Samantha Armstrong is a veteran at Shelter Movers Vancouver, volunteering since the chapter began more than two years ago. Samantha started as the chapter’s first intake coordinator and processed every move during the first year. She eventually became an intake supervisor, which involves scheduling moves with the intake team. Through this experience, Samantha has the opportunity […]
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Last October, Harrison Thorne returned to Canada from his deployment in the Bahamas. After providing disaster relief and humanitarian aid with GlobalMedic, Harrison wanted to continue helping the people around him. While looking into different volunteer organizations, he came across Shelter Movers Vancouver and knew he found a cause he could get behind. Since joining
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The team at Advanced Storage Centres is helping to end the cycle of abuse and violence against women the best way they know how: by supporting Shelter Movers to provide safe and convenient storage for our clients. With locations all over the Lower Mainland, Advanced Storage Centres has been creating positive change in the local
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The prevalence of gender-based violence is what surprised Jade Vallentyne the most when she began volunteering with the Vancouver chapter of Shelter Movers. Jade is one of our rockstar movers and has been helping British Columbians leave abuse since October 2019. She says through educational resources provided by Shelter Movers and the frequency of moves, especially
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Sana, Lead Mover, Shelter Movers, spent 6 years overseas working and earning her Master’s in ‘Policy, Media and Communication’ in the UK. When she returned to her hometown Toronto, one of the first things she did was join Shelter Movers as a way to meet people and reacquaint herself with the city. When Sana first
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Making the decision to leave a violent or abusive home can be difficult. From where to go, to who to ask questions to, it can be hard to find counsel and support you can trust. Luckily, there are countless resources available for people experiencing gender-based violence at low or no cost. If you’re thinking about
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The ability to help women fleeing violence made Stephanie Ling want to get involved with Shelter Movers Vancouver. Starting with Shelter Movers Vancouver at its inception in 2018, she was involved in the early planning stages before moves were even being conducted. Once operations began, she worked as a Move Coordinator, a role she enjoyed
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As a Ph.D. student studying evolution, Mauro Sugawara spends a lot of his time hitting the books. He wanted to do something in his free time that would be beneficial to the community. Helping out on moves with Shelter Movers Vancouver was the perfect escape for him and it had the added benefit of making a
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On the summer solstice, most people sit around a bonfire or admire the evening sky from their backyard – but Peter Celler isn’t your average person. The mechanical engineer and father of three from North Vancouver spent an entire night running from sunset to sunrise in support of women leaving gender-based violence. His 90-kilometre run
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Rising tensions and fears caused by isolation measures enacted due to the pandemic have led to an increase in Violence Against Women (VAW) in Canada. Since the onset of the COVID-19 outbreak, one in ten women is very or extremely concerned about the possibility of violence at home according to a survey of Canadians. Moreover,
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