2023 HCSS Christmas Gift Catalogue

Give a Gift that Counts ...

Give the Gift of Hope Gift Catalogue 2023

Help homeless North Shore youth and seniors for as little as $20

“Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.”

H. Jackson Brown Junior

Hollyburn Community Services Society is committed to using all funds raised from this catalogue to support the program of your choice.

For a complete description of our programs and services see inside the back cover.

For as Little as $20 You Can Positively Alter the Path of a Homeless Youth

Gifts under $50

$20 $45

Gifts under $250

$190 $200

Welcome youth with a gift of pajamas and socks at the North Shore Youth Safe House.

Sponsor a youth for a week of job preparation and coaching in our Wired 4 Success employment program.

Give a youth a chance to hit the ice and stay in school in our Hockey Heroes program.

Support a youth to enroll in a post-secondary school program, ensuring they have training for lifelong employment.

Shelter a cold and scared youth for a week at the North Shore Youth Safe House.

Gifts under $100

$75

Present homeless youth with the skills to manage their new home through our Life Success Program.

$80 $90

Nourish a hungry youth for a week while at the North Shore Youth

Safe House.

Support youth to get on their feet with a month of transportation to access school, work, or counselling.

$225

Gifts under $500

$400 $450

Help a youth secure permanent employment through our Wired 4 Success program.

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Your chance to be Santa Claus!!

Shower 10 youth with gifts and

YOUR Gift achieves solutions in YOUR community.

Featured Gifts Sponsor a Youth For as little as $1,000 your gift can immediately start the journey to end the cycle of homelessness. It provides a youth a safe place, life and social skills training, access to education, employment, income and housing opportunities, and general and mental health services.

Sponsor a Senior For as little as $1,000 you can give a gift of hope and dignity to a homeless senior; ensuring they move from homeless to housed, from hungry to nourished, and from isolated to embraced.

An Undesignated Gift Please accept my gift of $__________ to use where you see the greatest need.

Why help? Because ...

• Almost 25% of the homeless are elderly, many for the first time ever • Poverty is an underlying factor to many, but not all of the issues we

encounter • Homelessness in our community is a result of unaffordable or unavailable housing • Domestic violence crosses all incomes, cultures and neighbourhoods • Helping youth is our greatest return on our investment

Provide Hope and Dignity to our Most Vulnerable Seniors

Gifts under $50

$20 $30

Ensure a senior safely gets to their community centre, doctor, or friend with your gift of transportation.

Provide a senior with much needed personal supplies through our Seniors’ Housing Outreach program.

$80

Shelter a senior and provide a warm bed for a week at the Seniors’

Safe House.

Gifts under $250

$225

Help a homeless senior find permanent and affordable

housing.

Gifts under $100

Gifts under $500

$50

Provide a gift card for food and nutrition to a senior living on the streets until housing can be found.

$300

Nourish a hungry senior for a month at our Seniors’ Safe

$70

$450

Your chance to be Santa Claus!!

Shower 8 seniors with gifts and

Help a senior access much needed financial resources through our Seniors at Housing Risk program.

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How to Give • Go to www.society.hollyburn.ca and click on the donation button • Send a cheque to

Hollyburn Community Services Society 104-267 West Esplanade North Vancouver BC V7M 1A5

• Call Joy Hayden at 604-512-2483 or email her at jhayden@hollyburnsociety.ca • Give the gift of the season year round. Consider becoming a monthly donor for as little as $10 a month.

You will receive an official tax receipt for your gift.

If your donation is in honour of someone special, we will send them a card letting them know of your generous gift.

Please let the following person know a gift was made in their name:

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Last Name

Street Address

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Programs & Services YOUTH SERVICES North Shore Youth Safe House provides emergency housing for youth 14 to 18 years old and acts as a single point of entry to connect them to much-needed services that can break the cycle of homelessness.

Life Success Program offers transitional housing to homeless youth, while providing life skills training and support to find permanent housing. Once graduated, 95% remain housed and employed.

Youth Education Navigator supports marginalized youth to enroll in and graduate from postsecondary programs and training.

Wired 4 Success is a “tough-love” employment program for youth with barriers to employment. It boasts an 85% success rate for participants securing permanent jobs.

Hollyburn Hockey Heroes provides an opportunity for youth-at-risk to play hockey as an incentive to stay in school. 85% of youth partaking remain in school and graduate.

Housing Navigators support youth and young adults to secure affordable and sustainable housing to address their housing instability.

SENIORS’ SERVICES Supporting Seniors to Remain Housed prevents homelessness by providing support to seniors with chronic tenancy issues. By preventing evictions, we keep seniors housed.

Seniors at Housing Risk offers support to seniors who are at imminent risk of homelessness.

Seniors’ Housing Outreach offers support to homeless seniors in our community.

Seniors’ Safe House offers a safe place for homeless seniors or seniors living in unsafe or abusive situations.

INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY SERVICES The Housing Liaison expands partnerships with landlords to create new affordable housing opportunities for individuals and families.

Free Counselling Services for individuals and families requiring a safe place to address the trauma they have experienced.

Specialized Victim Services supports children and adults who have experienced domestic violence.

Integrated Domestic Violence Unit is a unique collaboration with HCSS, West Vancouver Police, North Vancouver RCMP, Squamish Nations, and Ministry of Children and Family Development.

As a team, they respond to the most violent calls of domestic abuse.

Indigenous Mental Health Court Outreach Worker provides court support for vulnerable North Shore Indigenous residents with mental health barriers.

Hollyburn Community Services Society is a non-profit charity that has a robust mission to end social issues in our community. We work and advocate to ensure families and individuals are safe, that youth are productive and engaged and that our youth, seniors and families have sustainable and affordable housing.

Your tax deductible donation can provide: • shelter and housing for hundreds • poverty relief for the poorest • education and employment for youth • wellness and counselling for those who need to heal • access to much needed resources and services

Contact Us 104-267 West Esplanade, North Vancouver BC V7M 1A5 Charitable Tax Number 86378 5770 RR0001