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Sox in the City 2010 – collecting socks for LifeSkills Centre in Vancouver Downtown Eastside
Sox in the City will return for its 10th anniversary edition starting tomorrow December2, 2010!!
Sox in the City is the annual Vancouver Coastal Health campaign that collects socks for use in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.
This year, the PHS Community Services Society will come on-board the campaign as a project partner with Vancouver Coastal Health. In the 10 years it’s been running, Sox in the City has collected more than 100,000 pairs of socks for use in the Downtown Eastside.
The society’s LifeSkills Centre, located on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, will be the recipient of the collected socks, and the donated socks will be given out to those in need as part of the centre’s foot health program.
The PHS LifeSkills Centre is a member-run community centre located in the heart of the Downtown Eastside that acts as a vibrant hub for grassroots partnerships, as well as a respite for people struggling with homelessness, poverty, addiction and trauma.
Although the needs of the centre’s clients are many, one of their most basis needs can be met with a pair or clean, dry socks.
Last year, Sox in the City generated 15,000 new pairs of socks for use on the Downtown Eastside. Donations arrived from across the Lower Mainland. Schools, companies, individuals all donated socks in quantities from one to 2,500 pairs.
Sox in the City runs through January 31.
More details about the campaign will be posted on Thursday, December 2. For more information in the meantime, please contact Trudi Beutel, Public Affairs Officer, Vancouver Coastal Health.
AHA MEDIA at Women’s Wellness Group making Christmas decorations at LifeSkills Centre in Vancouver Downtown Eastside
AHA MEDIA at Women’s Wellness Group making Christmas decorations at LifeSkills Centre in Vancouver Downtown Eastside for the upcoming Christmas Craft Fair at Interurban Gallery Dec 16-19, 2010
AHA MEDIA and Rocky D of Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES) donates toys to Pan Pacific Vancouver Christmas Wish Breakfast 2010
AHA MEDIA and Rocky D of Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES) donates toys to Pan Pacific Vancouver Christmas Wish Breakfast 2010.
Ready to go at 4:30AM early morning November 30, 2010, AHA MEDIA and Rocky D took a bus and a skytrain to Pan Pacific and shared in the Christmas joy in giving to kids with proceeds going to the Lower Mainland Christmas Bureau
Below are photos and videos of our day!
In this video, Rocky D of Vancouver DTES donates 4 big bags of toys to CHRISTMAS WISH BREAKFAST 2010
In this video, Rocky D from Vancouver DTES gives Hope in Shadows Calendar to Steve Darling of Global TV BC
Below is Rocky D with a couple who have been coming to donate toys to Christmas Wish for over 20 years!
Below is Santa with Rocky D at Pan Pacific Vancouver Christmas Wish Breakfast 2010
Below is a photo and video of Rocky D on why he donates toys to the Pan Pacific Vancouver Christmas Wish Breakfast 2010
AHA MEDIA at Arts and Craft Class in LifeSkills Centre in Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES)
AHA MEDIA at Arts and Craft Class in LifeSkills Centre in Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES). Members were making beautiful objects for the upcoming Christmas Art and Craft Fair at Interurban Gallery on Dec 16-19, 2010
AHA MEDIA at Uncovering Vision: A Discovery of Arts Forms by Men and Women on the Downtown Eastside hosted by UGM – Union Gospel Mission in Vancouver
Heart Therapy: A Downtown Eastside Art Show Features Unlikely Artists
What: Uncovering Vision: A Discovery of Art Forms by Men and Women on the Downtown Eastside. MEDIA EVENT & reception will be attended by many of the featured artists, City of Vancouver Councillor Kerry Jang, award-winning photographer Kevin Clark, and others. The show is part of the East Side Culture Crawl.
When: MEDIA EVENT & Reception – Friday, November 26, 12:00pm-1:00pm with short program starting at noon; public show runs Friday, Nov. 26th 5pm-10pm, Saturday and Sunday 11am-6pm
Where: Maurice McElrea Place, 361 Heatley Ave, Vancouver.
Why:
Can art heal? Try asking the artists featured in a show titled: “Uncovering Vision: A Discovery of Art Forms by Men and Women on the Downtown Eastside.” The show is the culmination of two art programs hosted by Union Gospel Mission for the men and women from their Alcohol and Drug Recovery Program and Women’s Drop-In Program: The Creative Journey, with artist Pamela Masik, and Photography 101, with photographer Kevin Clark.
Elizabeth, one of the women who took part in the Creative Journey class, says the art is about more than creating something beautiful. “It isn’t just art, it’s healing,” says Elizabeth. “It’s a way to take everything that happened to me in the past and just let it out. I didn’t realize I had so much emotion in me!”
Says artist and mentor Pamela Masik, “I believe finding one’s voice through art can be a very empowering. The women created amazing art and I am proud of them for their achievements!”
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