JANUARY 2018

1^st Handed out food as well as Winter Jackets & Blankets on several street corners of DTES

2^nd Handed out food & clothing in DTES

3^rd Met with Parks Board staff at Oppenheimer Park to set date for next feeding – Sunday March 11, 2018

4^th Picked up 12 large boxes (4’x4’) of donated new clothing from Bishop’s Clothing

6^th handed out sandwiches & fruit as well as 25 warm jackets at 135A St, Surrey (Tent City)

6^th 8 boxes of women’s & children’s clothing taken to Surrey Urban Mission

8^th Men’s, women’s & children’s clothing taken to Fraser Valley Aboriginal Centre Surrey

10^th Spent 6 hours sorting clothing donated by Bishop’s Clothiers

11^th 10 large bags of men’s clothing taken to Avalon Men’s Hotel (Wholeway House)

13^th Street feeding & warm jackets & blankets handed out at several locations in DTES

14^th Picked up 9 large boxes of bread, buns & pastries from Cobs Bread in Maple Ridge

15^th Morning – hundreds of loaves of bread distributed to shelters & kitchens & street folk in New West, Surrey, Burnaby & Vancouver

15^th Evening – Clothing & pastries taken to Surrey Urban Mission

18^th Sleeping bags & sandwiches handed out after midnight on cold frosty night

21^st Street feeding (food & drinks) plus warm coats handed out at several locations in DTES

23^rd Spent 8 hours shopping for dry goods for March 11/18 feeding/clothing event at Oppenheimer Park

24^th Received 165 new blankets from 2 separate donors

25^th Picked up large donation of new clothing from Guess Outlet store in Richmond

27^th Women’s clothing delivered to DTES Women’s Centre

29^th Women’s clothing delivered to Atira Women’s Centre in Vancouver

30^th Street feeding & warm jacket hand out at several DTES locations

30^th Street feeding & warm blanket hand out at 135A St Surrey (Tent City)

31^st Women’s & children’s clothing taken to Surrey Urban Mission

FEBRUARY 2018

1^st Fruit & hot chocolate plus blankets/winter jackets/sleeping bags taken to DTES

2^nd Blankets & sleeping bags taken to Tent City @ 135A St, Surrey

2^nd Children’s clothing & toys taken to Surrey Urban Mission

2^nd Women’s & children’s clothing & toiletries taken to Fraser Valley Aboriginal Centre

5^th Street feedings on several corners in DTES

7^th Men’s clothing taken to Avalon Men’s Hotel (Wholeway House) Vancouver

8^th Meeting with Management of Oppenheimer Park re: future feeding/clothing events

10^th Spent 8 hours shopping for dry goods to be used at our March 11 feeding event at Oppenheimer Park

11^th Bread, buns & pastries picked up from Cobs Bread in Maple Ridge

14^th Handed out winter coats & toques plus street corner feedings in DTES

17^th Street feeding 135A St Surrey

18^th 10 large bags of donated clothing picked up from Guess Jeans Outlet in Richmond

19^th 10 bags of clothing sorted and delivered to DTES Women’s Centre

21^st Street feeding (food & drinks) at several locations in DTES

23^rd Clothes & toys taken to Salvation Army Women’s & Children’s Centre

23^rd Sleeping bags & pillows handed out in back alleys of DTES

25^th Street feeding & clothing hand out at 135A St, Surrey

27^th 12 bags of women’s clothing and toiletries taken to Atira Women’s Centre

As you can see One More Time is busy so some activities might have been missed. Henning & Don are on the go most days.

1^st Street feedings New Westminster & Burnaby & 135A St Surrey

1^st Women’s clothing & toys taken t Fraser Valley Aboriginal Centre

3^rd One More Time Charity 4^th Texas Hold’em Poker Tournament was held at False Creek Yacht Club. With 32 players plus 10-observers we raised $3100 to be used for our March 11 Oppenheimer Park Feeding & Clothing event. Many thanks to all who participated.

5^th Women’s & Children’s clothing taken to Surrey Urban Mission

7^th Street feeding on several street corners of the Downtown East Side. Food/drinks/fruit

8^th After 11 PM Henning distributed blankets, sleeping bags & winter jackets to people living in alleyways & sleeping on park benches in the Downtown Eastside.

9^th All day shopping (6hrs) for non-perishable food for March 11 Oppenheimer Park event.

10^th Spent 8 hours shopping for & cooking perishable items to be used at our March 11 feeding event at Oppenheimer Park.

10^th PM with volunteer help we loaded one 3 Ton truck with supplies, tables, BBQs, clothing for handout etc for Sunday March 11 Event.

11^th 6am set up start for 11am feeding start in Oppenheimer Park. We had a wonderful day for the weather and we served 2950 hot meals and gave out more than 5000 clothing items and 2500 items of toiletries were handed out. We cleaned up by 6 pm.

11^th 85 OMTC T Shirts were handed out to our Super Volunteers. Extra special thanks to our sponsors Pacific Power Tech, Valley Countertops Industries, The Garage, and WiMundo High Speed Internet Access Solutions.

13^th Street feeding throughout the Downtown Eastside (we used up left-overs from the feeding.

14^th Street feeding at 135A St Surrey with left-overs from the feeding on March 11^th.

19^th 6 large bags of women’s clothing picked up from Guess Jeans Outlet

20^th Women’s clothing taken to Atira Women’s Centre Vancouver

21^st Don & Henning spent the day preparing our Annual Tax return and charities report.

22^nd Cobs Bakery pickup in Maple Ridge, 150 loaves of breads, 15 dozen buns & 150 pastries

23^rd Bread, buns & pastries delivered to agencies in New Westminster, Surrey & Vancouver.

26^th Sandwiches, fruit & drink handed out on many Downtown Eastside street corners.

27^th Street feeding on 135A Street Surrey

29^th OMTC held our 2018 Annual General Meeting with Board of Directors & Advisors.

31^st Henning helped at Union Gospel Mission serving at their large Easter Meal event.

Future Events

July 29^th, 2018 Oppenheimer Park, Large feeding/clothing event

August tbd 2018 Ice cream handout

October 20, 2018 5^th Texas Hold’em Tournament

Plus street feedings & clothing handouts 2-3 times per week

As you can see One More Time is busy so some activities might have been missed. Henning & Don are on the go most days.

APRIL 2018

2^nd Street feeding 135A St Surrey Food, fruit & toiletries handed out

4^th Attended memorial service in Downtown Eastside (Oppenheimer Park) for missing & murdered women

6^th Downtown Eastside street feeding; food, drinks & fruit handed out at several locations.

8^th donated Women’s clothing picked up at Guess Jeans outlet in Richmond

9^th Women’s clothing (new) taken to Downtown Eastside women’s centre

10^th Henning spent part of the day assisting a mother reconnect with her hospitalized daughter. Helped to find recovery housing for daughter.

12^th OMTC meeting at Coquitlam library with students from Heritage Woods Secondary School to discuss upcoming Youth Philanthropy Initiative feeding at 135A St Surrey

14^th Street feeding at 135A St Surrey, Food, fruit & clothing handed out.

15^th Cobs Bakery pick up in Port Moody (bread, buns, pastries  yum yum)

16^th Bread, buns, pastries delivered to streets & recovery housing in Vancouver, Burnaby, New Westminster & Surrey

18^th OMTC is very happy to add COSTCO as a proud sponsor

19^th OMTC prepping & packing trailer for tomorrow’s Youth Philanthropy Program street feeding event at Tent City 135A St Surrey

20^th 5 students & 5 volunteers served 400 meals (hot dogs, sandwiches, salad etc) as part of the Youth Philanthropy Initiative. The rain held off!!!!!

21^st Street feeding in Downtown Eastside (several street corners & back alleys)

22^nd OMTC was donated a brand new $500 BBQ from WestCan Auto Parts/Home Hardware

23^rd Toys & children’s clothing taken to Surrey Urban Mission

26^th Men’s clothing taken to Avalon Men’s Recovery House – Pender St Vancouver

27^th Women’s clothing & toiletries taken to Fraser Valley Aboriginal Friendship Centre

29^th Sandwiches/drinks taken to 135A St, Tent City, Surrey

Upcoming events

July 29^th, 2018 Oppenheimer Park, Large feeding/clothing event

August TBD 2018 Ice cream handout

October 20, 2018 5^th Texas Hold’em Tournament

Plus street feedings & clothing handouts 2-3 times per week

As you can see One More Time is busy so some activities might have been missed. Henning & Don are on the go most days.

1^st Clothes & Toys taken to Union Gospel Mission Surrey

3^rd OMTC is proud to be nominated to the BC Charity Achievements Award; this is our 4^th consecutive year that this honor is coming our way.

6^th Downtown Eastside street feeding; food, drinks & fruit handed out at several locations.

7^th Yea! OMTC is happy to announce that the group of students from Heritage Woods High School is representing us against 54 other groups at their school. They have passed the first round and are going on to the Semi-finals to compete with 24 groups for a $5000 bursary. THANK YOU! Emily, Jade, Reid & Anna

8^th Many boxes of bread, buns & pastries picked up from new Donor, COBS Bread at Oxford Connector, Port Coquitlam.

9^th Bread buns & pastries distributed to many locations in New West, Surrey, Burnaby & Vancouver.

10^th Henning met with new Coordinator at Oppenheimer Park to arrange future events for 2018.

11^th Henning met with Mother Y & Daughter S to check up on S’s progress in her new treatment. I believe that with caring support, victory over poverty is possible.

13^th Donated clothing picked up from Guess Clothing outlet.

15^th Clothing taken to Fraser Valley Aboriginal Society .

16^th Clothing taken to Atira Women’s & Children’s Centre Vancouver.

17^th Men’s clothing taken to Avalon Hotel, Vancouver (Men’s Wholeway House)

18^th Yippee! Our Youth Philanthropy Initiative Students from Heritage Woods High School have now progressed to the finals to be held May 1^st with a chance to win $5000 for OMTC. They are one of only 4 groups left from the original 56 starters.

19^th Street feeding of sandwiches, fruit & drinks at 135A St Surrey

19^th Delivery of women’s clothing & toys to Surrey Urban Mission

23^rd Street feeding of sandwiches, fruit & drinks on several corners of Downtown Eastside Vancouver

24^th Clothing taken to Fraser Valley Aboriginal Centre Surrey

25^th Met with Oppenheimer Park’s Antoinette & booked Sunday June 24^th for Ice Cream giveaway. We hope to serve 1200-1500 yummy Ice Cream Sundaes.

30^th This month was especially busy with many donations of clothing from our many friends. Thank You!

31^st Henning & Don went to the final presentations for the Youth Philanthropy Initiative today. Our team supported us superbly but did not take the prize. Many thanks to Emily, Jade, Reid & Anna for all your hard work.

Upcoming events

June 24th Ice Cream Handout

July 29^th, 2018 Oppenheimer Park, Large feeding/clothing event

August TBD 2018 Ice cream handout

October 20, 2018 5^th Texas Hold’em Tournament

Plus street feedings & clothing handouts 2-3 times per week

As you can see One More Time is busy so some activities might have been missed. Henning & Don are on the go most days.

JUNE 2018

1^st Street feeding & several handouts on street corners in the Downtown Eastside

4^th several large boxes of clothing taken to Atira Woman’s Centre Vancouver

6^th Street feeding 135A St, Surrey – sandwiches, fruit, salads & liquids handed out

8^th Women’s & children’s clothing taken to Surrey Urban Mission

9^th OMTC annual garage sale held at Banning’s home in BBY. Another successful event, $1000 raised. Many thanks to Russ & Andrea for the use of their garage. Also many thanks to the Epp family, the Beaus, the Bannings, MS. Boterman, the Hildebrands & Ray Saunders for their large donations of good items for this sale event

10^th Large clothing donation picked up from Guess Clothing Outlet, Richmond.

11^th OMTC board meeting held to discuss future events

12^th Picked up 12 large boxes of bread, buns & pastries from Cobs Bakery Oxford Connector, Port Coquitlam.

13^th Bread & buns delivered to several locations I Burnaby, Vancouver, New Westminster & Surrey

14^th New women’s clothing taken to Surrey Urban Mission & Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre

15^th GREAT NEWS – in the next 10 days or so, the Tent City o 135A St, Surrey will be disbanded (100+ tents). The City of Surrey is re-homing the residents! One More Time Charity has given out thousands of meals and pieces of clothing since the formation of the tent city. This result is very satisfying to us.

15^th Street feeding @ 135A St – food, fruit & pillows delivered to 135A St.

17^th Don & Henning handed out 170 ice cream sundaes at Oppenheimer Park. This was a test run for our big Ice Cream Extravaganza to be held on the 24^th of June.

21^st clothing delivered to Fraser Valley Aboriginal Family Centre

22^nd Street feeding in Downtown Eastside

23^rd Posters & hand fliers taken to shelters, halfway houses, communit6y centres to advertise for tomorrow’s Ice Cream Extravaganza at Oppenheimer Park.

24^th Approx. 1080 ice cream sundaes scooped at Oppenheimer Park by OMTC volunteers. Thank you to Vanessa, Brian, Erika, Greg, John, Gail, Ric, Karl, & Ray plus Don & Henning of course.

25^th 3 carloads of donated clothing, blankets & bedsheets picked up from R. Downey in North Vancouver.

27^th New clothing for both men & women (12 large bags) taken to Lookout Society in Surrey for distribution to folks being re-housed from 135A St, Surrey

27^th 60+ sets of sheets, blankets, comforters & blankets to Lookout Society & Surrey Urban Mission to be given out to the folks being re-housed from 135A St.

28^th Street feeding on several corners in the Downtown Eastside. Sandwiches, fruit & water.

29^th Several large bags & boxes of clothing & toys taken to Fraser Valley Aboriginal Family Centre.

JULY 2018

2^ND Street feeding & several handouts on street corners in the Downtown Eastside; sandwiches, fruit & water

4^th Women’s and children’s clothing taken to Surrey Urban Mission

5^th Toys & clothing taken to Fraser Valley Aboriginal Centre Surrey

9^th Street feeding on several corners & back alleys in Downtown Eastside

10^th 12 large boxes of bread & pastries picked up from Cobs Bakery Coquitlam (Oxford Loop).

11^th Bread/buns/pastries distributed in Burnaby, New Westminster, Surrey & Vancouver

13^th Street feeding in Surrey (King George Hwy). Lots of fruit, cold water & sandwiches

14^th 6 hr grocery shopping for non-perishable food for July 28^th Oppenheimer Park feeding

17^th Picked up donated clothing from Guess Jeans Outlet, McArthur Glen. 10 large bags of new ladies clothing received.

19^th Women’s clothing delivered to Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre

20^th Street feeding on several street corners – sandwiches, fruit & drinks. & Women’s clothing taken to two Atira Women’s Centres in Vancouver

21^st 7hrs shopping for non-perishable food (3 car loads full) for July 28^th Oppenheimer Park event

22^nd 12 ladies (organized by Marlo, Kelly & Don) attended Don’s home in Coquitlam to help organize all the donated clothing and toiletries for the July 28^th Oppenheimer Park event. We are so organized now. Thank you all!

23^rd Children’s clothing and toys taken to Salvation Army Family Centre

27^th Shopped 6 hrs for perishable food for July 28^th Oppenheimer Park event. Plus Night feeding 11:45pm to 1am on Downtown Eastside street corners & alleys

28^th started 6am packing the last perishables into the truck, 8am set up at Oppenheimer Park, 9-30am-11am food prep, chopping/cutting/cooking, 11am -2:30pm feeding 2550+ hot meals and giving away more than 6500 items of clothing and toiletries, 3pm take down site and load all equipment into truck to go back to Coquitlam. Unloading finished at 6pm. 12 hrs well spent.

31^st Street Feeding in Downtown Eastside – sandwiches, fruit & cold drinks.

Coming soon

SEPTEMBER 2018

1^ST Street feeding on several street corners in Downtown Eastside – sandwiches, drinks and clothing were handed out

4^th delivered 16 large bags of non-perishable food to community centres and support centres in Vancouver, New Westminster & Surrey

5^th Clothing and food taken to Surrey Urban Mission, King George Hwy.

8^th Clothing, toys & food taken to Fraser Valley Aboriginal Family Centre

10^th Picked up new donated clothing from Guess Clothing Outlet, McArthur Glen location Richmond

11^th After sorting Guess clothing it was taken to Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre

15^th 12 large bags of men’s & women’s clothing taken to Evelyne Saller Centre, Vancouver. Plus non-perishable food delivered to their kitchen.

16^th Clothing & food taken to WISH Foundation Temporary Housing for Women. Lots of bedding & pillow included.

20^th Henning & Ric picked up 5 large boxes of new clothing donated by Bishop Clothing, Vancouver

21^st 4 hrs spent sorting clothing then delivered it to Avalon Men’s Wholeway House

22^nd Clothing delivered to Surrey Urban Mission

24th Street feeding o several street corners in Downtown Eastside

26^th Women’s clothing delivered to Atira Women’s Centre

27^th Flyers for up-coming Ice Cream handout event were posted all around the Downtown Eastside.

29^th One More Time Charity Ice Cream-a-thon #3 was held at Pigeon Park in Downtown Eastside. 800+ ice cream sundaes served by 11 volunteers. Many Thanks to all Volunteers!!

OCTOBER 2018

1^ST Morning – 3 large bags of clothing delivered to WISH Women’s Foundation, DTES

1^st Late Evening – Sleeping bags handed out to people left on the streets in the DTES

10^th Street feeding in several DTES locations – sandwiches, fruit and drinks

10^th 20 winter jackets and 8 blankets taken to New Leaf-Green Leaf  in New Westminster

11^th Picked up new clothing donated by Guess Clothing outlet in Richmond

11^th clothing sorted and 8 boxes delivered to Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre

14^th Street feedings around DTES

16^th Toys & children’s clothing taken to Fraser Valley Aboriginal Centre Surrey (9 boxes)

20^th Our 5^th Texas Hold’em Tournament & Fundraiser was held at the beautiful False Creek Yacht Club. 34 poker players attended the event. Paul Minhas was the big winner. The silent auction run by MC Greg Crane was a great success. A little over $3000 was raised for OMTC to use helping the less fortunate of the Lower Mainland. Many thanks to all who participated and especially to those who donated the silent auction items.

21^st OMTC picked up large rental truck in Coquitlam

22^nd 60 large boxes of new clothing & jackets picked up and gratefully received from Bishop Custom Clothiers and taken to storage at Ray Saunders warehouse in Richmond (also donated use). From that storage we will sort and prepare for delivery to folks in need in many locations around the Lower Mainland.

24^th Women’s & children’s clothing delivered to Surrey Urban Mission

28^th OMTC attended a Surrey Flea Market to sell accumulated goods from past garage sales. All proceeds will be used to assist the G.G. family with living costs after cancer treatment.

31^st Winter jackets handed out in addition to sandwiches, fruit and drinks in the DTES

November 2018

1^ST Henning & Sean take 12 large bags of men’s & women’s clothing & toiletries to Evelyne Saller Centre on Alexander St.

2^nd Street feeding of sandwiches & fruit on several street corners of the DTES. Also handed out toiletries.

2^nd Fruit & 12 winter jackets taken to Green Leaf, New Leaf Centre in New Westminster

4^th Women’s & children’s clothing delivered to Surrey Urban Mission

6^th Women’s & children’s winter clothing taken to Fraser Valley Aboriginal Centre.

7^th Met with D Jackson for 2 hrs – she wanted info about our mission and how she could start something similar with a friend

8^th Street feeding of sandwiches, drinks & fruit on several street corners and back alleys in the DTES

9^th 1000+ diapers delivered to Sheway – centre for young mothers in need

10^th Street feeding in several DTES locations – sandwiches, fruit and drinks

12^th Men’s winter clothing & toques taken to Avalon Whole-way House

13^th Several boxes of men’s clothing picked up from Richard Downey

16^th Women’s clothing & toiletries taken to Atira Women’s Housing Project

17^th Confirmed availability of space at False Creek Yacht Club and Chanman Poker Tables for our next Texas Hold’em Tournament for March 2019

18^th Picked up new women’s clothing donated by Guess Clothing Outlet at McArthur Glen Richmond

19^th 5 large bags of women’s clothing & toiletries taken to Downtown East Side women’s centre.

21^st Women’s clothing & toiletries & non perishable food delivered to WISH Drop-in Centre Society for Women

24^th Street feeding of sandwiches, fruit, & drinks handed out on several street corners in the DTES

25^th Henning worked a flea market booth to raise funds for OMTC – food

26^th 30 winter jackets + shoes & socks delivered to Surrey Urban Mission

28^th Henning & Ric delivered 8 large boxes of clothing to Evelyne Saller Centre (for men & women)

29^th Don & Henning represent OMTC at 100 Men Who Care meeting in Vancouver

1st – Another all day search for a site for the OMTC Christmas Carolling event, sponsored by Rolling Thunder Trib. Candles & signage ordered.

2nd – Large summer clothes pickup in addition to sleeping bags & blankets and lots of winter clothes.

3rd – Sandwiches and clothing handed out on 135A St in Surrey.

4th – Picked up 1 truck and trailer load of bread/buns/pastries from Cob’s Bakery in Maple Ridge.

5th – Bread/Pastries/buns plus winter clothing handed out on several street corners around Lower Mainland (full day).

6th – Clothing and shoes taken to Down Town Eastside Women’s Centre.

7th – At 11PM handed out sleeping bags/blankets/pillows plus winter jackets to some of the tent city residents in the snow on 135A St Surrey. Also hot chocolate.

11th – sleeping bags/blankets/pillows taken to 135A St Surrey for persons sleeping on the cold cement sidewalk.

14th – OMT nominated for BC Achievement Award. This is the 3rd time in the last 3 years.

16th – OMT & Rolling Thunder Tribe Carolling Fundraiser – 65 carollers singing & 80 carollers & Santa raising funds to help the less fortunate this winter.

17th – Winter clothing distributed to homeless in Surrey/New West/Vancouver.

20th – OMT Charity 12th year in Service helping the less fortunate. We will surpass the 100,000 full meals served within the next 30 days.

21st – Henning helps “The Nest” charity home in Copenhagen, Denmark.

22nd – Henning helps “The Nest” charity home in Copenhagen, Denmark.

28th – Henning helps “The Nest” charity home in Copenhagen, Denmark.

29th – Henning helps “The Nest” charity home in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The above work on Dec 21-29 was not funded by OMTC. These expenses were funded privately. As you can see OMT (Henning & Don) is keeping busy and so some event/activities may have been missed on this recap.

1st – Handed out sandwiches, hot chocolate, fruit and toiletries & toiletries on many street corners of the Downtown Eastside.

3rd – delivered 1 truck & trailer load of winter clothing, boots & toys to Surrey Urban Mission.

4th – Received a large clothing donation from Guess Outlet Richmond.

5th – Women’s clothing taken to Downtown Eastside.

6th – Picked up 1 truck & trailer full of bread, buns & pastries from Cob’s Bread in Maple Ridge.

7th – Distributed baked goods all over Surrey, New Westminster & Vancouver.

9th – Men’s winter clothing and toiletries taken to Union Gospel Mission Men’s Centre.

11th – Children’s clothing and toys taken to Surrey Urban Mission.

14th – Sandwiches, hot chocolate and fruit distributed on many street corners in the DTES.

16th – Picked up 20 large bags of winter clothing and 2 boxes of toiletries in Burnaby.

18th – Sandwiches, hot soup and pastries distributed in DTES.

21st – winter clothing, shoes & toys taken to Atira Women’s & Family Centre.

23rd – sandwiches, hot chocolate & fruit distributed throughout DTES.

25th – Large donation of clothing & toys & toiletries picked up in Langley.

28th – women’s, men’s & children’s clothing & toiletries delivered to Surrey Urban Mission.

29th – Spent the day procuring a spot for 2016 Xmas Carolling fundraiser.

30th – street feeding of solids & liquids & hot chocolate all over DTES.

1st – Clothing and toys delivered to Salvation Army Women & Family Centre.

2nd – Henning & Don + volunteers spent the evening filling 2 trucks, 1 trailer & 1 car with food, clothing and supplies for the Sept 3rd feeding at Oppenheimer Park.

3rd – From 8am to 3pm 68 volunteers set up and cooked and served 2850 great hot meals in addition a truckload of good new & used clothing and hundreds of toiletries were handed out. This was a super event held in conjunction with the Vancouver Parks Board End of Summer festival. The rain stopped 15 minutes before we began serving. Good Karma!.

5th – Men’s, women’s & children’s clothing toiletries & toys taken to Fraser Valley Aboriginal Centre Surrey.

6th – picked up donation of 2 truckloads & 1 trailer full of meat, buns, cheese & vegetables from Jim’s Diner at close of PNE.

7th – Street feeding in Downtown Eastside; sandwiches, fruit & water and some toiletries handed out.

8th – Still distributing food and drink product throughout DTES, Burnaby, New Westminster, Surrey and Coquitlam. This is an all-day process.

12th – AM-Food & fruit handed out on street corners all over Downtown Eastside – PM-Delivered 12 bags of clothing & 4 large boxes of toys to Surrey Urban Mission.

14th – Henning met with Ruby, manager at VanCity New West Branch to discuss partnering with OMT once again.

16th – Donated burgers & hot dog supplies from Jim’s Diner to Lance Lim’s group for their Sept 17 feeding at Oppenheimer Park also prepped for our 1st OMT Texas Hold’em Poker Tournament.

17th – OMT Charity Texas Hold’em Tournament Fundraiser was held at the beautiful False Creek Yacht Club. 36 players played from 7:30-12:00 raising more than $1400 for OMT’s next venture. After 4 hrs of elimination play 1st place Brian Von Einsiedel 2nd place Ric Beau 3rd place Doug Wilson. Each of the winners donated most of their prizes to OMT and Doug Wilson gave us all of his 50-50 winnings. Many Thanks to all players and volunteers!!!

19th – 1 truckload of women’s clothing taken to Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre.

21st – food, water & fruit taken to 135A St, Surrey and handed out on the street.

22nd – Henning attended Vancity New West Branch to receive a bursary and gave a speech to the staff detailing OMT’s goals & activities. They also donated 1500 individual packets of ice tea mix, 1000 hot chocolate mix and 1000 packs of Van Houtte coffee which were distributed on Sept 23rd in the DTES to Salvation Army, Avalon Hotel Wholeway House and Union Gospel Mission.

26th – Don picked up 1 SUV load of donated children’s clothing from Eagle Ridge Elementary School (last year’s lost & found unclaimed items).

28th – Children’s clothing & toys & women’s clothing taken to Fraser Region Aboriginal Friendship Centre.

30th – Food, fruit & drinks taken to DTES and handed out on street corners.

1st – Clothing and toys delivered to Salvation Army Women & Family Centre.

2nd – Henning & Don + volunteers spent the evening filling 2 trucks, 1 trailer & 1 car with food, clothing and supplies for the Sept 3rd feeding at Oppenheimer Park.

3rd – From 8am to 3pm 68 volunteers set up and cooked and served 2850 great hot meals in addition a truckload of good new & used clothing and hundreds of toiletries were handed out. This was a super event held in conjunction with the Vancouver Parks Board End of Summer festival. The rain stopped 15 minutes before we began serving. Good Karma!.

5th – Men’s, women’s & children’s clothing toiletries & toys taken to Fraser Valley Aboriginal Centre Surrey.

6th – picked up donation of 2 truckloads & 1 trailer full of meat, buns, cheese & vegetables from Jim’s Diner at close of PNE.

7th – Street feeding in Downtown Eastside; sandwiches, fruit & water and some toiletries handed out.

8th – Still distributing food and drink product throughout DTES, Burnaby, New Westminster, Surrey and Coquitlam. This is an all-day process.

12th – AM-Food & fruit handed out on street corners all over Downtown Eastside – PM-Delivered 12 bags of clothing & 4 large boxes of toys to Surrey Urban Mission.

14th – Henning met with Ruby, manager at VanCity New West Branch to discuss partnering with OMT once again.

16th – Donated burgers & hot dog supplies from Jim’s Diner to Lance Lim’s group for their Sept 17 feeding at Oppenheimer Park also prepped for our 1st OMT Texas Hold’em Poker Tournament.

17th – OMT Charity Texas Hold’em Tournament Fundraiser was held at the beautiful False Creek Yacht Club. 36 players played from 7:30-12:00 raising more than $1400 for OMT’s next venture. After 4 hrs of elimination play 1st place Brian Von Einsiedel 2nd place Ric Beau 3rd place Doug Wilson. Each of the winners donated most of their prizes to OMT and Doug Wilson gave us all of his 50-50 winnings. Many Thanks to all players and volunteers!!!

19th – 1 truckload of women’s clothing taken to Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre.

21st – food, water & fruit taken to 135A St, Surrey and handed out on the street.

22nd – Henning attended Vancity New West Branch to receive a bursary and gave a speech to the staff detailing OMT’s goals & activities. They also donated 1500 individual packets of ice tea mix, 1000 hot chocolate mix and 1000 packs of Van Houtte coffee which were distributed on Sept 23rd in the DTES to Salvation Army, Avalon Hotel Wholeway House and Union Gospel Mission.

26th – Don picked up 1 SUV load of donated children’s clothing from Eagle Ridge Elementary School (last year’s lost & found unclaimed items).

28th – Children’s clothing & toys & women’s clothing taken to Fraser Region Aboriginal Friendship Centre.

30th – Food, fruit & drinks taken to DTES and handed out on street corners.

2nd – 13 large bags of donated women’s clothing, 3 large boxes (15 lbs each) of ladies toiletries & 2 boxes of toys taken to Surrey Urban Mission.

3rd – OMT spent the day picking up donated clothing & other items from Langley, Burnaby, Vancouver & Richmond.

5th – Delivered 20 large bags of women’s clothing + 2 large boxes of toiletries to Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre.

7th – Picked up $1000 worth of Bread, Buns & Pastries from Cobbs Bakery Maple Ridge (donated).

7th – Delivered 8 large bags of children’s clothing + 3 boxes of toys to Fraser Region Aboriginal Friendship Centre.

8th – OMT spent the morning distributing bakery product all over Downtown Eastside, New Westminster & Burnaby (1 truck + trailer full).

9th – OMT met with Vancouver Parks Board reps to discuss upcoming large feeding.

9th – Pick up new clothing from Guess Jeans Outlet, Richmond.

10th – 20 bags of clothing picked up in Burnaby & 16 bags picked up in North Vancouver.

11th – Cold bottled water + sandwiches & oranges distributed all over Downtown Eastside.

13th – 15 bags of dresses delivered to Atira Women’s Centre Downtown Eastside.

15th – cold bottled water, oranges and watermelon distributed Downtown Eastside.

17th – Water, Watermelon + other fruit handed out on the DTES streets.

19th – Children’s clothing & toys delivered to Fraser Region Aboriginal Friendship Centre.

21st – Sandwiches, water & fruit & toiletries taken to 135A St, Surrey.

23rd – OMT met with Kins Farm Market reps at their HO Richmond to discuss fruit & vegetable donation for Sept 3 feeding at Oppenheimer Park.

23rd – met with Costco about their annual donation to OMT.

25th – 18 large bags of men’s clothing delivered to Avalon Hotel & Men’s Wholeway House.

27th – picked up 25 bag clothing donation in Burnaby & 20 bag donation of clothing & toiletries in White Rock.

30th – Delivered clothing for women, men & children + toys & toiletries to Surrey Urban Mission. (1 truck + trailer full).

– In addition to listed activities Henning spent most of August sourcing & buying food for the upcoming feeding on Sept 3 at Oppenheimer Park as well as phoning around for volunteers & looking for pop up canopies to borrow for the event.

2nd – Clothes and toys delivered to Surrey Urban Mission, Surrey.

3rd – picked up at COBs Bakery Maple Ridge $1000+ bread/buns/pastry.

4th – Team Steel & OMT Charity joint BBQ feeding +water handout + pastries for 200 served at 135A St Surrey.

5th – Hundreds of loaves of bread and hundreds of pastries taken to DownTown East Side and distributed on many street corners all morning

7th – OMT picked up 4 large boxes of donated women’s clothing from Guess Outlet in Queensboro, New Westminster.

9th – After sorting all Guess clothing + cosmetics/toiletries were taken to Atira Women’s Centre downtown.

10th – 12 bags of children’s clothing and toys taken to Fraser Region Aboriginal Friendship Centre in Surrey.

12th – sandwiches and cold drinks handed out in Burnaby & New Westminster.

14th – Clothes, toys & canned goods delivered to Surrey Urban Mission.

15th – Don, Henning met with Greg Crane to discuss and plan the first ever OMT Pro/Am Texas Hold’em Poker Tournament Fundraiser to be held Saturday September 17th at Fraser Yacht Club.

17th – Sandwiches/pastries/water and clothing distributed all over DTES.

19th – Met with Karla of Vancouver Parks Board at Oppenheimer Park office to discuss OMT joining in their Endless Summer Festival on Saturday 3rd. We will put on a large feeding that day, approx. 3500 people. Drinks & sandwiches also distributed on street corners in DTES.

21st – 12 large bags of clothing and toiletries taken to DTES Women’s Centre.

1st – Don & Henning went to White Rock to pick 12 boxes & 8.large bags of ladies clothing. PLUS Food & clothing delivered to Surrey Urban Mission.

2nd – Preliminary set up of garage sale in Burnaby (for June 11).PLUS Ladies clothing delivered to Atira Women’s Centre Vancouver.

4th – Sandwiches, pastries & liquids taken to Downtown Eastside; for street feeding.

5th – Picked up 2 truckloads of breads, buns& pastries from COB’S Bakery in Maple Ridge ($1500.00 retail value)

6th – Morning- Bread, Buns & Pastries distributed at Union Gospel Mission, Salvation Army, Atira Women’s Centre, Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre and many many street corners in the Downtown Eastside. PLUS Evening-Team Steel & OMT met and prepared 110 sandwiches and took them + bottles water & 300 pastries to 135A St, Surrey for street feeding and to Surrey Urban Mission. Anthony McGillvrey took some out to for distribution in Maple Ridge.

7th – Don & Henning met with author Kathrin Lake who wrote “Survival to Thrival”. Kathrin who works with Women’s Rape Centre donated 50 copies of her book for OMT to distribute to volunteers or sell to fund feedings. She also donated women’s clothing.

8th – 8 large bags & 3 boxes of toys delivered to Fraser Valley Aboriginal Friendship Centre in Surrey.

11th – OMT had a very successful Garage Sale in Burnaby at the Banning’s home. All funds raised to be used for the Sept 3, 2016 feeding at Oppenheimer Park.

13th – 100 chicken buns & water handed out on street corners in Burnaby & New Westminster.

15th – 10 large bags of upscale clothing picked up from Guess Outlet Richmond.

16th – Meeting at God’s Little Acre Farm about veggie donations.

1st – Henning & Don picked up another $1500.00 worth of bread, buns & pastries from COBS in Maple Ridge.

2nd – Teams Steel & Phoenix along with OMT makes and distributes more than 250 sandwiches along with pastries and water. Handed out in Mission & Surrey.

3rd – Don & Henning spend the day handing out hundreds of loaves of bread + buns & pastries to 8 halfway houses/women’s/children’s centres plus many street corners all over Vancouver, Surrey & New Westminster.

6th – Sandwiches & liquids taken to Downtown Eastside and handed out. 2 boxes of toys taken to Union Gospel Mission Women’s & Family Centre.

7th – Toys & children’s clothing taken to Surrey Urban Mission (8 lg bags clothing & 3 boxes toys).

8th – OMT sponsored 4 single Mothers (each with 2-4 children) to a special Mother’s Day Brunch in Port Moody.

11th – 10 bags of men’s clothing & personal items picked up in Tsawassen.

13th – 10 large bags of women’s clothing picked up from Guess Outlet Queensborough. Spent the rest of the day sorting hundreds of items.

16th – Clothes from Guess sorted and taken to Atira Women’s Centre.

19th – Pick-up truck & trailer used to pick up clothing & furniture in White Rock.

20th – planning meeting for 2 garage sales to be held in June. June 11 in New Westminster and June 25th in Vancouver.

22nd – picked up one pick-up truck & trailer load of donated items in North Van.

24th – Delivery of furniture/clothing/arts & crafts to 5 Family Centres in Vancouver, Surrey & Vancouver.

26th – Henning met with Jas at God’s Little Acre Farm to arrange for future produce donations.

28th – Sandwiches & drinks distributed throughout Vancouver Downtown Eastside.

2nd – Pick up in Burnaby 10 bags of men’s clothing & 18 cases of mixed soups (360 portions). Clothing items sorted and delivered to Avalon Wholeway House in Vancouver. Cases of soup distributed to Union Gospel Mission Vancouver & Surrey Urban Mission.

3rd – Don& Henning picked up one truckload of bread, buns & pastries donated from COBS Bread in Maple Ridge. (More than $1500.00 retail cost)

4th – Henning & Don distributed bread, buns & pastries to several support centres in Vancouver. (Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre, Salvation Army, Elizabeth Fry Centre, Atira Women’s Centre).

9th – Several bags of ladies & children’s clothing and 2 boxes of toys & puzzles delivered to Surrey Urban Mission.

10th – Clothing donations picked up in Langley, Richmond, Surrey & White Rock.

13th – Don picked up 1 truckload of clothing & garage sale items in Coquitlam.

16th – Sandwiches & drinks delivered to several street corners in the Downtown Eastside from 8pm-10pm.

18th – Henning & Don met with Vancouver Parks Board to discuss future feedings at Oppenheimer Park.

20th – picked up in Kitsilano, 1 truckload + 1 trailer of clothing, furniture & mixed items.

22nd – 8 large boxes of ladies clothing + 2 large bags of ladies shoes + 2 large boxes of toiletries delivered to Downtown Eastside Centre.

23rd – Furniture delivered to Big Brothers & Sisters location.

25th – 100lbs of donated oranges taken to Downtown Eastside & handed out with sandwiches and drinks.

27th – Toys & children’s clothing taken to Surrey Urban Mission.

29th – Food, clothing & drinks taken to Pigeon Park.

30th – Women & Children’s clothing taken to Fraser Valley Aboriginal Friendship Centre Surrey.

2nd – 6 hours was spent grocery shopping for March 20 Oppenheimer Park Feed 4000 event.

5th – Sandwiches, drinks and clothing handed out on Downtown Eastside street corners.

6th – OMT picked up more than $1000 of fresh COBS bread, buns & pastries which was distributed throughout the DTSE. 300 sweet buns were frozen for use at March 20 feeding event.

9th – Henning represented OMT at Eagle Mountain Middle School’s Young Entrepreneurs event. Ethan Hite sold Hacky Sacks and donated 20% of his profits to OMT, the kids in Ethan’s class voted OMT as their #1 choice to support.

10th – 8 boxes of miscellaneous kitchen equipment taken to Surrey Urban Mission.

11th – This day was spent cooking 6 large turkeys for the March 20th Feed 4000 event. The evening was spent picking the meat off the bones of 6 large turkeys. The meat was packed in bags and frozen to be reheated with gravy and potatoes on March 20.

12th – 8 large bags of women’s clothing and toiletries delivered to Downtown Eastside Women’s Association.

17th – 10 large bags of clothing given to Second Mile Housing Group.

19th – We spent this day loading trucks with equipment and food for the feeding tomorrow.

20th – 6am to 3pm – loading, unloading & setting up pop up tents & tarps, cooking good meals for 3200+ people. In addition 2 big truckloads of new or gently used clothing was unloaded and offered for free. Thank you to all the helpers (64 strong) plus David Gradige & his bandmates who provided background music. We had lousy weather but the pop ups saved the day and everyone got a hot meal and satisfaction.

22nd – 6 boxes of assorted kitchen items and toiletries were taken to Atira Women’s Shelter on Carrall Street.

23rd – Sandwiches, juice & clothing distributed in Downtown Eastside.

25th – Don & Henning will meet with the Parks Board about OMT’s next big feeding event, planned for Sept 4/2016.

28th – Heritage Woods Secondary School, Port Moody students Brock, Ethan, Oliver & Ben will enter Stage 1 of the competition against 80 other teams for a bursary of $5000 to the winner.

1st – Don and Henning deliver 8 large bags of women’s clothing and lots of toiletries to Women’s Downtown Eastside Centre.

3rd – Toys, women’s clothing and vegetables taken to Surrey Urban Mission.

4th – Blankets, Sleeping bags and food handed out in New Westminster, Surrey and Downtown Eastside during the night.

7th – Street feeding and clothing handed out Sunday night.

12th – OMT contacted by 4 Heritage Woods High School students (Coquitlam) with a request to represent OMT in the Youth Philanthropy Program. (OMT will take these young men on a tour of DTES and they will facilitate a mini feeding at Oppenheimer Park as well as visit several facilities).

14th – Blankets, warm jackets and food handed out on the Downtown Eastside and Surrey & Coquitlam.

16th – 15 men’s jackets & 8 bags of men’s winter clothing taken to Avalon Hotel Men’s Wholeway House.

17th – Henning & Don met with Karla (Mgr of Oppenheimer Park, Vancouver Parks Board) to discuss and obtain permits for the Feb 25th YPI mini feeding and our March 20/16 Feed 4000 event.

18th – 4 bags of clothing donated to Avalon Wholeway House and 4 bags of clothing donated to Women’s Eastside Centre.

16th – 8 large bags of upscale men’s clothing donated to OMT.

17th – 8 large bags of assorted men’s clothing & 100 pairs of socks delivered to Avalon Wholeway House.

18th – Don & Henning met at Port Moody Library with the YPI students from Heritage Woods HS. Brock, Ethan, Oliver & Ben will represent OMT in a joint school & YPI school program for a chance to win a bursary for OMT. Game plan and mini feeding/excursion to DTES discussed.

20th – Met with YMAW to pick up donations for March 20 Oppenheimer Park feeding.

22nd – We volunteered at Strathcona Community Centre ; we helped with their breakfast and afternoon snacks for Grade 1 to 5 students. Many of the students are under the supervision of the Ministry of Children Health & Safety.

24th – We spent the day prepping food and shopping for the Feb 25th mini feeding with the YPI students.

25th – 6am to 4pm spent with YPI students (Heritage Woods Sec School).

1) feeding 450 hungry folk at Oppenheimer Park a hot lunch of spaghetti & meatballs, hot dogs & drinks as well as distributing clothing.

2) We then took the students to Avalon Hotel Wholeway House for Men where they were given a tour of the facility including a single person’s room.

3) Following this we took them to the Vancouver Eastside Women’s Centre to see their facility and hear of their services. Finally we spent 2 ½ hrs at Strathcona Community Centre’s Kid’s Kitchen where the YPI students helped unload more than 1000 lbs of fruit and vegetables then went upstairs to see the afternoon snack program with the young school kids.

29th – 2 boxes of toys & several bags of ladies clothing taken to Surrey Urban Mission.

2nd – 2nd blankets, sleeping bags, gloves, sandwiches & drinks distributed in Downtown Eastside.

4th – 100 lbs of potatoes, 80 lbs of apples plus 2 boxes of toys + women’s and children’s clothing taken to Surrey Urban Mission.

5th – 10 large bags of clothing and toiletries delivered to Eastside Women’s Centre.

6th – Quarterly bulletin printed.

7th – Large quantity of COBS bread procured in Maple Ridge and distributed to 1/2 way houses & women’s centres around New West, Surrey, Burnaby and Vancouver.

10th – 6 bags of clothing and kitchen items delivered to Union Gospel Mission Family Centre Downtown Eastside.

12th – Blankets, sleeping bags, Jackets delivered after midnight along with fruit & sandwiches all over Downtown Eastside.

13th – Henning & Don had a successful meeting with the new Manager of Oppenheimer Park; we have full cooperation of Vancouver Parks Board.

15th – OMT created a fundraiser using the crowdfunding online site YouCaring.com. All monies raised will help with the rising costs of food for our upcoming March 20, 2016 feeding at Oppenheimer Park.

17th – Blankets, sleeping bags, jackets as well as food, drinks & fruit distributed overnight in the Downtown Eastside.

19th – Towels, toiletries plus 8 large bags of women’s clothing taken to women’s centres in Vancouver.

21st – 12 large bags of men’s clothing plus 15 winter jackets taken to Avalon Wholeway Hotel for Men.

24th – Children’s toys, books & clothing + food taken to Fraser Valley Aboriginal Family Centre in Surrey.

26th – 2 full truckloads of clothing plus kitchen items distributed DTES as we inherited two apartments worth of goods.

29th – Food and clothing distributed in DTES.

4th Warm clothes and dry goods taken to Atira Women’s Centre

5th Dry goods donated to Strathcona Community Centre

7th – Sleeping bags, blankets and sandwiches distributed after midnight.

9th – Children’s toys dropped off to Surrey Urban Mission

10th  – 15 boxes of 24 cans food delivered to Surrey Urban Mission plus 2 boxes of donated toys.

12th – Rolling Thunder Tribe organized Carolling Event held at Vancouver Art Gallery south steps raised $705 for OMT.

14th – OMT delivered a large carload of donated kitchen ware and electronics to Salvation Army.

15th – Street feeding-400  fed & clothed.

16th – sleeping bags, blankets, pillows, toques, warm clothes and sandwiches delivered after midnight on the DTES streets.

17th – Winter clothing taken to Vancouver Native family Centre

19th – Evening street feeding approx. 315 people

20th – Evening street feeding approx. 375 people. Distributed sleeping bags and blankets after midnight

21st – 7 large bags of bedding and 5 bags of winter clothing delivered to Union Gospel Womens Centre

22nd – 30 jackets plus pillows and blankets delivered to Downtown Eastside Association.

23rd  – 40 whole hams and 10 whole turkeys delivered to Union Gospel, enough for 900-1000 people for Dec 24 & 25 meals

24th  – Clothing delivered to Vancouver Native Family and Womens Centre

1^st – 5 large bags of winter clothing for children dropped off at Atira Family Centre

5^th – 8 large boxes of food dropped off at Surrey Urban Mission

8th – Sleeping bags and blankets handed out after midnight

12th – Delivery of last fresh vegetables from God’s Little Acre farm to Strathcona Community Centre

16th – Street feeding and clothing handed out to 300+ people

17th – Street feeding and clothing handed out to 325+ people

19th – Henning and Don for OMT attended Metropolis at Metrotown event and received honors and bursary in recognition of  OMT activities.

21st – From Vancouver Food Bank via God’s Little Acre Received and distributed on the street 22 large boxes of dry goods and foodstuff.

22nd – Sandwiches and clothing handed out on 135A St, Surrey to approx. 200 people.

24th – 8 big bags of sorted winter clothing delivered to Salvation Army Family Centre

29th – OMT Dance & Silent Auction held at Scottish Cultural Centre raised $4500 for February 1st Feeding at Oppenheimer Park

4th Delivery of 10 boxes of food to Salvation Army Family Centre

8th a truck load of appliances and furniture distributed throughout DTES + blankets

9th Street feedings in Surrey & New Westminster 450+ people

12th OMT funded 1000 Thanksgiving Dinners at Union Gospel Mission

12th 3 boxes of toys and 5 bags of clothing delivered to Surrey Urban Mission

15th Sleeping bags and blankets dropped off to Street People overnight.

17th 4 boxes of vegetables and foodstuffs delivered to Strathcona Community Centre. For breakfasts & lunch bags.

20th 5 bags of women’s and children’s clothing Vancouver Aboriginal Women’s & Children’s Centre

22nd Street feeding & clothing handed out at DTES to 300+ people

29th Street feeding & clothing handed out to 270+ people

30th Surrey street feeding & clothing handed out to 200 people.

Don and Henning picked up 1 full Van plus 1 full trailer of food from Jimmy’s diner at the PNE. (donated by the Parson’s family)

Don and Henning took another 6 boxes of vegetables and other goods to Strathcona Community Centre Kitchen.

Henning and Don delivered 8 boxes of breads & buns, pizza dough sauces, toppings, spices, breads, assorted meats to Union Gospel Mission Kitchen on Cordova.  This was enough to feed 300 people.

Provided Welsh family with 4 boxes of dry goods, canned goods, and drinks.

Henning delivered sandwiches, drinks, and 6 boxes of goods from Vancouver Food Bank Society plus a large bag of clothing to street people at King George @ 102nd St., Surrey

Henning took carrots, zucchini, potatoes, and salads to Strathcona Community Centre kitchen.

Don and Hennning take a mini street feeding to the DTES-approximately 300 people.

Don, Henning, John B. and Grant C. provided entrance donation collection services for Vancouver Pride Society Beer Garden Tent following the Pride Parade. One More Time received $700.00 for this service.

Burnaby Now published wonderful article about OMT and the Youth Philanthropy Program with colour photo.

Henning and Don represented OMT at Mr. Mike’s Steak House Restaurant, Langley. We posed for a photo op with the $750 donation cheque.

Don and Henning delivered 5 boxes of assorted vegetables to Strathcona Community Centre kitchen.

A mini street feeding fo 250 people at 135A St. Surrey, Sandwiches, drinks and 12 boxes of dry goods were handed out.

Don and Henning completed grant application from Metropolis at Metrotown. This opportunity came as a result of the Burnaby Now article.

6 bags of women’s and children’s clothing and 6 boxes of food dropped off at Surrey Urban Mission.

Sandwich and drinks drop off at 135A St, Surrey.

Don, Henning, Afif & his father found Mango distributed appox, an SUV load of drinks, dry goos and treats to approx. 400 people at Oppenheimer Part Tent City and 4 drop off points on Hastings Street.

Delivered 4 boxes of vegetables from God’s Little Acre to Strathcona Community Centre Kitchen

Henning spent 1/2 a day with Jas at God’s Little Acre arranging food donation for the July 20th feeding. Jas was instrumental in procuring 4000 bottles of ICE flavored water, 4000 plastic bags from Save On Foods and the use of a 1 Ton Cube Van for one week. Also assisted in obtaining 140 boxes of assorted dry goods (cookies, puddings. Doritos, candies, Goldfish, chocolates)

Evening – Don and Henning did a quick street feeding of about 350 street people on Hastings

100 promotional T-shirts ordered from BangOn Clothing. Cost of printing of logos & sponsorship info kindly donated by Pacific PowerTech Cam Hite and The Gargage Ron Tremblay

8 bags of women’s clothing delivered to Salvation Army Women’s Centre DTES

Feeding event at Oppenheimer Park, the day started at 6am with delivery and unloading of food and equipment and setup of same.  Serving begain at 11 am and ended at 3 pm. There were 72 energetic and enthusiastic volunteers who fed and clothed 3500 thankful people.

7 boxes of vegetables and buns donated to Strathcona Community Centre Kitchen. This included 150 lbs of potatoes, 100 heads of lettuce, 100 lbs of cucumbers, 100 lbs of green beans and 15 dozen buns.

Picked up zucchini and cucumbers plus 20 more boxes of dry goods from God’s Little Acre. Vegetables delivered to the Strathcona Community Centre

Photo shoot for Burnaby Now to go with Article to be published in August. This included 3 of the 5 members of the Cariboo Secondary High School Youth Philanthropy Team.

In two trips OMT picked up 22 large bags of women’s and girl’s donated clothing and distributed to Union Gospel Mission Women’s Centre.

11 large bags of Women’s and Children’s clothing delivered to Surrey Urban Mission on King George Boulevard.

OMT received donation of a diamond ring. Ring sold and $500 recieved a donation of $1000 for this work.

OMT held 1st annual Father’s Day Family Picnic, BBQ and silent auction. Funds raised $750. This was held at Upper Hume Park in New Westminster. 72 people attended.

OMT all day charity garage sale and BBQ held at Fairview Presbyterian Church – 11th St @ Fir. $780 raised.

6 boxes of fresh vegetables and 6 boxes of dry goods picked up at God’s Little Acre and delivered to Surrey Urban Mission (dry goods donated by Vancouver Food Bank from their overflow)

8 boxes of toys and 3 bags of children’s clothing delivered to Surrey Urban Mission

OMT sponsored two young men, Robert Lim and Dakota Wilderman, to a 4 day CRASH-young men’s adventure weekend. A third young man was unable to attend.  Henning also attended this event.

OMT Charity founder Henning Nielsen and the CFO Don McMillan took the 5 students from Dr. Charles Best High School of Coquitlam to the Downtown Eastside to do hand out food on E. Hastings. They were then taken on a tour of a halfway house and a crack-house hotel. These activities helped the young men see the needs and environment of the people who receive much of OMT Charity focus. The tour ended with a mini feeding of 350+ people at Oppenheimer Park.

Hooray Hooray! OMT Charity has won the $5000 bursary from the Youth Philanthropy Initiative based on the fabulous presentation done by the students of Cariboo Secondary School in Burnaby.  Of interest to many the young men wrote the original presentation in French as they are in a French Immersion course and when they were moved to the finals of the completion they translated the presentation to English for the Judges benefit. Great Job Armaan and friends.

4 large bags of clothing delivered to Avalon Men’s Hotel

Street feeding of 650+ people on E Hastings St and at Oppenheimer Park

OMT Charity founder Henning Nielsen and the CFO Don McMillan took the 5 students from Cariboo Secondary School to the Downtown Eastside to do hand out food on E. Hastings. They were then taken on a tour of a halfway house and a crack-house hotel. These activities helped the young men see the needs and environment of the people who receive much of OMT Charity focus. The morning ended with a mini feeding of 375+ people at Oppenheimer Park.  

OMT Charity met with Principal of Strathcona School in Vancouver’s DTES to discuss and arrange for 3 boy students to attend the CRASH camping weekend for boys. OMT will cover the cost for these underprivileged youth age 9-12 to attend. 

Henning attended a Chef for Charity Event, monies raised to be donated to OMT Charity

Delivered 8 boxes of donated toys to Surrey Urban Mission

6 bags of donated jackets and clothing delivered to Greenleaf New Leaf in New Westminster

OMT Charity was approached by a group of 5 Grade 10 students from Cariboo Secondary School; they wish to represent us in a competition for a $5000 bursary supplied by the Youth Philanthropy Initiative. We met with the young men and their teacher to explain our programs and activities. They will create a presentation and compete against 28 other teams within their school in hopes of winning the bursary for OMT Charity. 

OMT Charity held the second meeting of the Board of Directors which was also the first meeting to include the new Board of Advisors.

We visited God’s Little Acre Farm in Surrey to discuss collaboration of efforts. We got a commitment of over 1000 lbs of fresh vegetables to serve at our next large feeding. One More Time Charity also received a promise of a cash donation of $750.

Winter clothing including jackets and boots were delivered to Avalon Wholeway House for Men on Pender St, Vancouver.

Winter clothing including jackets, dresses and boots were delivered to Sorrell House for Women on Carrall St, Vancouver.

A truckload of toys and children’s clothes delivered to Warriors Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) on Hastings St, Vancouver.

OMT Charity made a cash donation to St Barnabas Church New Westminster to assist 36 families affected by the destruction of their apartment building due to fire. 

Sleeping bags, blankets, pillows, jackets, clothing, toys and donated food including potato chips distributed in Vancouver Downtown Eastside, New Westminster & Surrey. (New Leaf, New Life Club House New Westminster, Vancouver Downtown East Side Women’s Centre and Shelter, Surrey Urban Mission, Keys Emergency Housing Solution Surrey, Urban Gospel Mission, Salvation Army New Westminster, Sorella Housing for Women Vancouver)

Dance & Silent Auction Fundraiser at Scottish Cultural Centre – Dance & Silent Auction Fundraiser at Scottish Cultural Centre: 110 people danced the night away with the Scary Lizard Band and Elvis impersonator Bruce Hendriks while enjoying food prepared by Henning Nielsen and bidding on donated Silent Auction items. $5500 was raised to fund our January 19/2014 feeding.

3500 people fed at Oppenheimer Park on January 19, this was achieved with the help of more than 80 volunteers. At this event we also distributed donated clothing & toiletries; this included helping several men get outfitted for job interviews. While people waited for food, volunteers spoke to each to see if they wanted someone to contact family or friends to let them know they are okay. 82 names were collected.

Union Gospel Mission received 12 dozen hot dog buns and salad for 200 which was not served at the Oppenheimer Park event.

One More Time donated cash to help victims of an apartment fire in New Westminster. This fire had completely destroyed the building.