Thunder Bay’s Care Bus has been extended to April 16th, offering anyone in dire circumstances, such as homelessness, with supplies and help.
Norwest Community Health Centre spokesperson Jaunita Lawson tells us for those working on the bus, not only can it be rewarding to help people, but also tough at times.
“We also have to be very careful that this can be very emotionally draining, for individuals to see how difficult some peoples’ lives are,” says Lawson.
The city bus runs 12 hours, starting at 9am, connecting people to services that could help them, such as shelters and food.
She adds extension of the service means they can keep helping, for example, people trying to return to their home communities. “Living literally on the streets during the winter for five days, and because they didn’t know how, and didn’t have the resources to get them back to their home community, which is not in the City of Thunder Bay. So our team was able to help them.”
Different community groups, including Not One More Death, helped get the bus started March 4th, supplying over 1,400 people with needed supplies.
