Facilities: Joyce Lissimore is program liaison for Trinity United Church and St. Catherine’s Anglican Church assisted.

Shelter Coordination: Art Long, a member of St. Laurence Anglican Church and an advocate for the PoCo Share Food Bank Depot provides over all coordination of the Extreme Weather Program. Share Family & Community Services administers the funds and provides some food. Funding for the program is through B.C. Housing.

Volunteer Coordination: Cath and Bill from Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Church coordinate a team of community volunteers. They make the hot soup available. There were male and female volunteers on duty each night. The shelter was open from 10pm to 6am. Many thanks to our volunteers Debbie, Debra, Rodney, Rob, and Doug.

Food & Supplies: From the first night on, soup and homemade bread, was cooked and contributed by other churches with Assumption taking the lead. Thanks to Bill and Cathy for coordinating the food. Cathy eventually had six teams of people bringing food for the shelter. Share was also a food source.

Storage & Delivery: The New View Society stored the mats and blankets. They clean them after each use and deliver them back when needed. Over the summer Shirley from Trinity is storing supplies and extra blankets purchased by a government grant in March.

Communication: Hope for Freedom field workers provide communication services.

Winter 2006-07 Statistics: The Program was open at Trinity United Church for 11 nights. A total of 142 over-nite visits were recorded: 120 men, 22 women plus two dogs (in kennels). Five people were turned away when the maximum of 20 people was reached. Three individuals received wake up calls to go to work.

No alcohol or drugs are permitted. No exceptions! Two police incidents were reported. The police response was immediate as the shelter a top priority. 

We are very grateful to the Churches, to New View Society, Knights of Columbus, volunteers from the community, and the many, many donations of warm clothing, shoes, and socks. Most of the clients would come in to the shelter damp (if not wet), cold, and hungry. You have clothed them, sheltered them and fed them. 

Winter 2007-08 Statistics: The Program was open at Trinity United Church for 18 nights. A total of 160 over-nite visits were recorded, including men, women and several dogs (in kennels). On night, a man suffered a heart attack and was immediately transfered by ambulance to hospital. There is little doubt that being in the shelter that night saved his life. He would not have the same assistance, sleeping alone in his makeshift campsite.
 

Winter 2008-09 Statistics: The program began earlier than ever before - on Friday, December 12, 2008. It ran continuously for 21 nights right through Christmas during a bitter cold snap. The 20 beds were used almost every night.