Kelowna Gospel Mission
Kelowna’s Gospel Mission prepares for 40th annual Thanksgiving dinner
KELOWNA – This year marks the 40th annual Thanksgiving dinner served at Kelowna's Gospel Mission.…
Street angel has high hopes for Kelowna’s homelessness plan
KELOWNA – When I first meet JoAnne McKenzie, she’s smiling broadly walking down the freshly-scrubbed…
SLEEPING IN CARS: Kelowna’s hidden homeless shelter
KELOWNA – No accurate measure can be made of the number of men, women and…
Kelowna’s Gospel Mission readies for Easter feast
KELOWNA – Volunteers at the Kelowna's Gospel Mission are busy preparing close to 1,000 meals…
Kelowna homeless shelters welcome pets for all the right reasons
"THE MOST UNUSUAL WAS A MINI BANTAM ROOSTER THE LADY WOULD WALK ON A LEASH."…
Kelowna Gospel Mission serving dinner for 800 this Thanksgiving
KELOWNA – Hundreds of hungry fathers, sons, daughters and mothers will get a Thanksgiving dinner…
Courtyard project on Leon Avenue welcomes Kelowna’s homeless
KELOWNA – A park-style courtyard next to the Kelowna Gospel Mission is already doing what…
Anti-overdose drug now standard equipment at Kelowna’s Gospel Mission
KELOWNA – Naloxone has become a necessary piece of equipment for frontline homeless shelters like…
Kelowna dental community steps up to keep Gospel Mission clinic open
KELOWNA – Dozens of Kelowna dentists have agreed to volunteer their time this summer to…
RENTAL SHORTAGE: Kelowna’s working poor pushing into homeless shelters
NON-TRADITIONAL CLIENTS SHOWING UP IN INCREASING NUMBERS KELOWNA – The rental housing shortage that’s plaguing…
Strides to End Homelessness takes to Kelowna streets
FUNDRAISER BEGINS AND ENDS IN FRONT OF GOSPEL MISSION KELOWNA – Walk or run, it’s…
A Kelowna safe injection site would have its challenges
LOCAL LEADERS NEED DATA; HAVE OTHER PRIORITIES KELOWNA – Safe injection and intravenous drug use…
Homeless count in Kelowna to provide fresh numbers
KELOWNA – Kelowna will conduct its first homeless count in several years and Randy Benson,…
New homelessness coordinator will face big challenge in Kelowna
KELOWNA - When Kelowna’s new homeless coordinator is hired sometime this spring, they will find themselves working with a system that local service providers say is bursting at the seams. NOW Canada’s executive director Liz Talbot says the non-profit society’s 20-bed womens shelter has been running well over capacity for months now, even before the...
Kelowna homeless sheltering from wildfire smoke at Gospel Mission
KELOWNA – The Kelowna Gospel Mission has decided to keep its doors open 24 hours a day until the smoky conditions clear up. Forest fire smoke from a pair of huge blazes in Washington State has created extremely smoky air in the Okanagan and prompted a special air quality statement from Environment Canada and Interior...