1. Nanaimo Homeless CommunityMapNanaimo Primary Building blocks People Groups andIndividualOrganizationsStrengths SkillsCommunity Local BusinessInvolvement

2. Strengths & CapacityCommunity map 3. Individual Strengths & Skills Jessica, 55 years old. Skills: 20 years as an accountant, childcare, carving, fishing, cam ping, school bus driver, counsellor. Lucas, 14 years old. Skills: Drummer, basketball, peer support, co okTroubleshooting 4. Groups and Organizations Unitarian cold weather shelter Nanaimo Womans Centre Loaves and Fishes food bank Nanaimo Community Kitchen Society Nanaimo Community Gardens Society Nanaimo Foodshare Nanaimo 7-10 Club Alcoholics Anonymous Narcotics Anonymous Nanaimo Mens Resource Centre 5. community involvement 6. Give & Go Nanaimo aneasy way to helpContest aims to boost food donations at highThe Daily NewsschoolDecember 7, 2011By Walter Cordery, Daily News DecemberFor the ninth year the12, 2011Nanaimo Daily News andNanaimos homeless Former drugCHEK TV aregetting much-needed addict now helps demonstrating that wehelp when Wesley Street out those in needare doing more than justshelter opens in Maypublicizing the need to Nanaimo man hopesTamara Cunningham, Thehelp others at Christmas. others will avoid pursuing Daily News wrong pathEDAS volunteers exceedPublished: Friday, Septemb goals preparing gift bags By Walter Cordery, Daily er 23, 2011Comox Valley Echo News December 23, 2011December 16, 2011An army of volunteers Hundreds give at Daily filled the Cumberland Don Vanier can remember well what it was like to live News, CHEK TV annual charity Recreation Centre on Sunday afternoon, 11 on the street.event The co-founder of December, to fill Nanaimos Together We A spirit of community and shopping bags with Can has turned his life volunteerism helped defeat thefreshly baked completely around from thecookies, warm clothing 1970s and 1980s when he cold and make this years event and personal hygiene admits he was an addict another success - Chris items for women, men and thief. Now he tries to help thoseKoehn, Daily News and children as part of that he sees as pursuingPublished: Thursday, December the Everybody the same misguided path Deserves A Smile that he took. 08, 2011 7. Vancouver Island University Vancouver Island University employs over 2000 faculty and staff at its Nanaimo Campus.Amber Educationis a governmentfunded programthat helpsindividuals withfinancialassistance withbusiness start upand continuingeducation. Many of the students volunteer in the 8. Parks & LibraryLocaltalent 9. Police, Fire and HospitalsNanaimo Citizens OnPatrol 10. Nanaimo Community Needs Map 11. Replica handguns seized at Nanaimo residenceCompiled By Daily News December 23, 2011Nanaimo RCMP seized five replica handguns overnight Wednesday at a home on Asteria Place. Three teens pepper sprayed By Chris Bush - Nanaimo News BulletinCrime rankings Published: Decembernot all they appear21, 2011 2:00 PM Updated: Decemberto be 21, 2011 2:43 PM There appears to be noThe Daily News motive behind a pepperDecember 22, 2011spray attack against three teenagers in Lantzville Macleans annualWednesday.ranking of crime-ridden cities inCanada may be aconcern to someNanaimo residents.The city held steadyat 12th place in themagazinesrankings of cities