Holt Renfrew and Vancouver Fire Fighters IAFF Local 18 helped raise money for United Way of the Lower Mainland with a boot drive on Wednesday, May 18, 2010 in downtown Vancouver. Real Heroes at work!
A bus-load of children participating in the United Way-funded Friends of Simon tutoring program spent the day on Friday, May 14 on a field trip at Simon Fraser University’s Burnaby campus.
Despite improvements in recent decades, a disturbing number of vulnerable seniors ― single women, First Nations, recent immigrants, and those with disabilities ― still live in poverty.
$18.17 is the 2010 family living wage, according to a report released May 4 that calculates an hourly wage based on the real costs of raising a family in Vancouver.
