It was time again to prepare the customary “Chair’s Year-End Review” for the Phoenix Society’s Annual Report, so I asked our staff for a chronological list of achievements and milestones over the past year. As I read through it, it occurred to me: “Wasn’t this the year of semi-lockdown, social distancing, limited assemblies in confined…
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Phoenix Society is excited to announce it has received a $10,000 grant for its Leadership Training Program from the Envision Financial Community Endowment with the First West Foundation. “As a growing non-profit in Surrey and beyond, Phoenix Society strives to ensure we invest in our leadership to manage the growth successfully and, ultimately, have greater…
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Christina Perlick smiles as she says Joshua Domino “has helped all of us in this house very much.” “He’s been a companion, a friend, a counsellor,” the senior says lovingly. “He speaks up for us and gives us a voice, he makes us feel safe.” Joshua is a Mobile Case Planner who serves as a…
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In May of 2020, Phoenix Society launched the innovative ‘Aging Offender’ Program out of our Rising Sun Villas building in Surrey. The program addresses the needs of aging offenders and provides a bridge between correctional institutions and community while offering a combination of reintegration services, along with additional medical supports and services to meet their…
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Teisha smiles as she recalls her first Music Therapy session at Phoenix Society in 2021. “I wasn’t even done my paperwork yet and the girls were on their way to Music Therapy. Before I even went to my room, I was in a session,” she laughed. “It felt like a great ice breaker. Music is…
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In late January of 2021, Phoenix Society launched our Mobile Community Kitchen to serve free meals to those in need amid the pandemic. In just three short months we served more than 3,000 free meals to those experiencing poverty and living in homelessness in Surrey and the Tri-Cities, and as of July 12, the program…
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In June of 2020, Sandra Glass had three weeks to rapidly open an Emergency Response Centre out of a Coquitlam motel to support those experiencing homelessness during the COVID-19 pandemic. “The demographic we serve often has nowhere else to go,” Sandra explained, noting that priority is given to those experiencing homelessness who are 55 and…
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2020 is a year that will long live as one that brought much loss and struggle but one in which we witnessed incredible transformations. This was no different for Phoenix. April began with our exciting merger with the Positive Living Fraser Valley Society, expanding both our continuum of services and our reach beyond Surrey which…
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The early days of the pandemic were alarming for society as a whole, but were particularly dangerous for those who are marginalized and experiencing homelessness. “It was a bit chaotic,” said Josef Faber, who has worked at Phoenix’s 'COVID-19 Isolation Centre' since it opened in April 2020 out of a motel in Abbotsford, serving those…
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