Category Archives: Donations

Food to spare? A meal to share!

Leave a Comment Posted by on December 23, 2011

Come down any night at around 7 pm and you’ll see a hub of activity around the NightShift centre. Serving tables are set up, the mobile kitchen is brought out, food is made ready and there’s usually a long line of people waiting patiently in turn to receive the steaming hot dish of the night. Every evening, a dedicated team [...]

Donations, Homelessness

Driving in the clothing and blanket donations

Leave a Comment Posted by on December 5, 2011

All hands and feet are working overtime at receiving, sorting and distributing the donations of warm, clean clothes and blankets that are so desperately needed at this time of the year. With chilly temperatures come warm hearts, as people turn jackets, warm pants, boots, hats, scarves and gloves into so much more than just the clothes abandoned [...]

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Students back to work

Leave a Comment Posted by on September 27, 2011

The students from PLBC were a tremendous help in organizing the food and supply area of the warehouse. They also helped tackle the large mountain of clothing we currently have to sort through as we gather a new season’s worth of clothing donations.  We welcome youth groups on a drop-in or regular basis. On Thursday mornings we are pleased [...]

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When the shoe fits

Leave a Comment Posted by on May 28, 2011

Dear Dad, You missed a great night with NightShift. Over 100 street friends served and just a handful of volunteers. I worked in the clothing truck and a fellow named E. came up looking for some size 10 shoes. I had NOTHING to give him, but recalled seeing a larger sized pair of runners in a pile [...]

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