Community Asked To Come Together To Keep Others Warm
Author2023-02-06T21:33:35+00:00Nelson CARES Society Emergency Housing Services program is asking the community to clean out their closets, garages, and storage lockers and share their extra men’s clothing, warm blankets, towels, winter jackets, toques, gloves, socks and camping gear. Stepping Stones Emergency Shelter will need to supply their clients and other community members with these items for [...]
2021-2022 Nelson CARES Annual Report
Author2022-11-08T22:53:29+00:00Please find the 2021-2022 Annual report in PDF format for you to read or to download and print off your own copy.
Meet our New Executive Director of Nelson CARES Society
Author2022-06-20T15:51:27+00:00IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT Nelson CARES Society New Executive Director Jacqueline (Jac) Nobiss 2022-04-01 Dear Partners, Funders and Supporters, Please join Nelson CARES in welcoming Jacqueline (Jac) Nobiss the new Executive Director of Nelson CARES Society. I will be working with Jac through April to assist with the transition, on-boarding, and orientation. I am so excited for [...]
How We CARE – Ready for Home
Author2022-02-03T16:50:23+00:00Nelson CARES Society is committed to providing safe, stable and affordable housing. This includes housing for people leaving homelessness and those who have difficulty maintaining their housing due to chronic illness, mental health challenges, and/or substance use. To help Ward Street Place (WSP) tenants maintain their housing, Nelson CARES created Ready for Home. This program [...]
Coldest Night of the Year Press Release
Author2022-02-01T17:15:04+00:00Nelson CARES Society is launching the 8th annual Coldest Night of the Year (CNOY) fundraising campaign. The event will be held on Saturday, February 26th, 2022 as a fully virtual event. It will look very similar to the event in 2021 to heed the recommended COVID 19 restrictions. Participants previously walked in-person in Nelson in [...]
Nelson CARES Society-City of Nelson Heritage Award
Author2022-02-02T23:24:56+00:00The Ward Street Team (R-L) Ron Little - Nelson CARES board chair, Leisa Talbot - Ward Street Property Manager, Jenny Robinson - Nelson CARES Executive Director, Bill Lynch - Project Manager, Steffan Haake - Nelson CARES staff. Nelson CARES Society is thrilled to be this year’s recipient of the Heritage Award from the City of [...]
2021 Vacancy Rates in Nelson BC
Author2024-10-08T23:16:29+00:00We have two PDFs showing the housing needs and rental vacancy rates in Nelson, BC for December 2021: Fact Sheet: Housing Need in Nelson, BC - By the Numbers PDF (Dec 2021) Fact Sheet: Rental Vacancy Rates in Nelson, BC - Average Vacancy Rate (Dec 2021)
E Bike Winner
Author2021-10-06T17:02:26+00:00Congratulations Mavis on your win of this shiny new e bike! Enjoy the adventure! Please have a listen regarding this successful raffle that will benefit Senior's in our community!
Nelson CARES Society Annual General Meeting!
Author2021-09-15T20:16:23+00:00Please join us for our Annual General Meeting on Wednesday, September 22th at 4:30 PM via Zoom. Please RSVP here for the AGM. Hope to see you!