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Strathcona BIA Holiday Social 2013

December 11, 2013 Leave a comment

Holiday Social 2013

When: December 11, 2013 – 4:30 pm
Where: Chapel Arts – 304 Dunlevy Ave

On Wednesday, December 11 between 4:30pm – 7:00pm, please join the Strathcona Business Improvement Association for appetizers and seasonal cheer. There will be door prizes and a cash bar. The SBIA is also hosting a clothing drive to benefit the RayCam Co-operative Centre. Please bring your CLEAN, LIGHTLY USED clothing with you to the holiday social.

The venue is:

Chapel Arts
304 Dunlevy Ave
4:30pm-7:00pm

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26th Annual Pan Pacific Vancouver Christmas Wish Breakfast and Toy Drive

December 11, 2013 Leave a comment

Back for its 26th straight year, the Pan Pacific Vancouver is holding its annual Christmas Wish Breakfast on Wednesday December 11th from 6am – 9am.

Each year we ask Vancouver to join us at the Hotel and donate a new unwrapped toy the Lower Mainland Christmas Bureau which helps needy children during the Holiday season. In exchange for everyones generosity, the Pan Pacific will provide a complimentary hot breakfast buffet on the house!

Never been to the Wish Breakfast before? Well to give you an idea….last year we saw over4,000 people visit the Hotel donating over 12 tonnes of toys and $25,000 in cash donations. For breakfast we served over 12,500 sausages, 1200 lbs of of hashbrowns, 800 kg of eggs and 4200 croissants. Not bad huh?

Downtown Eastside Neighbourhood Council (DNC) Board Meeting – Tues Dec 10, 2013

December 11, 2013 Leave a comment

 

The DNC is very proud to announce the formation of a Women’s Committee at tonight’s board meeting!Here is the excerpt from the minutes of tonight’s meeting.

Women’s Group Committee

Jewels announces that there was a meeting of a new women’s committee of the DNC last week.

MOTION: Roland motions to create a women’s committee of the DNC that will deal with issues such as empowerment, education, entrepreneurship, women’s safety, sharing and collaboration. Ludvik seconds. motion passes

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1 AHA MEDIA at DNC Board Meeting - Tues Dec 10 2013 2 AHA MEDIA at DNC Board Meeting - Tues Dec 10 2013 3 AHA MEDIA at DNC Board Meeting - Tues Dec 10 2013 4 AHA MEDIA at DNC Board Meeting - Tues Dec 10 2013 5 AHA MEDIA at DNC Board Meeting - Tues Dec 10 2013

DTES Street Market at Pigeon Park in Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES) on Sun Dec 8, 2013

December 9, 2013 Leave a comment

Freezing temperatures and cheery Christmas shopping brought out the best in everyone in Vancouver DTES

Roland Clarke, Richard Cunningham, Jacek Lorek, Hendrik Beune and Vendors braved the sub zero weather to work  at the DTES Street Market.

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1 AHA MEDIA sees Pirate Flag at DTES Street Market in Vancouver 2

2 AHA MEDIA sees Pirate Flag at DTES Street Market in Vancouver 2

City’s Actions Displace Low-Income Seniors, Artists and threaten 120 year old Ming Sun Benevolent Society Historic Property in Japantown!

December 8, 2013 Leave a comment
CITY TO BLAME FOR DESTRUCTION OF HERITAGE BUILDING, HOUSING FOR VULNERABLE SENIORS AND AFFORDABLE ARTIST STUDIO SPACERepresentatives of the Ming Sun Benevolent Society, members of Instant Coffee artist collective and outraged citizens of Vancouver held a news conference to reveal how the City of Vancouver ignored its own rules and demolished a building, resulting in not only the possible loss of one of the oldest buildings in Vancouver, but also the displacement of low income seniors, an artist collective, and the Ming Sun Benevolent Society.

The subsequent actions of the City have shown an incredible disregard and disrespect not only for the Ming Sun Benevolent Society, a 90 year old organization representing Chinese Canadians, and for the artist collective Instant coffee who produce international works of art , but also to every taxpayer in Vancouver.

Date & Time: Friday, December 6 9:30 A.M. yes
Location: Vancouver Japanese Language Centre and Hall
487 Alexander Avenue, Vancouver