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June 26, 2009

On Thursday, June 25, Vancouver was the first of 10 cities hit by the cross-Canada "GOT Ginch?" drive....

 


June 18, 2009

On Saturday, May 30, TELUS team member volunteers partnered with Union Gospel Mission to serve 2,500 hot breakfasts to the Downtown Eastside community in Oppenheimer Park....

 


June 18, 2009

Union Gospel Mission is pleased to announce a donation of $112,500 from Polygon Homes Ltd. Polygon employees organized a large-scale raffle whose proceeds are going to help the homeless through UGM....

 


June 03, 2009

Last year, UGM's bighearted donors sent over 725 underprivileged kids to camp. This year we want to send even more....

 


May 08, 2009

A number of years ago, Yaletown resident Richard Deacon decided that instead of ignoring the Downtown Eastside, he would try to understand it....

 


May 05, 2009

If you met Jemal Damtawe today, that last thing you'd think about this gentle, peaceful man is that he was once homeless and wrapped-up in drug-related gang webs that resulted in him being shot twice....

 


April 29, 2009

Jean first came to Union Gospel Mission in 2001 to avoid cooking in her cockroach-infested SRO unit on the downtown eastside, and to save a few dollars, stretching her disability cheque a bit further....

 


April 08, 2009

The seventh year of EAT! Vancouver kicks off on May 22 and goes until May 24. EAT!...

 


April 08, 2009

Vancouver, B.C. -- In the same way that recessions can be times of great innovation, charities can often be found at the helm of great ingenuity....

 


April 08, 2009

Vancouver, B.C. - Firefighters save lives everyday, but this May, they are part of a group helping change them....

 


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