The evil man in Eriann Day’s life disappeared after she moved into her new apartment.
He had a beard, carried a knife and had followed the 22-year-old Vancouver woman for months. She was homeless, but he would tap on the window of wherever she was staying. He wanted in.
“It is hard for me to understand it as a hallucination. No one else could see him, but for me, he is as real as the toes on my feet,” said Ms. Day, a 22-year-old with schizophrenia, a serious psychiatric illness.
40 Homes for Dinner is officially sold-out! You can still get involved this year though – here’s how. What is 40 Homes for Dinner? On Friday, Nov. 7th, Homes First and local celebrities will host the second annual40 Homes for Dinner, a city-wide dinner party event that celebrates the importance of “home” while raising funds to help the more than...
Read MoreOver a weekend in September a group from Homes First got together for the Wool Fundraiser in Cabbagetown. Even though the sky was keeping a lot of people inside with all of its rain over the weekend, the group was amazingly able to sell all the wool it brought. They raised $1308 over the weekend....
Read MoreIt wasn’t the typical pouts and puckers on the faces of Ghetto Chic fashion show models, but rather beaming smiles from ear-to-ear as they strutted down the runway. But then again, this wasn’t your typical fashion show. The second annual Ghetto Chic fashion show, held Oct. 17 at Strachan House, is produced by Homes First,...
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