Our Place Society

Thank you to @unitedwayvictoria and partners for 1,000 non-medical masks to hand out at our emergency meal service (averaging 750 meals per day). #onemillionsmasksbc #feedpeople #hopeandbelonging #covidprotocols #victoriabc #yyj #corporatephilanthropy #grateful

Cold Weather will prove dangerous for people living outside. CHEK TV: https://youtu.be/OZ44RncJ7oI

Grateful for the visit from 100.3 The Q and 91.3 The Zone roadie Chris Loran. Here's the piece he put together for the Coldest Night walk. https://youtu.be/KNTbqpVMWFQ

A Drive-thru donation drive in Metchosin :)

Grant Thornton finished prepping their many Christmas Hampers and dropped them off today. They will be welcome gifts at Our Place this holiday season.

Huge shout out to Cory McMillan Esquimalt, BC for all his work in the Island Communities coordination donations out west. Big thanks to him and Canadian Fleet P...acific HQ for all their support and care this holiday season. Hard times during the pandemic for many and the west has answers the call for help! Much appreciate to Cory and Pacific HQ. Looking forward to next year to do it all over again. Donations were made to: Our Place Society: 150 pairs of socks, 5 toques, 3 pairs of gloves and a big box of warm clothes. https://www.ourplacesociety.com/ Big Thanks to: https://m.facebook.com/MARPAC.FMARP/

More stories of generosity and goodwill... Thank you to Sprott Shaw College in Victoria for the amazing donations and to Broadmead Pharmasave for an incredible amount of much needed PPE. Our community is incredible

The Dodd's family continue to be major Our Place supporters. Through their donation, tonight, we are serving a full Christmas meal at our drop in centre . Next year we hope the team from @DoddsFurniture can return to help us serve it with us.

What a wonderful food donation this morning from the students of Vic High School and Arbutus Global Middle School. Fantastic to see these young students thinking of others during this difficult time :)

For the next two weeks, leading up to #GivingTuesdayCA Our Place Society will post info. about our programs and vital services. Did you know that we are the largest meal supplier in Greater Victoria - offering three-plus meals a day 365 days a year. #YYJ #community

Mmmmm - tonight from 4:30 to 6:30.

Thank you so much to Avery, a fourth year Anthropology student at UVIC who has created a campaign to raise money for feminine hygiene products for the women we serve at Our Place.

Our Place opens 20-bed winter shelter - https://www.timescolonist.com//our-place-opens-20-bed-wint

It's cold. It's wet. It's lonely. Help our vulnerable citizens with a donation to provide nourishment, hope and belonging. http://ow.ly/SVkB50BDAYL #itscoldoutthere #homelessness #mealsplus #hungryandhurting #hopeandbelonging #victoriabc #yyj

Our Place: We're Here For You. Read the stories here: https://www.ourplacesociety.com//tc_ops_werehereforyou_nov

On All Souls Day, CEO Julian Daly discusses the opioid crisis and the souls lost to drug addiction in our province: Over 1,200 people in our province have died from overdoses since 2020 began. That is 4 deaths every single day. Many, many more than the number who have died from Covid-19. The poisoning of the illicit drug stream, and its deadly effects, is a nation-wide pandemic that has been erased from public consciousness. These deaths are usually lonely, bleak and stigmatised. It breaks my heart every day when I read or hear of yet another needless death. All I can hope is that these souls now rest in peace a peace, perhaps, they couldn’t find in life. Let us honour those souls by remembering the human face behind the statistic. https://youtu.be/LXYbclaPW14

Our Place is nominated for Favourite Charity in the Times Colonist Readers Choice Awards. Please cast your vote by Nov 22 https://timescolonist.secondstreetapp.com/Readers-/gallery

A special thank you to retiring MLA Carole James from the staff and family at Our Place.

Thank you for your support. Your donation provide nourishment, hope and belonging to people who are isolated and hurting. http://ow.ly/MCIT50BDBpb https://www.canadahelps.org//unlocking-change-feeding-vic/

When @Telus Community Board members finish their terms, a donation is made to their charities of choice. Thank you to Cairine McDonald and Norma Cameron for directing funds to @ourplacesociety in support of our vital programs and services. #grateful #community

As Halloween approaches, the Our Place kitchen staff found the perfect gourd to scare away the bad spirits of 2020 :)

Thank you to all the 'bubbles' out there who are fundraising to support vulnerable neighbours through the services of Our Place. You can start your own fundraising page here: http://ow.ly/XvQO50BDzFT #fundraise #victoriabc #yyj #community #caring #homelessness

Wow - Our Place just won 1 Ton of Pasta from Explore Cuisine

This morning's Our Place Society breakfast is sponsored by the Sovereign Order of St. John. Thank you to this great organization with a madate: "for service to mankind" Still some opportunities to sponsor a meal before Christmas.

Save the date. Please walk with us on Saturday, February 20. We are asking Greater Victoria to participate in a walk to support the hungry and hurting members of our community. New health and safety protocols will be in place. More info. to come https://cnoy.org/home

Next Steps to Employment has now been rebranded as Our WorkPlace. Find out how we can help at: https://www.ourplacesociety.com/how-we-help/our-workplace

CHEK TV: Victoria mayor lays out ‘ambitious plan’ to move 200 homeless campers indoors by Dec. 31 https://www.cheknews.ca//victoria-mayor-lays-out-ambitious

Bring PEOPLE TOGETHER! It feels good to give back. It feels even better when you get to rally your community and make a huge impact with one simple share. Create your personal page and set a goal. Sample: Rick celebrates his 50th birthday with a 50 km bike ride and goal to raise $5,000 for Our Place. Go to CanadaHelps.org