We have a new Thrift Shop Donation Drop-Off schedule to serve you better! We are open Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays from 10 am to 2 pm. Thank you for your support!
Do you take time to evaluate your own personal growth? Life can get busy, and we may not make the time to ensure we’re on the right path. If you need some time to work on yourself, grow with others, and gain inspiration, you may want to sign up for the Fall session of the SOS Personal Growth programs. The Women’s Group begins Sept. 11 and runs Wednesdays evenings 6:30 – 8:30 pm until Nov. 27. The Men’s Group begins Sept. 19 and runs Thursdays 7 – 9 pm until Dec. 12. The cost is $5 per person per session, and SOS subsidizes the remaining costs. Follow the links for more information or call 250-248-2093 ext. 225 to register today. Space is limited.
The story of SOS began with three women having a conversation around a kitchen table. Over the last 51 years SOS has grown to become an integral part of our community, created by community, and supported by community. But it wasn’t easy.
The new SOS 50th Anniversary commemorative book entitled Celebrating a Caring Community, tells the amazing story of SOS, from its beginnings to its recent 50th Anniversary celebrations. This project took 3 years to complete, involving a professional writer (Neil Horner) and publishing team (Behind the Book), and brings in voices of clients, staff, volunteers, program participants, community leaders, partners and more. It also reveals the saga of the Thrift Shop before it found its current home at the bustling Hirst Street location.
Celebrating a Caring Community is for sale at local Mulberry Bush Bookstores, at the SOS Thrift Shop and at SOS Community Services Centres in Parksville and Qualicum Beach. The cost is $20 and supports SOS programs and services.
Haven Society is seeking qualified women to join its volunteer Board of Directors. SOS collabroates with Haven Society on the Parksville Qualicum Haven House, a local safe home for women and their children who are fleeing abuse. Haven Society is looking for individuals in the Parksville Qualicum region and the Nanaimo area whose skills, passion, and experience align with the purposes, mission, and values of Haven Society. For more information click here.
SOS had a wonderful time in the Canada Day Parade, thank you to those of you who cheered us on! In case you missed it, our theme was SOS, City of Heroes. We hope you had a great long weekend, and consider joining us next year for our next exciting theme in the 2020 Canada Day Parade! Our thanks to Ray at Kingsley Trucking in Coombs for the flatdeck truck and our fantastic volunteer driver Bruce, thanks to Arrowsmith Golf & Micky J’s Bar & Grill and Kim and Kelly Jiggins for lending us a golf cart and tools, thanks to the Parksville Community Centre for lending us risers for our float and thanks to Dolly’s Home Hardware – Qualicum Beach for giving us some paint! We really do live in a city of Heroes!
The 2019 SOS AGM will take place Wednesday, June 19 at 7 p.m. There will be an election of Directors, a reading from our new 50th Anniversary Book, the new Annual Report will be distributed and there will be a brief Auditor’s report. Cookies, coffee and tea will be available. If you would like to attend, please RSVP to sos@sosd69.com by Monday, June 17.
