SOS News

Ramblers Band is hosting its 4th benefit concert for SOS! Take in some great live music and support local children and youth in the community by attending this show on Saturday, Sept. 16! See the poster for details. Read an article in the PQB News about the concert...

SOS Meals On Wheels is celebrating 50 years this year! We were excited to have Shaw come out and do a feature for their Spotlight Channel. Click here to watch the 3-minute video on the Meals On Wheels...

We are hosting our third teen shopping event held exclusively for young adults at our Thrift Shop in Parksville on Thursday, Sept. 7! This free event is for local youth ages 12-19. We want to provide something fun for local youth to do and also give them an...

We were honoured and proud to host our National Indigenous Peoples Day event. It was great to see everyone coming together in the last dance of the evening! Thank you again to the MCs, the dancers, Chief Michael Recalma, and the public for attending and making the...

On June 28, Tom Jackson entertained at Berwick Parksville, the host partner for the SOS Legacy Reception and Concert. Raymond James Qualicum Beach Branch sponsored Jackson’s performance. The evening began with the private Legacy Reception on the sixth floor in the...

  SOS is hosting a National Indigenous Peoples Day celebration on June 21 at Memorial Plaza and the public is invited to attend!   SOS has been marking this important day internally for several years and is excited to open this event up as a shared...

SOS is hosting our AGM on June 26 at 6 pm at the SOS Community Services Centre in Parksville. To attend, please RSVP by calling 250-248-2093 ext. 231 by June 16. To read the AGM package, including proposed amendments to bylaws, and the introduction of nominees for...

See below the highlights of the Spring Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon. Thank you everyone for coming to our annual SOS Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon! To all the volunteers, dignitaries and our special musical guest Jesse Epp, thank you for celebrating with us...

SOS is working with Blue Sky Fundraising to help fundraise for SOS. They are a local company who produce savings books to help raise funds for charities and local schools such as SPCA and Ballenas Secondary School. Each book will retail at $20 each and sold at SOS...

Dreaming of a better you this year? This is the place to begin. The SOS Personal Growth Group helps residents enhance their quality of life and develop their potential while gaining new skills and confidence. Outcomes include: a better connection with yourself and...

Join SOS for a free seminar on creating a healthy resilience practice on Saturday, February 11 from 10 a.m. to noon, at the SOS Community Services Centre in Parksville. The seminar will be led by Cindy Thompson ACC, M. Sc, RCC, who is a Registered Clinical...

Red Apple Fill the Sleigh Day A big shoutout to Red Apple, all the staff there, and everyone who supported their Fill the Sleigh Day and Toy Drive for SOS this year SOS received a cheque for $1,203 from 10% of the sales on Dec. 5, PLUS $1,520 in cash donations...

Tigh-Na-Mara Toy Drive Thank you everyone who came out to the Tigh-Na-Mara Christmas Toy Drive this year! We received an outstanding and record-breaking amount of cash and gift card donations this year! And it's the most toys we have received in the last few years!...

Do you know a local family in need of a mattress for their child? M&N Mattress & Sofa Gallery is partnering with SOS this year to provide the gift of good sleep to residents in need. M&N Mattress & Sofa Gallery will donate 12 mattresses, mattress...