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PHS Community Services Society @phscss.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

*Peter is a proud parent of *John who lives at The Stanley, a mixed-use development that includes 80 units of PHS-managed homes with supports. Today, Peter is grateful. His son now has a sense of community with friends and staff who support him. #HomelessnessActionWeek

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PHS Community Services Society @phscss.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

🎉 Our PHS Run Team raised $33,500+ and surpassed our fundraising goal! Thank you to our donors, runners, volunteers, and supporters for helping raise funds for PHS's Vancouver Food Program Expansion Project. Learn how you can support our food expansion project: www.phs.ca/community-ev...

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PHS Community Services Society @phscss.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Aaron has joined the UA Eastside 10K for another year to raise funds for PHS Community Services Society. Aaron’s brother passed away a year ago while living in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Can we depend on you to support Aaron in raising funds for his charity of choice PHS. bit.ly/4x8JxfR

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PHS Community Services Society @phscss.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

🏃 Only 3 weeks until the Under Armour Eastside 10K on Sept. 27! PHS has raised over $11,000, but we still need almost $19,000 (62%) to reach our goal for our Food Program that feeds thousands of vulnerable people every day. Donate, register, or join the PHS Run Team today! 💜 bit.ly/4x8JxfR

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PHS Community Services Society @phscss.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

🏃 The PHS Run Team is running the 2026 Under Armour Eastside 10K to support the PHS Vancouver Food Program. 🍲 3,900+ meals served daily 🔥 2,000+ hot meals every day. Help us close the gap and keep meals flowing to people who need them most. Donate today: bit.ly/4x8JxfR

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PHS Community Services Society @phscss.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

We asked a few shelter guests about PHS's Vancouver Food Program. Learn how you can help: bit.ly/4fQNwYQ

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PHS Community Services Society @phscss.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

🏃‍♀️💙 Our youngest fundraiser spent the weekend helping raise donations for the PHS Run Team! We're working toward a $30K fundraising goal to build a new kitchen for PHS's Vancouver Food Program, which serves 3,900+ people daily. Learn how you can get involved: bit.ly/3TR6BS6

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PHS Community Services Society @phscss.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

The PHS Run Team is raising $30,000 through the 2026 Under Armour Eastside 10K to help expand the PHS Vancouver Food Program. So far we've raised $6,749. Every donation helps support 3,900+ meals served daily to people facing homelessness and poverty. bit.ly/4x8JxfR

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PHS Community Services Society @phscss.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Members are invited to our Annual General Meeting! Join us as we reflect on the past year, celebrate our achievements, and look ahead to the future of our organization. Learn more at: bit.ly/3T2jBnu

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PHS Community Services Society @phscss.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Help nourish Vancouver’s vulnerable seniors 💛 PHS provides daily meals for people 45+ facing physical and mental health challenges linked to advanced age-related decline. Help us unlock up to $500K in matching funds from AI Roadburg Foundation. Join or donate: bit.ly/4ezx11m

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PHS Community Services Society @phscss.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Thank you, United Way BC for your support through the #PeriodPromise campaign. 💜 We're grateful to be one of 200 organizations receiving menstrual hygiene products that will help support women in our community with dignity and care.

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PHS Community Services Society @phscss.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Run. Walk. Fundraise. Donate. However you participate, you’re helping PHS provide 3,900+ meals daily. Support food security by joining Team PHS or donating to our PHS Run Team. bit.ly/4cTvFyU

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PHS Community Services Society @phscss.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

PHS’s Molson Overdose Prevention Site in the DTES isn’t just a service—it’s a lifeline. Read the Georgia Straight to learn more: bit.ly/4e44zEF (Press Reader required to access)

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PHS Community Services Society @phscss.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Food Bank BC Hunger Report says 1.3M people in B.C. experienced food insecurity in 2024. PHS delivers 3,900+ meals daily to support our community. Join us in raising $30,000 to expand our Vancouver Food Program. Join Team PHS at the Eastside 10K or donate to our PHS Run Team bit.ly/4cTvFyU

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PHS Community Services Society @phscss.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Congratulations to Varun Banthia, Board Chair of PHS Community Services, on receiving a 2026 BC Achievement Community Award 🎉 A well-earned recognition of leadership and community impact across BC. 👏💙 bit.ly/49jVHcl

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PHS Community Services Society @phscss.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Run/walk for food security 💛 Join Team PHS at the Under Armour Eastside 10K Sept 27, 2026. Code 26PHS = 10% off (not donated to PHS). Donate/support Team PHS here: bit.ly/4cTvFyU

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PHS Community Services Society @phscss.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

We’re raising $30,000 for PHS’s Vancouver Food Program—delivering 3,900+ meals/day (2,000+ hot meals). Help us renovate + expand capacity. Join Team PHS for the Under Armour Eastside 10K Sept 27, 2026 or donate to Team PHS. bit.ly/4cTvFyU

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PHS Community Services Society @phscss.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Thank you #VancouverWarriors for the seats. Our employees enjoyed the match last Friday afternoon. The VW focus on community truly shines through —whether it’s youth programs, charitable outreach, or giving back across the Lower Mainland. Thanks for showing how sport can bring people together.

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PHS Community Services Society @phscss.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

A big thank‑you to Quest Non-Profit Grocery Markets for donating hundreds of foot warmers to PHS! 🧦🔥 Your generosity helps us support our shelter guests and neighbours in the DTES during the coldest days. We’re so grateful for this partnership — thank you, Quest! www.questoutreach.org

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PHS Community Services Society @phscss.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Join the 2026 Under Armour Eastside 10K to raise funds for essential daily meals that support wellness in people with mental illness and substance use disorders. If running isn’t your thing, please support the PHS Team with a donation. bit.ly/4bNIKrP

Photo from the 2025 Under Armour Eastside 10K run

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PHS Community Services Society @phscss.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Ten years. A decade-long emergency with no end in sight. 18,000+ lives lost to B.C.’s toxic drug supply. Today, we remember every one of them. Photo: Times Colonist April 13, 2026

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PHS Community Services Society @phscss.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Treat bags were shared with PHS’s supportive housing residents in Vancouver over the weekend. 💙 Thank you Community Apothecary for your in-kind donations over the holidays. #ThankyouCommunityApothecary www.communityapothecary.ca

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PHS Community Services Society @phscss.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

This Season help us spread hope. 🐣 Your donation supports life-changing services for extremely vulnerable community members experiencing homelessness, poverty, or complex health challenges. 💛 Please donate to PHS today: tinyurl.com/36j7jkn2 #EasterGiving #PassoverGiving #PHSSupport

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PHS Community Services Society @phscss.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

"Ensuring that all people who inject drugs have access to sterile equipment for every injection is a proven, life-saving harm reduction strategy, yet it remains critically underimplemented globally" - medical journal The Lancet. Read it: tinyurl.com/2hhbc285

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PHS Community Services Society @phscss.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

It's a myth that supervised consumption sites attract crime. They are frontline medical units that improve neighbourhood public health. Researchers at McGill University researchers crunched the crime data around Toronto site that were closed supposedly for neighbourhood safety: tinyurl.com/2uf4zumj

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PHS Community Services Society @phscss.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

"Spending doesn’t match the scope of the crisis, and long-term social planning is nonexistent" - Jody Paterson, examining the failed social policy behind the homelessness crisis. Meet some of the people abandoned to street life on Victoria's Pandora Avenue: tinyurl.com/bdea9s2y

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PHS Community Services Society @phscss.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

You don't often get chances to hear an insider account of how authorities react to emergencies - so check out Lisa Lapointe's online discussion of the toxic drug crisis. She's “forever altered” by the emergency. It's at 11 am on Wednesday, Jan. 14. Info: tinyurl.com/bdf89sdy

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PHS Community Services Society @phscss.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

The team from Softchoice Vancouver collected and packaged toiletries and little luxuries to create 240 travel hygiene kits for our shelter guests. They joined forces with Kits For A Cause to source and bag the items at a teambuilding kit-packing event. Thank you for your generosity and support.

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PHS Community Services Society @phscss.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Special thanks to the Ribbon Community for providing Christmas gift bags of food necessities and luxuries to some PHS residents. Formerly known as AIDS Vancouver, Ribbon is Canada's original AIDS service organization, helping people overcome the impacts of HIV and HIV stigma.

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PHS Community Services Society @phscss.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

It means a lot when people reach out this time of year to offer thoughtful and practical gifts to the community we serve. Two students at Stratford Hall School, Ella and Stephanie, arranged care packages for people staying at our shelters over Christmas. (Stephanie not photographed.)

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PHS Community Services Society @phscss.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Staff at three veterinary clinics collected treats and toys for PHS residents and shelter guests pets. Donations were arranged through the Hearts to Paws initiative of Merck Animal Health Canada, which supports shelters and outreach programs across Canada. I borrowed HQ regular Ringo for the pic.

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PHS Community Services Society @phscss.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Stylists from a White Rock's Sin 7 Salon called round to give free haircuts to seniors living with PHS. It was a beautiful event. The Sin 7 Salon team were friendly and treated everyone with respect - chatting and sharing holiday treats. It was another day at the salon, basically.

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PHS Community Services Society @phscss.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

These cheerful gift packs containing necessities and luxuries will be given to PHS shelter guests on Christmas Day, courtesy of Everybody Deserves A Smile. Active in schools throughout the area, the group brings together students, educators, artists & business leaders to support people in crisis.

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PHS Community Services Society @phscss.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Big thanks to The Right Shoe for their spectacular shoe drive, collecting 750 pairs of new and gently used shoes for the community we serve. The team reached out to partners On Running Shoes, and two local gyms: the Firm Athletic and Rep 1, who joined forces to gather the donated shoes.

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PHS Community Services Society @phscss.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Kindness always matters. We thank our good friends at Canada Running Series for thinking about the community we serve. They are the people who organize the Under Armour Eastside 10K which hosts PHS runners every year, so they got to know us - and asked if they could do something to help out.

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PHS Community Services Society @phscss.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

“Communities should not be debating whether they have emergency weather shelters or not. It is essential safety infrastructure.” Carolina Ibarra speaking for 22 BC housing providers makes it clear that axing housing isn't going to bring order to streets - far from it tinyurl.com/4j6rzb8f

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PHS Community Services Society @phscss.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Giving Tuesday is next week – Tuesday, Dec. 2 – and we’re 60% of the way towards our goal to support seniors in crisis. Double your donation now: tinyurl.com/26waj533 Thanks to a gift-matching donor who's ready to match up to a total of $10,000, your donation will go twice as far!

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PHS Community Services Society @phscss.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

“This young lady, she lost her life way too early and she was a really great person” - Smokey D. The Downtown Eastside graffiti legend was in Brookswood, Langley to paint a memorial for 24-year-old Breallan Dawne Franks. Read on: tinyurl.com/yzws2xu9

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PHS Community Services Society @phscss.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

A heartfelt thank you to the Vancouver team at Definity Insurance. Your generosity shines bright this season. They stopped by our Osborn Shelter with a donation of warm clothing gathered during their annual winter PHS clothing drive. These items make an immediate difference for people suffering

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PHS Community Services Society @phscss.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Our Alexander Street Community kitchen is producing more nutritious meals than ever before after upgrades. Having been in daily use since 2015, it was showing considerable wear and tear. Fortunately, the Al Roadburg Foundation stepped up to the plate with funding for upgrades.

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PHS Community Services Society @phscss.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Thank ewe to Baaad Anna’s Yarn Store (2667 East Hastings St.) for their longstanding support of people struggling in the Downtown Eastside. The store invited customers to make and donate socks for PHS shelter guests during their Socktober Challenge, collecting 435 pairs.

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PHS Community Services Society @phscss.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

A free event is lighting up Blood Alley this weekend only. (And other Vancouver locations.) In conjunction with Gastown BIA we're hosting an interactive digital media installation behind The Stanley. It's part of the Lumière Festival, and runs until Sunday, Nov. 16. www.lumiereyvr.com/lumiere-2025

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PHS Community Services Society @phscss.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Stephen Ruben never thought he'd end up homeless and sheltering under a tarp in his retirement. “I’m 66 years of age, no safety net for me at all. . . 44 years, and this is what I have for that,” he said. tinyurl.com/5468pau5

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PHS Community Services Society @phscss.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Special thanks to the team on the CBC show Allegiance who donated clothing from the production earlier this week. These items will be shared with people in the Downtown Eastside who are in need - people using our shelters and those coming up to the door asking for help because they are cold and wet

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PHS Community Services Society @phscss.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

“What’s killing people? It’s not decriminalization, it’s not prescription programs, it’s the unregulated toxic drug supply fueled by organized crime” - Guy Felicella. “There’s a lot of counterfeit drugs on the street, a lot of counterfeit prescription drugs on the street." tinyurl.com/4a3s754v

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PHS Community Services Society @phscss.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Olympic gold medallist and two-time World Champion Camryn Rogers is letting the world know how easy it is to find yourself homeless. Aged 13, just after starting high school, mom Shari lost their home in the leaky condo crisis and they lost it all. Read their story: tinyurl.com/jknyy5n8

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PHS Community Services Society @phscss.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Opens today: The Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival brings a sprinkle of gold dust to this unfairly maligned community. It features more than 100 events across 40 venues between Oct 31 and Nov 8. There's something for everyone The celebration starts here: www.heartofthecityfestival.com

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PHS Community Services Society @phscss.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

“Ten or 15 years ago, if you were 40 and in a shelter, you were considered old. Now we’re routinely seeing people in their sixties and seventies.” – Nick Wells, Union Gospel Mission. Older adults are losing housing faster than ever due to Vancouver's soaring rents. Read on: tinyurl.com/3b66uz7p

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PHS Community Services Society @phscss.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

“Human connection changes direction” - Guy Felicella. One of the first through the door at Insite in 2003, Guy regards harm reduction as a vital first step in his subsequent recovery. It was the human connection that enabled him to begin seeing his own value. Read how: tinyurl.com/2p9vve72

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PHS Community Services Society @phscss.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

“I am fortunate enough to live in a vehicle” - April Lushaw. April lives on disability assistance and can't afford rent, so she sleeps in her car. Sidney, where she lives, has voted against opening an extreme weather response shelter. Read on: tinyurl.com/3azu24ad

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