We all want our property to be safe and secure. Listen to how one of our partners provides peace of mind for those who lack safe storage.

Bissell Centre is a community ministry in Edmonton, Alberta. Staff recall how their lives were touched by someone who needed clothes years ago and why it still matters today.

A story from Rev Allen Tysick, The Victoria Dandelion Society Ministry http://dandelionsociety.ca/.  This story has been shortened to fit in this space. To read the full text, see http://atysick.blogspot.ca/2012/05/cougers-rabbits-by-allen-tysick.html

A story from Rev Allen Tysick, The Victoria Dandelion Society Ministry http://dandelionsociety.ca/

I often wish that you my friends were beside me in my ministry on the street. Each morning I wake up about 50 or so of the homeless on the streets of Victoria. This morning I saw 58 men and women. It is impossible of course for all of you to be there, so let me attempt in my feeble way to bring you with me through the written word.

 When I got a job at a youth shelter, I was thrilled. Not only was I going to be employed, but I was going to be working at a place that I had lived at when I was a street kid. I was passionate about helping youth who were experiencing hardships like I had been through and couldn't believe that this opportunity had been given to me.

Did you know that it costs less to provide housing for the homeless than it does to leave them on the street?

How does that work? I'm glad you asked. Individuals in managed housing programs stay healthy or heal faster, and that keeps them out of the hospital, and that saves money.

Hi Folks,

Vote and help save our Cart and Belonging Storage Facility for the Homeless in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside! 

Imagine this,

You are walking down a popular crowded street with thousands of people around you getting some kind of money from what they do. You know you have  a home to go to, and are probably thinking if you'll be late or not, and then, you see this.

A poor helpless homeless person, sitting down in a corner, head dropped, hopeless, knowing that people just dont give him change. He has given up.