In 2012, I became an intravenous substance user. Previously, I swallowed and snorted substances to maintain my dependence. Using needles, in my mind, was a level beyond the other methods of administration—not only because of the increased chance of overdose and disease, but because of...
Over 150 people attended the All Our Sisters Luncheon at the Coast Bastion on May 8 to raise funds to expand Samaritan House....
This event is intended to mark a turning point in our awareness of the impact of women’s poverty on the community and to serve as a call to action to end women’s homelessness on Vancouver Island. ...
This event is intended to mark a turning point in our awareness of the impact of women’s poverty on the community and to serve as a call to action to end women’s homelessness on Vancouver Island....
This May, in honour of Mother’s Day, invite your customers to “More Room for Dessert” knowing they will be helping to do more than show love to their mom....
Island Crisis Care Society is fundraising with Purdys Chocolatier, just in time for Easter!...
We hope that Agnes' face, like so many of the faces we see at Samaritan House, will touch you so much that you will support our efforts to shelter such vulnerable women here in Nanaimo....
Even in the middle of the summer when the sun fills the town with warm light, the numbers of women seeking shelter casts a dark shadow. ...
Support Island Crisis Care Society with our first fundraiser for More Room for Hope, the capital campaign to double the size of Samaritan House....
I was too ill to live on my own and too well to stay in the hospital. After seven weeks there, the time had come for discharge. But where to go?...
