By Shawn Bayes, Executive Director During a three week period a few months ago, each morning as I came to work, I saw the same car either in the parking lot or the street in front of our office. It was loaded with belongings and I suspected a homeless woman was living in it because… Read More
Archives for August 2014
Why Women-only Drop-in Spaces Are So Important
By Jodi Sturge Director, Homelessness Initiatives A drop-in centre is exactly what it sounds like – a place where people can come by and be welcomed. EFry runs two women-only drop-ins, Maida Duncan in New Westminster and the Surrey Cornerstone. The Cornerstone is fairly small, really more of a big room than a centre, but… Read More
Client Voice: How EFry’s Storybook Program helped me build a relationship with my son
EFry’s volunteer-driven Storybook Program is our most popular in-prison program. It connects incarcerated parents and children through the power of shared stories. We are fortunate to receive many wonderful letters from both participants and their children’s guardians telling us how a simple recording of a parent reading to their child can maintain and even form… Read More