Organisations near Maple Bay BC (1081 Result(s))

The Victoria Youth Empowerment Society[YES] offers services for youth and their family / caregivers throughout the Capital Region. YES welcomes all members of our diverse youth community. YES has grown from an agency which was primarily focused on street entrenched youth to an agency which provides prevention, intervention, treatment and education for youth, their families/caregivers and the broader community. Currently a large percentage of the youth and families who utilize the services of YES are not inappropriately involved downtown. Services offered by YES include: youth and family counselling, community outreach, after hour pager access, referrals, assessments, specialized interventions, a missing youth system, assistance with health issues, advocacy, meeting basic needs [shelter, food, clothing, hygiene etc.], emergency crisis response [including emergency/crisis shelter services], community development, consultation and assistance with issues related to employment, housing, education, etc.

SOLID challenges personal and systemic injustice by promoting practical harm reduction strategies in our communities and individual lives.We believe that housing, access to social supports, a liveable income and appropriate health care- including access to injection and smoking equipment- is a right.

The Victoria Women In Need Community Cooperative (WIN) is a non-profit organization. We operate five Resale Shops in Greater Victoria, and an online shop, that offer high quality affordable second hand items. The revenue from our shops allows us to provide programs for local women, trans, non binary and Two Spirit People on their journey between crisis, self sufficiency and wellness.

It is unfortunate that the origins of Odd Fellowship have been lost in time. The question of when and where our Order first originated, and how the name was first chosen can never be answered with absolute certainty. It has been speculated that the order originated during the reign of Nero in the year 55 AD, but there is no documented evidence. The first recorded meeting of an Odd Fellow Lodge was in the year 1745, at the Oakley Arms in England. In those days it was common for working men to meet at local taverns for evenings of social recreation. But as time passed, a particular group of men found a common purpose in aiding each other. They began to establish funds through regular collections to assist members out of work or in distress. It is believed that this is when and how the name Odd Fellows was attained. In those days, it was customary for the aristocracy to form philanthropic societies, but it was unthinkable for the common labourer to do so, and to meet in a tavern was very odd indeed. Another theory comes from the custom of skilled labourers banding together for mutual assistance. Feeling left out, a group of odd labourers formed their own union. Regardless of how or when our Order actually originated, it was most likely considered odd then, as it is now, for men to dedicate themselves to the relief of distress, to educating the orphan, and to compassionately caring for under-privileged and less fortunate members of our society. It is still regarded as odd that men would freely give of their time, in aid of the less fortunate. No matter how we began, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows proudly accepts our name, which has survived more than two centuries and is honoured and respected in Canadian communities and around the world.