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Our vision is for a strong and resilient community where all persons have a stable home and the support to live healthy lives with self-determination.

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The Bloom Group responds to the most urgent needs of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.

Tomorrow is Giving Tuesday! Donate to The Bloom Gr

Tomorrow is Giving Tuesday! Donate to The Bloom Group and help lift people out of the shadows.

Give so others may go from darkness to light.

Donate Today: https://www.thebloomgroup.org/out-of-the-shadows/

Your donation will be matched dollar-for-dollar up to $10,000!

Your gift of care can provide:
($1,500) Suite upgrades for residents in supportive housing and shelters.
($1,000) Training for peers to support women living in shelter.
($500) Garden restoration and maintenance for healing gardens.
($250) Starter kits for women and families transitioning from shelter to permanent housing.
($100) Social activities for residents with mental health issues.

Join the Giving Tuesday movement. Donate Today: https://www.thebloomgroup.org/out-of-the-shadows/

Thank you for making the world sunnier.

#TheBloomGroup #GivingTuesday #Donate #OutOfTheShadows #DTES #shelter #housing #women #MentalHealth

Elimination of Violence Against Women’s Day fall

Elimination of Violence Against Women’s Day falls on November 25.

In honour of women who have been victims of gender-based violence, and to raise awareness on this critical issue, we are reproducing a letter written by Lizette, a young woman who was forced to flee an abusive relationship and landed in our Springhouse women’s shelter with her newborn.

“It was one the evenings of the [SIC] 2020 when we moved to Springhouse. I was fleeing an abusive relationship, I had no immigration status, no money, no connections, no family in Canada and sadly, I was without hope. The only strength I had was for staying up for my little one-month-old soul I was holding in my arms.

One of the members of the staff who welcomed us at the shelter told me the most beautiful thing and what I desperately needed to hear; 'you are safe'. A few weeks after, I started to get to know the other Support workers of the shelter. I was tremendously amazed by their dedication, professionalism, kindness, work ethics, and their willingness to always help.

I want to thank them for reminding me [SIC] the importance of being kind, tolerant, compassionate, respectful, sharing, and for many other values that they always encourage to all the residents in living in a community.

When we left the shelter, we received all the support we needed for the transition. I felt safe and empowered to start a new life in a new home.

From the bottom of my heart, my deepest gratitude to places like this and to the amazing people who works [SIC] there. Life is going to compensate for all the good you make in people and for helping us to re-write our destiny. You will always have a very special spot in our hearts. Love, LS & AS”

#EliminationOfViolenceAgainstWomen #November25 #women #letter #Springhouse #shelter #GenderBasedViolence #AbusiveRelationship #TheBloomGroup

November 28 is Giving Tuesday. A day set aside to

November 28 is Giving Tuesday. A day set aside to benefit the community.

Full Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6PTncGsesk

On Giving Tuesday your donation can help provide a home for the homeless.

A home for people like Jeffrey.

Since 2005, Jeffrey has called Santiago Lodge in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside home. Prior to living at Santiago, he lived in an SRO.

Jeffrey has seen a lot of changes in the neighbourhood, some good, some bad, in the past 18 years.

See why Jeffrey remains positive about his future and is “happy”.

Jeffrey is one of 150 residents in the DTES living in housing provided by The Bloom Group for people living in poverty who have mental health and substance abuse issues.

On Giving Tuesday, donate so others like Jeffrey can lead their best life.

Join the Giving Tuesday movement. Donate today: https://www.thebloomgroup.org/out-of-the-shadows/
Your donation will be matched dollar for dollar up to $10,000!

Thank you for your support.

#TheBloomGroup #AffordableHousing #SupportiveHousing #GivingTuesday #Charity #Donate #Springhouse #women #shelter

November 28 is Giving Tuesday. A day set aside to

November 28 is Giving Tuesday. A day set aside to benefit the community.

Full Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Enwh_-ScHw

On Giving Tuesday your donation can help provide a home for the homeless.

A home for people like Lizette.

Lizette arrived at Springhouse women’s shelter in Vancouver in June 2020 with a newborn. Fleeing an abusive relationship and recovering from a cesarean, she had no income, no family, no connections or support, and no work permit to work in Canada. According to Lizette, she was “in the shadows … with no value”.

Springhouse made her feel safe and gave her a new life.

Today, Lizette is currently employed, has a stable income, secure housing, and reliable daycare for her son. Lizette credits Springhouse for giving her the life she has built now. Springhouse was “there for me in many ways … now I can become whatever I want”.

Springhouse, operated by The Bloom Group, provides emergency shelter for 32 women and women-led families. It is the only shelter in Vancouver that allows male children over the age of 12. Springhouse also provides second stage supported housing for women and their families for up to two years.

On Giving Tuesday, donate so others like Lizette can go from the shadows to “the other side”.

Join the Giving Tuesday movement. Donate today: https://www.thebloomgroup.org/out-of-the-shadows/

Your donation will be matched dollar for dollar up to $10,000!

Thank you for your support!

#TheBloomGroup #AffordableHousing #SupportiveHousing #GivingTuesday #Charity #Donate #Springhouse #women #shelter

Today is the Eastside Culture Crawl. See you at Po

Today is the Eastside Culture Crawl.
See you at Powell Place Women’s Shelter.
#TheBloomGroup #Charity #PowellPlace #Women #shelter #DTES #MentalHealth #EastsideCultureCrawl

Today is National Philanthropy Day! Since 1961,

Today is National Philanthropy Day!

Since 1961, The Bloom Group has given a face to the residents of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.

Everyone has a story. Everyone has the right to live with self-worth and dignity.

Help put a face on your neighbours. Give so that the most vulnerable in our community live their best lives.

On National Philanthropy Day, donate to The Bloom Group: https://www.thebloomgroup.org/out-of-the-shadows

#TheBloomGroup #NationalPhilanthropyDay #DTES #SupportiveHousing #MentalHealth #Donate #Charity #Poverty

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