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The Compassionate Committee for the Homeless in North Bay has been filling the backpacks after carrying out another collection drive of necessary items Saturday at the New Apostolic Church.
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Rebecca Riesen, the lead coordinator of the Backpacks of Love program, says thanks to Sport Chek, Freshco and help from many private citizens, the group has nearly 300 backpacks.
The original goal was to acquire 200 backpacks and fill them with goods.
Sport Chek helped with the first 45 backpacks by donating 16 of them and Riesen says the retailer then provided a great discount on the remaining backpacks.
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A local group, made up of members from multiple churches in North Bay, is on a mission to fill 200 backpacks with items urgently needed for the city’s homeless.
The Compassionate Committee for the Homeless in North Bay, a group made up of approximately 17 members from eight different churches mostly from the downtown, held its first drop-off event Saturday afternoon at the New Apostolic Church on Joseph Street.
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Rebecca Riesen, lead coordinator of Backpacks for Love, said the committee’s goal is to help end homelessness in North Bay.
Published on: June 22, 2021 | Last Updated: June 22, 2021 3:34 PM EDT The Alive and Thriving: The Unseen Resiliency exhibition opened Monday at the WKP Kennedy Gallery.
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The Summer Solstice hit us Monday, and is a time of welcoming in the new and bringing the warmth of the sun into our lives and hearts.
For many cultures it is a very spiritual day and as a time of new beginnings, it was the perfect day to open our newest exhibition, Alive and Thriving: The Unseen Resiliency.
This show was guest curated by Gerry McComb and Thaila Sarazin and features pieces from both the Indigenous Friendship Centre and the North Bay Indigenous Hub and we at the WKP are so honoured to be giving these deeply meaningful pieces a place to call home until the show’s closing until Aug. 7.