Phoenix Society invites the community to join us to ‘paint a little house at Little House.’ This free community event will involve craft time, and we invite the community to join us in creating a Community Art Installation. Wooden ‘Little House’ cut-outs will be available to be painted and will be used to create a…
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An emergency warming shelter is soon opening its doors in Tri-Cities, following Port Moody Council approving the use of Kyle Centre for Extreme Weather Response (EWR) on Oct. 12. City staff are entering into a Memorandum of Understanding between the Tri-Cities Homelessness and Housing Task Group, authorizing the Task Group to select a service provider…
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Vikki Hopes, Abbotsford News - BC Housing is providing more than $149,000 in temporary emergency funding after an Abbotsford transitional-housing society announced in August that it was dissolving. The money will support 19 residents who were previously housed through the Many Ways Home Housing Society, a non-profit society started in 2019 out of the city’s…
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Vikki Hopes, Abbotsford News - The City of Abbotsford has allocated more than $1.3 million in federal funding to 12 projects focused on preventing and reducing homelessness in Abbotsford in 2021-22. The money is coming from the Reaching Home program, which provides direct support and funding to designated communities, Indigenous communities, territorial communities, and rural…
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Tom Zytaruk, Surrey Now-Leader - The Surrey Board of Trade has released its list of finalists for the 2021 Surrey Business Awards. In its 23rd year, the award ceremony is to be held on Thursday, Nov. 4. Board CEO Anita Huberman said the event will be “amended once again” to make sure all health and…
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TriCity News, Diane Strandberg - There’s a new BBQ food truck doing the rounds in the Tri-Cities and it’s already getting rave reviews. Serving up pulled pork sandwiches, beef chilli, penne pasta and other sizzling treats, the Phoenix Flame BBQ food truck is hitting the road in Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam and Port Moody. But what’s…
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Phoenix Society is proud to announce it has received a $15,000 grant to explore the establishment of a Surrey Housing and Recovery Hub at our Social Innovation Centre. “We thank Surrey Homelessness and Housing Society for providing this funding that will allow Phoenix Society to conduct market research, visioning work and develop a business case…
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Surrey Fire Fighters Charitable Society (SFFCS) has provided $40,000 in funding to help Phoenix Society launch a new Youth Mental Health and Substance Use Program in Surrey. The funds came from the 2021 Surrey Honda Raffle, in which the SFFCS raised more than $100,000 for mental health initiatives. Funds from the raffle that have been…
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Hepatitis C Team, from left: Hub Pharmacist Ivan, Nurse Practitioner Judith, Phoenix Society Medical Outreach Amber, Blood Borne Disease Specialist Dr. Farley Amber Steward is a dedicated Medical Outreach and Referral Engagement worker for Phoenix Society. For #WorldHepatitisDay we wanted to ask her some questions and share them with our readers. Why did…
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