorene (Lorry) Foster Email: fost@telus.net
Fernie – Salvation Army Family Services
PO Box 2259 741 – 2ND AVE Fernie, BC V0B 1M0
T: (250) 423-4661 F: (250) 423-4668
U: Email: kyla_mckenzie@can.salvationarmy.org Kyla McKenzie
Friends in Need Food Bank
#8-22726 Dewdney Trunk Road Maple Ridge, BC V2X 8K9 T: 604-466-3663 F: 604-463-1736 Joanne Olson Email: director@friendsneedfood.com
Website: www.friendsneedfood.com
Fort St.John – Salvation Army Family Services
10116 100 Ave Fort St. John, BC V1J 1Y6 T: (250) 785-0500 F: (250) 785-0517 Isobel Lippers Email: isobel_lippers@can.salvationarmy.org
Golden Food Bank
PO Box 1047 #102 1115 9TH STREET S Golden, BC V0A 1H0 T: 250-344-5608
F: 250-344-2113 Barb Davies Email: goldenfoodbank@uniserve.ca
People for a Healthy Community Food Bank
PO Box 325, 675 North Road Gabriola Island, BC V0R 1X0 T: (250) 247-7311
F: 250-247-7311 Kathryn Molloy Email: info@phc-gabriola.org OR food@phc-gabriola.org Website: www.phc-gabriola.org
Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society
1150 Raymur Ave. Vancouver, BC V6A 3T2 T: 604-876-3601 F: 604-876-7323 Garth Pinton Website: www.foodbank.bc.ca
Goldstream Food Bank
Canwest P.O. Box 28122 Victoria, BC V9B 6K8 T: 250-474-4443
F: 250-474-4443 Sandy Prette Email: sprette@shaw.ca
Harvest of Hope Food Bank
PO Box 1625 Gibsons, BC V0N 1V0 T: (604) 886-3665 F: (604) 886-3683 Maureen O’Hearn Email: tsafoodbank@dccnet.com Website: www.tsaonthecoast.ca
Harvest Food Bank
P.O. Box 849 7120 MARKET ST Port Hardy, BC V0N 2P0 T: 250-902-0332
F: 250-902-0613 Cheryl Elliott Email: harvest9@telus.net
Hope Food Bank
434 Wallace St PO Box 74 Hope, BC V0X 1L0 T: 604-869-2466 Ex: 403
F: 604-869-3317 Kim Paolini Email: kpaolini@hopecommunityservices.com Website: kpaolini@hopecommunityservices.com
Hazelton – Salvation Army Community Food Bank
PO Box 100 Hazelton, BC V0J 1Y0 T: (250) 842-6289 F: 250-842-6553
Tom Harris Email: sallyann@bulkley.net or sallysplace@bulkley.net
Hornby Island Food Bank
Gunpowder 3-1 Hornby Island, BC V0R 1Z0 T: (250) 335-1629
Susan Crowe Email: crosusan@yahoo.ca
Kamloops Food Bank & Outreach Society
P.O. Box 1513 171 Wilson St., Station Main Kamloops, BC V2C 6L8
T: 250-376-2252 F: 250-376-0052 Bernadette Siracky
U: Email: bsiracky@kamloopsfoodbank.org
Website: www.kamloopsfoodbank.org
Kelowna Community Food Bank Society
1265 Ellis Street Kelowna, BC V1Y 1Z7 T: 250-763-7161 F: 250-763-9116 Vonnie Lavers Email: vonnie@kcfb.ca
Website: www.kelownafoodbank.com
Kimberley Helping Hands Food Bank
340 Leadenhall Street Kimberley, BC V1A 2X6 T: 250-427-5522 F: 250-427-2297 Heather Smith Email: valb2@telus.net randyandheather@shaw.ca
Kitimat Food Bank Society
14 Morgan St Kitimat, BC V8C 1J3 T: 250-632-6611 Marjorie Phelps Email: marjon@citywest.ca
Ladysmith Food Bank
P.O. BOX 1653 721 First Avenue Ladysmith, BC V9G 1B2 T: 250-245-3079 F: 250-245-3798 Neill-Ireland Email: info@lrca.bc.ca
Website: www.lrca.bc.ca
Lake Country Food Assistance Society
P.O. BOX 41013 RPOS 3130 Berry Rd. Lake Country, BC V4V 1Z7 T: (250) 766-0125 F: 250-766-3038 Phyllis MacPherson Email: pmacpher@shaw.ca
Lake Cowichan Food Bank
Box 1087 Lake Cowichan, BC V0R 2G0 T: (250) 749-6239 F: 250-749-6239 Cindy Vaast Email: cowichanlakefoodbank@gmail.com
Langley Food Bank
5768-203 St. Langley, BC V3A 1W3 T: 604-533-0671 F: 604-533-0891 George Vandergugten Email: info@langleyfoodbank.com
Website: www.langleyfoodbank.com
Lillooet Food Bank
357 Main Street PO Box 2170 Lillooet, BC V0K 1V0 T: 250-256-4146 F: 250-256-7928 Violet Wager
Website: www.bcaafc.com/centres/lillooet/
Email: foodbank@lillooetfriendshipcentre.org
Loaves & Fishes Community Food Bank
1009 Farquhar St. Nanaimo, BC V9R 2G2 T: 250-754-8347 F: 250-754-8349 Peter Sinclair Email: info@nanaimoloavesandfishes.org
Logan Lake Food Bank
PO Box 196 Logan Lake, BC V0K 1W0 T: 250-523-9057 Monica Oram
Email: monicaoram@yahoo.com
Lumby Food Bank
PO Box 791 Lumby, BC V0E 2G0 T: (250) 547-2225 Bruce Mackie
Email: jandnmackie@shaw.ca
Lytton Community Food Bank
PO Box 87 Lytton, BC V0K 1Z0 T: (250) 455-2316 F: (250) 455-6669 Michele Swan Email: mswan2@telus.net
Mustard Seed Food Bank
625 Queens Ave. Victoria, BC V8T 1L9 T: 250-953-1580 F: 250-385-0430 Brent Palmer Email: brentpalmer@mustardseed.ca
Website: www.mustardseed.ca
Neighbour Link Food Bank
P.O. Box 2353 Vanderhoof, BC VOJ 3A0 T: 250-567-9007 F: 250-567-9017 Colleen Flanagan Email: neigh09@telus.net
Nelson – Salvation Army Family Services
601 Vernon St Nelson, BC V1L 5R2 T: (250) 352-3488 F: (250) 352-7373
Yvonne Borrows Email: yvonne_borrows@can.salvationarmy.org
Nicola Valley and District Food Bank
2026 Quilchena Ave PO Box 2719 Merritt, BC V1K 1B8 T: 250-378-2282 F: 250-378-2982 Karen Flick Email: foodbank@mail.ocis.net
Oliver Food Bank
P.O. Box 405 Oliver, BC V0H 1T0 T: (250) 498-4555 Jim Ouellette
Email: jimo@persona.ca
Osoyoos Food Bank
6210-97th Street
Osoyoos, BC V0H 1V4 T: (250) 495-6581 F: (250) 495-8011
Lu Ahrendt
Email: rlahrendt@live.ca
White Rock & South Surrey Food Bank
5-15515 24 Ave Surrey, BC V4A 2J4 T: 604-531-8168 ext. 229 F: 604-541-8188 Sue Sanderson or Jaye Murray
Email: ssanderson@sourcesbc.ca or jmurray@sourcesbc.ca
Website: www.pacsbc.com/progr…
Peachland Food Bank
6490 Keyes Ave Peachland, BC V0H 1X0 T: (250) 767-3312 F: 250-767-3488 Judy Bedford
Pemberton SSCS Food Bank
1357 Aster Street Box 656 Pemberton, BC V0N 2L0 Louise Stacey-Deegan Phone: 604-894-6101 Fax: 604-894-6333 Email: louise.stacey-deegan@sscs.ca
Website: www.sscs.ca
Penticton – Salvation Army Community Food Bank
2399 South Main St Penticton, BC V2A 5J1 T: (250) 492-4788 F: (250) 492-6494 Dorian Polaway
Email: Pentictoncmw@shaw.ca or pentictonprogramcoordinator@shaw.ca
Powell River Action Centre Food Bank
6812d Alberni St Powell River, BC V8A 2B4 T: (604) 485-9166 Gina Kendrick
Port Alberni Community Food Bank
4841 Redford St Port Alberni, BC V9Y 3P3 T: (250) 723-6913 F: (250) 723-6938 Marilyn Burrows Email: marilyn_burrows@can.salvationarmy.org
Prince Rupert – Salvation Army Family Services
25 Grenville Crt. Prince Rupert, BC V8J 1R3 T: 250-624-6180 F: 250-624-8157 Erica Collison email: erica_collison@can.salvationarmy.org
Prince George – Salvation Army Family Services
777 Ospika Blvd S Prince George, BC V2M 3R5 T: 250-564-4000 EXT: 223 F: 250-564-4021 Crystal Wilkinson Email: crystal_wilkinson@can.salvationarmy.org Website: www.tsainpg.com
Quesnel Food Bank
374 McLean St Quesnel, BC V2J 2N9 T: 250-992-8784 – 250-992-7079
F: (250) 991-5189 Jim Vanderheyden email: jimmyanddebbie@hotmail.com
Quadra Island Food Bank
PO Box 243 Heriot Bay V0P 1H0 T: 250-285-3888 Teresa Tate Email: teresa_tate@yahoo.com
Salmo Food Bank
PO Box 39 311 Railway Avenue Salmo, BC V0G 1Z0 T: (250) 357-2277 F: (250) 357-2385 Charlene Bonderoff Email: charlene@scrs.ca Website: www.scrs.ca
Richmond Food Bank Society
100-5800 Cedarbridge Way Richmond, BC V6X 2A7 T: 604-271-5609
Margaret Hewlett Email: margaret@richmondfoodbank.org or
info@richmondfoodbank.org Website: www.richmondfoodbank.org
Cherryville Community Food Bank Society
412 Sugar Lake Road
Cherryville, BC V0E 2G2
P: 250-547-6646 F: 250-547-8944
Sharon Harvey
msharon@hotmail.com
Salt Spring Island Community Services Food Bank
268 Fulford Ganges Road Salt Spring Island, BC V8K 2K6 T: 250-537-9971 (237) F: 250-537-9974 Gloria McEachern Email: gmceachern@ssics.ca OR jvanpelt@ssics.ca OR safoodbank@shaw.ca
Website: www.saltspringcommunityservices.ca
Salmon Arm – Salvation Army Food Bank
191 2nd Avenue NE Salmon Arm, BC V1E 4N6 T: 250-832-9194 F: 250-832-9148 David Byers Email: foodbank@sunwave.net
Share Family & Community Services
2615 Clark Street Port Moody, BC V3H 1Z4 T: 604-931-2451 F: 604-931-2421 Roxann MacDonald Email: r.macdonald@sharesociety.ca
Website: www.sharesociety.ca
Salvation Army Mt. Arrowsmith Community Ministries
886 Wembley Rd Parksville, BC V9P 2H6 T: 250-248-8794 F: 250-248-8601 Rolf Guenther Email: pvsallyann@shawbiz.ca
Slocan Valley Food Cupboard
915 HAROLD STREET BOX 10 SLOCAN V0G 2C0 T: 250-355-2484 Deb Corbett Email: officemanager@wegcss.org
Sidney Lions Food Bank
95865 5th Street Sidney, BC V8L 3S8 T: (250) 655-0679 F: (250) 655-1130 Bev Elder Email: fdbank@telus.net
Sorrento Food Bank
Box 568 Sorrento, BC V0E 2W0 Phone: 250-253-3663 or 250-675-3835 Contact: Jim Chisholm Email: sorfood@shaw.ca
Sooke Food Bank Society
2037 Shields Rd Sooke, BC V0S 1N0 T: (250) 642-7666 F: 250-642-5670
Ingrid Johnston
email: ingridjohnston@shaw.ca
Sparwood Food Bank
P.O. Box 682 125D Centennial Sq.
Sparwood, BC V0B 2G0 T: 250-425-6435 Carol Walmsley
email: jcwalm@shaw.ca
South Delta Food Bank
5545 Ladner Trunk Rd Delta, BC V4K 1X1 T: (604) 946-1967
F: (604) 946-4944 Joe Van Essen Email: info@ladnerlife.com
St. Joseph’s Food Bank
32550 7th Ave Mission, BC V2V 2B9 T: (604) 615-3223 F: (604) 755-4705
Email: sjfoodbank@gmail.com John Poston
Squamish Food Bank
PO Box 207 Garibaldi Highlands, BC V0N 1T0 T: (604) 848-4316
Susan Newman Email: squamishfoodbank@gmail.com
Summerland Community Food Bank
12583 Taylor Place Summerland, BC V0H 1Z0 T: 250-488-2099 Leventine Adams Email: summerlandfoodbank@gmail.com
St. Mark’s Ecumenical Food Bank
1109-95 Avenue Dawson Creek, BC V1G 1J2 T: 250-782-2614 Austin Sones
Surrey/North Delta Food Bank
10732 – CITY PARKWAY Surrey, BC V3T 4C7 T: 604-581-5443 F: 604-588-8697 Marilyn Herrmann Email: execdir@surreyfoodbank.org
Website: www.surreyfoodbank.org
Sunshine Coast Food Bank
P.O. Box 1069 Sechelt, BC V0N 3A0 T: 604-885-5881 (240) F: 604-885-9493 Dale Sankey Email: scfoodbank@dccnet.com
Website: www.sccss.ca/communityaction.html
The Terrace Church’s Food Bank
4012 Anderson St Terrace, BC V8G 2T2 T: (250) 635-9670
John Wiebenga email: jawiebenga@telus.net
Tansi Friendship Centre
P.O. Box 418 301 SOUTH ACCESS ROAD Chetwynd, BC V0C 1J0 T: 250-788-2996 F: 250-788-2353 Darlene Campbell Email: tansifcs@persona.ca
Website: www.bcaafc.com/centres/chetwynd
Vernon (and Enderby) Salvation Army
3303- 32nd Ave. Vernon, BC V1T 2M7 T: 250-549-1314 F: 250-549-7344 David MacBain email: david.macbain@shawcable.com
Trail – Salvation Army Services
730 Rossland Avenue Trail, BC V1R 3N3 T: 250-364-0445 F: 250-368-5806 Linda Radtke Email: salvationarmytrail@shaw.ca
Westside Community Food Bank Society
2545 Churchill Rd Westbank, BC V4T 2B4 T: (250) 768-1559 Faith Lanthier Email: wcfbca@yahoo.ca
Williams Lake – Salvation Army
267 Borland St Williams Lake, BC V2G 1R4 T: (250) 392-2423 F: (250) 392-1467 Claudine Kadonaga Email: claudine_kadonaga@can.salvationarmy.org
Community Harvest Food Bank
301 32nd Street, Castlegar, BC V1N 3S6; P: 250-365-6440; Debbie McIntosh; debbiemcintosh@shaw.ca
Cowichan Valley Basket Society
5810 Garden Street, Duncan, BC V9L 3V9; P: 250-746-1566; F: 250-746-1566; Colleen Fuller; cvbs@shaw.ca
Eagle Valley Community Food Bank
P.O. Box 777, Sicamous, BC V0E 2V0; P: 250-836-3440; F: 250-836-3414; Janet McClean-Senft; evcrc@telus.net; Website: www.eaglevalleyresourcecentre.ca
Whistler Food Bank
P.O. Box 900, Whistler, BC V0N 1B0; P: 604-935-7717; F: 604-932-0599;
Sara Jennings; foodbank@mywcss.org
B.C.’s new vision
B.C.’s new vision for mental health and addictions care
A Pathway to Hope: A roadmap for making mental health and addictions care better for people in British Columbia charts a course to an improved future for health and well-being in B.C.
This new strategy lays out government’s 10-year vision for mental health and substance use care, in which people living in B.C.’s mental health and well-being are supported from youth to adulthood and programs and services are available to tackle challenges early on.
It also identifies priority actions the government will be taking over the next three years to help people experiencing mental health or substance use challenges right now, to promote wellness and prevent existing problems from getting worse. This roadmap of both short and long-term changes to B.C.’s mental health and addictions care system is based on four pillars:
- Wellness promotion and prevention
- Seamless and integrated care
- Equitable access to culturally safe and effective care
- Indigenous health and wellness
A Pathway to Hope is a plan to begin transforming B.C.’s mental health and substance use service system from its current crisis-response approach to a system based on wellness promotion, prevention and early intervention where people are connected to culturally safe and effective care when they need it. At its heart, it represents a new way forward for B.C. built on compassion, care and the perspectives of people with lived experience of mental health and substance use challenges, that breaks down barriers and meets people where they’re at.
#mentalhealth #addiction #mentalwellbeing #peaceofmind #bccanada
Soon 2021 Will Be Upon Us
Well another year is about to pass, we have neglected our duties in updating our site. We have a renewed vigor, and will be much more active in this new year. We hope that you are well and have not been through hell. A lot of us have, and some of us went through the toilet paper grab, but we came out alive and will survive.