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Extreme Weather Response at NightShift

Leave a Comment Posted by on October 22, 2011

As the CBC recently reported, ”This winter could be one of the top three coldest winters in the past 20 years for Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia”. Once again NightShift is a designated operator of an overnight Extreme Weather Shelter, ready to open as given notice during the November – March season. This morning we held an [...]

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Busloads of Care

2 Comments Posted by on June 13, 2011

 A note of thanksgiving and praise for the amazing launch of the Care Bus last week. It was truly uplifting to see the wonderful response to the presence of the bus. One gentleman I saw, who recently became homeless, was so appreciative, saying “this is a great idea” and how blessed he was that NightShift [...]

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With a little help from our friends

Leave a Comment Posted by on November 19, 2010

Our outreach program is not funded by government dollars, but by the generosity of individuals, businesses and organizations. That’s dollar-for-dollar the funds we need to run our programs 365 days of the year. Those funds are necessary to run our warehouse, where we accept, stock and manage donations of food and supplies, blankets and clothing, which are handed out [...]

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Acts of Kindness – reciprocated in full.

Leave a Comment Posted by on January 12, 2010

Each month, close to 100 young people come through NightShift to go out into the streets of Surrey to bring comfort, hope, love and lots of smiling faces to our less fortunate friends. Our AOK (Acts of Kindness) groups prepare hot chocolate and bags of goodies, including items ranging from socks to granola bars. We’re [...]

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