The Society to End Homelessness in Burnaby
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Mission Statement
The Society To End Homelessness In Burnaby has been established to provide leadership and collaborative planning towards the reduction and ultimately, resolution of homelessness in Burnaby.
About This Cause
Our Society provides leadership through our collaborative planning table, the Burnaby Task Force on Homelessness, identifying solutions to address the needs of people experiencing homelessness and working towards prevention. We work with all levels of government, the business community, health services, housing providers, RCMP, faith community and private citizens. Our goal is to create homeless solutions locally for people who are homeless and preventing others from becoming homeless. We operate a weekly Outreach Resource Centre which provides a welcoming atmosphere for over 100 homeless people providing them a nutritious lunch, donated clothing, hygiene items, transit tickets and the possibility of a hot shower. We connect people to Outreach workers for social services and housing referrals, a Nurse Practitioner for medical advice and prescriptions, income tax services during tax season, foot care weekly and hair cuts on a monthly basis. We have 2 pop up Outreach mornings in the Metrotown and Lougheed area as well as a Foodhub pick-up on Monday afternoons at the Neighbourhood Church on Walker Ave. Most of our services and programs are delivered by volunteers. We run three special events throughout the year: Outreach Summer BBQ, Burnaby Homeless Connect and Outreach Christmas to meet basic immediate needs and extra activities that address health/safety needs. We also coordinate an Extreme Weather Response in the winter for extremely cold nights to create shelter space in 2 of the local churches as well as a hot weather response in the summer in North Burnaby and the Metrotown area.