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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.
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Dominion Motors co-owners Stacy and Tyler Dolcetti, the Indigenous Friendship Centre s Marco Pasinelli, and Badanai Motors general manager Pat Spina on Tuesday, May 11, 2021 with a donation of 4,000 masks. (Leith Dunick, tbnewswatch.com)
THUNDER BAY – A pair of local General Motors dealerships are helping mask those in need in Thunder Bay.
Representatives of Dominion Motors and Badanai Motors on Tuesday donated a combined 4,000 face masks to the Indigenous Friendship Centre.
The masks will be handed out to the centre’s clients, many of whom cannot afford the cost of the disposable personal protective equipment that are required to enter businesses and serve as a barrier to spreading COVID-19 in the community.
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Breadcrumb Trail Links Day: Distinct services go a long way to address Indigenous homelessness As we continue to face the health and social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, our city’s homelessness crisis has visibly grown. This is particularly true among our Indigenous community.
Author of the article: Free Press Vox Populi
Publishing date: May 02, 2021 • 5 hours ago • 3 minute read Illustration by Mike Hensen
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As we continue to face the health and social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, our city’s homelessness crisis has visibly grown. This is particularly true among our Indigenous community.