Helping out in Edmonton, Canada
- Kasandra Mathieson
- Aug 20, 2024
- 1 min read
Grateful for the stories that we can find in the Church News about not only people around the world helping, but good things happening right here in Canada.
In May 2024, Boyle Street Community Services (BSCS) received a donation from the Humanitarian Aid Fund of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that provides long-term capital and operational funding for laundry services for people living rough in downtown Edmonton. The donation makes permanent the laundry facilities piloted as part of a hygiene hub in 2022.
Francesco Mosaico, a physician whose primary practice is in Edmonton’s inner city and the president of the Sherwood Park Stake of the Church, saw an opportunity for the Church to help. He was instrumental in arranging for a donation from the Church’s Humanitarian Aid Fund to facilitate the addition of temporary laundry facilities to the hygiene hub. Hiregood, a social venture connected with BSCS, partnered to operate and maintain the facilities.
To read the full story, click here: https://news-ca.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/donation-brings-laundry-facilities-to-unhoused-people-in-edmonton-rsquo-s-inner-city
