Prince George Homeless Count 2008

Sarah passed on the following information about the Prince George Homeless Count 2008 (If you're interested in attending with someone from SATS, email us at: smokestacksandthesunrise@yahoo.ca):

"On May 25th and 26th CPAH (Community Partners Addressing Homelessness) will be conducting the first ever homeless count in Prince George. This will help us more fully comprehend the scope of homelessness and will enable us to capture a snapshot of the size and composition of our visible homeless population.

This count will take place within a 24 hour period, from 6:00pm Sunday- 6:00pm Monday. We are currently seeking volunteers to help out within this time frame.

There are many ways someone would be able to volunteer with this project:
- Outdoor surveying – to work in pairs walking set areas of the downtown and a few park or camping areas to survey people who may not have accessed a Shelter. Outdoor surveys will be done during the daylight hours early Monday morning for no more than 3 hours.
- Serve special meals - to help with a breakfast on the Monday at the Native Friendship Centre.
- Surveying at agencies – some agencies may require assistance with conducting surveys.
- At the count headquarters AWAC (Association Advocating for Women and Children) - to help with distribution of supplies for the volunteers, have access to a vehicle in order to do checks on the street volunteers, and to answer phones for when street volunteers call in.

If you are interested in helping us out please attend the information and orientation night at
the College of New Caledonia on May 20th (Tuesday) from 6:30pm-9:30pm in Room 1-308A/B.

It is important to attend this night. However, if you are unable - we will be reviewing the
information before the count on Sunday the 25th at AWAC.

Hope to see you Tuesday!
For more information you can contact:
Shirley Rushton at 562-6262 local 226 or Kerry Pateman at kpateman@shaw.ca"