Welcome Inn Emergency Shelter
1265 Ellis Street Kelowna, BC, Canada

A huge thank you to Bob, Vicki, Dar, and Ben who bought, prepared, and served a beautiful brunch for the Welcome Inn’s residents yesterday!

Thank you John at Tug 6 Coffee for gifting us with your coffee! We are grateful. Thank you John at Tug 6 Coffee for gifting us with your coffee! We are grateful.

Two reasons why this photo is special: 1. A mighty thank you to St. Andrew’s parish and the grades 3/4 class at Glenmore Elementary who donated needed items like socks, toothpaste and activity books en masse! AND in particular- the beautiful artwork created by the students. 2. Staff member Faron, is celebrating his birthday today!! Woowoot. You’re a beautiful human Faron, thanks for your hard work.

Moms Stop the Harm = . Thank you for sharing a bit of beauty with us. More importantly, thank you for remembering to us the value of our sons, sisters, fathers, and cousins...our family. You make our season brighter.

In the spirit of giving thanks...here’s a shout out to Johnathan at Lakeside Lock and Safe. Thanks for helping us out with locks for our residents’ lockers and a few other items to keep our residents safe! In the spirit of giving thanks...here’s a shout out to Johnathan at Lakeside Lock and Safe. Thanks for helping us out with locks for our residents’ lockers and a few other items to keep our residents safe!

Thank you St. Mary’s for the gift of socks and words of blessing!

These fabulous people came forward to help us add some further homey touches and clean our office spaces! Thank you: Addison, Brenda, Brynn, Dip, Gregg, Isaiah, Jack, Lee, Magda, Noah, Sherrie, and Todd! Your elbow grease made a difference to us today.

This is Alison. She and her fabulous mom Kathy donated a coffee maker and coffee for our hard working staff! #itsthelittlethings. Thank you Kathy and Alison!

This is Missy and her son Duncan. All week Missy has been a fairy godmother to the Welcome Inn! Sourcing homey and necessary items to make the space functional and less institutional. Thank you Missy, you have been a wonder.

We have thoughtful neighbours: Thank you Sprout for the bread

A big thank you to St. Andrew’s Anglican Church who not only gave our team safe space to train, but also the space to savour a little beauty. We are grateful.

https://www.kelownanow.com//VIDEO_New_effort_helps_Kelow/ Though I love the work our team engaged to make this happen, I really appreciate Leon’s words here. As well as his willingness to share a bit of himself. Thanks, Leon.

Today we champion the work of our staff: Rachelle and Sydney who took on Shey’s vision of seeing all people be able to access the polls! Rachelle and Sydney reached out to Elections BC to find out how to help those with no fixed address be able to vote. Thank you Elections BC for working with our staff to help our community members to cast their vote!!