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Aging out of foster care, substance use, mental health, cultural supports, LGBTQ2S+ experiences, education and employment were up for discussion via Zoom meetings. “If even this only plants the seed for change, that’s incredible because there’s still more to come,” said Kira Cheeseborough said, peer navigator for A Way Home Kamloops. A two-day summit with provincial representatives as originally planned prior to the pandemic is still expected to take place sometime in the near future, when COVID-19 restrictions ease. At the virtual event, A Way Home Kamloops youth advisors stressed the need to ensure no youth ages out of foster care before safe, appropriate housing and after-care supports are available as a key solution to ending youth homelessness. Another recommendation was to create a provincial plan. ....
Kira Cheeseborough, a peer navigator with the society, told KTW the funds will be used for the Youth Housing First Program and for the Safe Suites supportive housing initiative. Kamloops Home Depot raised a total of $8,524 in store and online for A Way Home Kamloops, while The Home Depot Canada Foundation contributed an additional $2,000 grant, bringing the total to $10,524. Home Depot Canada Foundation’s Orange Door Project raised more than $1.1 million in support of critical housing and support programs for at-risk and homeless youth across Canada, with more than $190,000 being distributed to local charities in B.C. The company’s annual campaign from from Dec. 1 to Dec. 20 last year in support of 125 local charities that are committed to preventing and ending youth homelessness. ....
Image Credit: FACEBOOK / Kira Cheeseborough December 14, 2020 - 11:23 AM An annual Kamloops fundraiser for homeless youth raised more than $100,000 this past weekend. A Way Home Kamloops hosted their annual Camp Out to End Youth Homelessness, Dec. 11 and 12, far surpassing the $50,000 goal, according to a Facebook post. A Way Home s executive Katherine McParland died unexpectedly, Dec. 4, but the board made the decision to go ahead with the event as scheduled. Katherine was a woman of action, and she would want us to continue her work, board chair Louise Richards said last week. Bundle up folks. Hoping Kami the fish will keep me warm in my cardboard box tonight #kamloopspic.twitter.com/wJmMEyJ2Pl ....
The money will go toward A Way Home Kamloops’ efforts to support housing for homeless youth in the city a problem that Cheeseborough said has only been made more dire by COVID-19, especially for those aging out of care. The staggering community response follows the death of A Way Home Kamloops executive director Katherine McParland just eight days prior to the fundraiser. Cheeseborough said just weeks ago, the organization was unsure if it would meet its fundraising goals this year. “We weren’t expecting to exceed $100,000. Even just a couple of weeks ago we were concerned we wouldn’t even make our $50,000 goal. So this is quite an unexpected turn of events,” she said. ....