More beds for emergency shelter in Kelowna

Kelowna’s Gospel Mission will add 10 more beds to its 50-bed emergency shelter in the former Kelowna Courier building on Doyle Avenue within the next two weeks.

“Adding 10 beds to our current emergency shelter will bring Kelowna’s Gospel Mission’s total beds for people experiencing homelessness to 120. Our Outreach teams will be in our city seven days a week, handing out items to keep people warm such as blankets, sleeping bags, gloves, toques, warm coats, and Hot Paws hand warmers,” said Carmen Rempel, Executive Director at Kelowna’s Gospel Mission.

“When people are living outside in freezing temperatures, it is a full-time job for them to try and get warm. When they are freezing their brains stop working. They are consumed with trying just to stay alive. My heart goes out to anyone who has to try and live through a winter having no place to go,” said JoAnne McKenzie, Outreach Manager.

Kelowna’s Gospel Mission is looking for volunteers to work alongside their outreach teams.
For more information, visit www.kelownagospelmission.ca