Looking at food, shelter, and supports in Nanaimo

Local frontline services are under increasing demand or are experiencing specific challenges. We’ve convened a frontline services roundtable to explore and update recent events ranging from the reported closing of a Salvation Army lunch program to reports that VIHA will be unable to fund support programs at the Balmoral Hotel building redevelopment.

We’re joined in the studio by City of Nanaimo social planner John Horn, Salvation Army New Hope Centre coordinator Rob Anderson, Loaves and Fishes Food Bank executive director Joanne Dundas, First Unitarian Fellowship social programs committee chair Rob Stewart, Canadian Mental Health Association Mid-Island branch executive director Christina Martens, and advocates Wallace Malay, Mary Ellen, and 7-10 Club co-chairperson Gord Fuller.

Round 1: 069_mar_26_2009_sm

Round 2: 070_mar_26_2009_sm

Round 3: 071_mar_26_2009_sm