{"id":1399,"date":"2010-10-08T22:08:54","date_gmt":"2010-10-08T22:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salvationarmy.ca\/britishcolumbia\/spare-a-thought-for-those-in-need\/"},"modified":"2025-05-26T11:26:18","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T11:26:18","slug":"spare-a-thought-for-those-in-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salvationarmy.ca\/britishcolumbia\/2010\/10\/08\/spare-a-thought-for-those-in-need\/","title":{"rendered":"Spare a thought for those in need"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bclocalnews.com\/tri_city_maple_ridge\/mapleridgenews\/community\/104520534.html\">By James Maclennan, The Maple Ridge News October 8, 2010<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bclocalnews.com\/tri_city_maple_ridge\/mapleridgenews\/community\/104520534.html\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/salvationarmy.ca\/britishcolumbia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/02\/40756mapleridgegiftbags-1-web.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7579\" src=\"https:\/\/salvationarmy.ca\/britishcolumbia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/02\/40756mapleridgegiftbags-1-web.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"425\" height=\"294\" \/><\/a>On the heels of Thanksgiving, staff at Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows\u2019 only homeless shelter want people to spare a thought for those without a roof to live under.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u201cWe want people to realize that there are a lot of people in our neighbourhoods who are struggling,\u201d said Caring Place director Darrell Pilgrim.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u201cPeople who are struggling with homelessness and poverty are still people and they need to know that there is a community here that is supporting them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">The number of homeless people in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows more than doubled in three years, according to results of a homeless census released by Metro Vancouver in 2008 \u2013 a count that\u2019s been conducted every three years since 2005.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Ninety people were found to be homeless in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows during the 2008 Greater Vancouver Homeless Count, up from 42 in 2005.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">The 17 year-round beds available for men at the Salvation Army shelter have been full since summer, while the nine beds for women are occupied 75 per cent of the time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Come November, the shelter will open 30 extra cold-wet weather mats.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Demand for the Caring Place\u2019s meal program, meanwhile, has continued to increase, growing this year to 9,000 meals a month from 8,000 last year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Pilgrim believes the trickle down effect of the recession is finally hitting people who have jobs but are now struggling to make ends meet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u201cWe definitely see more working people coming here for assistance,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u201cThese are good people and we just want the community to show their support and realize that this is an issue we are all dealing with.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left\">To donate<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">The Caring Place needs donations to fill gift baskets which will be given out during Homelessness Action Week Oct. 10 &#8211; 16. They need: Body and hand lotions, beauty products for women, brand name men\u2019s deodorants and anything to make someone feel a little pampered. The shelter is located at the corner of the Haney Bypass and Lougheed Highway. Info: 604-463-8296 Ext. 112<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left\">Homelessness week events<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u2022 The Caring Place will be hosting a spa day Friday, Oct. 15 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Drop in to see a dentist, foot nurse, public health nurse or hairdresser, get a manicure and pick up a gift basket.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\u2022\u00a0Enjoy a free Harvest Chilli lunch at the ACT on Friday, Oct. 15 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Donations for the Friends in Need Food Bank will be accepted at the lunch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By James Maclennan, The Maple Ridge News October 8, 2010 On the heels of Thanksgiving, staff at Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows\u2019 only homeless shelter want people to spare a thought for those without a roof to live under. \u201cWe want people to realize that there are a lot of people in our neighbourhoods who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1400,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"location":[],"class_list":["post-1399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-interest"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - 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