Imagine being in a place with temperatures below 5°C without heating and being hungry! Seeking shelter and comfort, homeless people crowd the heating centers of Vancouver, one of Canada’s major cities. It was then that a writer had the idea: to seek the support of Internet users to order pizza to feed these people!
Within hours, she had enough to buy more than 100 pizzas and dessert pies. Só Notícia Boa went to understand the initiative. In Vancouver’s crisis centres, homeless people find support but no meals, just coffee and tea.
Writer Gabrielle Peters summed up how she felt when she received donations. “Community is a verb, not just a noun,” she said. “It is the act of doing. It’s about being there and making things happen in any way possible.
Tweeter
Concerned by the situation, Gabrielle Peters, a writer known in Canada for her volunteering and campaigns in favor of the excluded, including people with disabilities, sent a tweet asking for offers from pizzerias to help feed the homeless who are in heating centers.
“I knew there was nothing there,” Peters said. “I thought huh, what if we send pizza?” he added, launching the tweet which received a boost from Mo Amir, host of “This is Vancolour”.
You Internet users mobilized quickly! As soon as the tweet went live, donations began.
donations
Peters raised over C$3,000.00, enough to supply pizza to 15 different centers in Vancouver.
As donations continued to arrive the following day, including two donations of CA$500 each, the writer purchased 57 additional pies, delivered to support centers.
“We have to be there to look out for each other,” said Gabrielle Peters.
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Terribly cold -20 wind chill outside last night, but our house full of homeless visitors stayed warm in our lobby and enjoyed a stack of pizzas courtesy of @mssinenomine yesterday evening. They were appreciated by all our guests thank you! #oddfellows #homelessness #vancouver pic.twitter.com/8MxApJej2n
—Vancouver Odd Fellows (@OddVancouver) December 22, 2022
Warm pizza offered to homeless people on harsh winter days in Canada – Photo: Pixabay
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