Project Connect

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Winter approaches, and my friends on the street are still mostly out in the cold. Our region is trying much harder than it was a year ago to do something about homelessness, but little has changed in the short term for the majority of people living out there.

The good news: Our community now knows what needs to be done, and has the right people in place to do it. As one of the volunteers who sits on the co-ordinating committee of the Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness -- the group that grew out of last year's Mayor's Task Force -- I can assure you that some of the best-connected people with the biggest hearts are getting together regularly to try to work this crisis out.

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Added: That's tomorrow:

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I'm organizing an event for the street community Oct. 16 on behalf of the coalition, and we'd like your help in making it a great day for people.

We're calling the day Project Connect. Partly it's about drawing in people from the street community to share their frustrations and ideas for change with coalition members, and partly it's about just putting on a really nice service day for a group of folks who don't get many breaks.

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[ 15 October 2008: Message edited by: G. Pie ]

A friendly suggestion for you is to post a short clip from the article in your opening post (OP) so that people know specifically what the action is, and where and when it's taking place. The name, Project Connect, doesn't tell us what it's about.

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Originally posted by bigcitygal:
A friendly suggestion ...

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Taken, with thanks.

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Please let us know about the outcome!

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