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A big thank you to our friends at RBC 💙

We want to share a story about what community support and generosity really look like.

Lately, Street Haven has been blessed with an incredible wave of furniture donations for our clients. Our storage garage was absolutely full of these wonderful gifts, and we knew we needed to get everything organized so we could efficiently distribute the items to the people who need them most.

That's when we called on Rudy Sonhing, our dedicated RBC volunteer ambassador. With very little notice, Rudy brought together five RBC volunteers who spent the day organizing the entire garage, putting a full inventory system in place so we can seamlessly continue accepting your generous donations.

While they worked, we had a very special goal in mind: one of our clients was moving into her first permanent home. Thanks to the team's hard work, we were able to easily sort through and fill a van with furniture and everyday essentials to ensure her new place would truly feel like home. Our Executive Director Andrea, along with our Directors of Employment & Training (Cynthia) and Shelter & Housing (Grace), were there to see the beautifully packed van off.

It takes a village to manage this level of community giving, and we are so grateful to RBC and to Rudy for consistently showing up for Street Haven and our clients.

Interested in getting your workplace, church group, or community organization involved? We always welcome volunteers, big and small. Give us a call or email Kate at kdidyk@streethaven.com to learn how you can help.

Thank you for being part of the Street Haven family. ❤️

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We're hiring! 📢 Two new roles on our Employment and Training team.

Street Haven is growing our Integrated Employment Support (IES) and the Skills Development Training (SDF) programs, and we’re looking for two people to lead the way.

The Team Lead will oversee client experience from intake to employment. They’ll support participants through Personal Support Worker/Home Support Worker training, job search, and their first steps into the workforce.

The Intake Administrator will be the first point of contact for women joining our Healthcare Certification Program. They’ll lead outreach, intake, and orientation.

Both roles will help women facing barriers to employment build a real pathway to advance their careers.

If you've got a background in career counselling, adult education, or community work, and you want to be part of that journey, we want to hear from you.

📅 Applications close Friday, July 10, 2026.

🔗 Visit our website to apply: https://streethaven.org/job-opening/

Know someone who'd be great for this? Share our job posting or tag them in the comments!

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We have the BEST donors! 💛

Christina emailed us out of the blue with an offer: furniture and kitchen utensils she no longer needed.

She's a recent Master of Nursing graduate, heading back to BC after finishing her studies in Toronto. Before she left, she wanted to make sure her belongings went to someone who really needed them.

So, she reached out to us. Not only are her items going to our shelters, but we also connected her with a Pathways to Independence client, who has recently transitioned out of our services into housing of her own. Furniture and kitchen basics are exactly what's needed to make her new place feel like home.

Christina and her friends even helped our facilities team load everything into the van themselves!

It's a small gesture with a big ripple effect, and it's a reminder that community support doesn't always look like a big donation. Sometimes it's a grad student packing up her apartment and thinking of someone else first.

Thank you, Christina. We're lucky to have donors like you in our corner. ✨

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