
Pender Harbour CHC
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Pender Harbour CHC
@PH_CHC
Located on BC's Sunshine Coast, Pender Harbour Community Health Centre is one of BC's oldest Community Health Centres, established in 1976.



This month, TD is matching employee donations up to $1MM (CAD) total to @frontline_fund via SickKids Charitable Giving Fund, @UWGreaterTO via COVID-19 Community Response & Recovery Fund and @CACHC_ACCSC. Here are ideas for you: go.td.com/3f9CYCD #GivingTuesdayNow


Community Health Centres address surge in domestic violence, call for attention to systemic impacts of COVID-19: cachc.ca/community-heal… With stories of action from @BlackCreekCHC (ON), @NorWestCoop (MB), @FreeOfViolence (BC), #AWRCSASA (NS) #COVID19 #COVID19CHC #CdnHealth


Community Health Centres #CHCs take swift action to protect Canada’s homeless during #COVID19 pandemic: cachc.ca/community-heal… With snapshots of #COVID19CHC efforts across Canada from @NorthEndCHC @CentretownCHC @MainStProject @TheAlexCHC @CUPSCalgaryAB @BMHC_HealthCare




SCHC is still here...working with partners to provide families with ideas and supplies to play at home. For some children, being indoors for prolonged periods can be rather difficult... READ MORE at schcontario.ca/blog

Our profound thanks to the entire team at our member health centre @BMHC_HealthCare for their leadership on care and support for the homeless in Edmonton during #COVID19 crisis. "EXPO Centre opens to Edmonton's homeless during pandemic" cbc.ca/news/canada/ed… #COVID19CHC


Our Executive Director, Joanne Thompson, has recorded an important message about what The Gathering Place is facing during COVID-19. We invite you to watch this video and ask that you visit KindnessWanted.ca/Donate or call (709) 753-3234 if you are able to help.

@RepRashida And we especially appreciate her keen understanding of how vulnerable communities of color, which are often served by #CHCs, are disproportionately impacted by #COVID19 — and other chronic illnesses — due to systemic inequalities, pollution, and more. #valueCHCs


Mental Health: Stigma leads to a life on the streets People with severe mental illness disproportionately impacted by homelessness vancouverislandfreedaily.com/news/mental-he…

More great coverage of the assisted self-Isolation project we're working on with our local and provincial partners #BetterTogether #WeAreAllAlex. Thanks @CBC! cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…

/2... In Calgary, two Community Health Centres, @TheAlexCHC @CUPSCalgaryAB, that already provide care & support to various vulnerable groups in the city are collaborating w/ community partners to operate a new #COVID19 Assisted Self Isolation Site for homeless individuals.

1/6 #COVID19 key concern in 🇨🇦 right now is the introduction of the virus into enclosed settings and vulnerable communities where people at high-risk of severe outcomes reside. We MUST #ProtecttheVulnerable





