Tuesday, January 20, 2009

GREGOR'S NEW SHELTER SHORT on BLANKETS

Oldtown News
Vancouver, BC


GREGOR'S NEW SHELTER SHORT on BLANKETS

In an unusual call out by David Eby, prominent member of Mayor Robertson's HEAT group which has opened three new shelters, apparently there is a shortage of blankets for the homeless.

Needed explaining is why a shelter with a budget of $500,000.00 for three months can't provide an adequate number of blankets for the homeless using this shelter?

Readers need to be reminded that the HEAT budget allocation works out to $100.00 per day per homeless individual which works out to $2,800.00 per month per individual and yet the shelter hasn't an adequate supply of blankets for the homeless camped out on floor space provided by Gregor's Shelters.


Jamie Lee Hamilton
tricia_foxx@yahoo.com