by The Lighthouse | Aug 30, 2012 | Affordable Housing, Emergency Shelter, Homelessness, Housing Plus, Supported Living
This has been a busy summer for all of the homeless shelters in Saskatoon and the Lighthouse has been no exception. We have seen record numbers of men and women come to our doors looking for a safe shelter and a place to call home. To deal with this increased...
by The Lighthouse | Aug 23, 2012 | Donate, Programs, Technology
When I bought this camera it was the state of the art. Here is what CNet said about it back in 2005. Like the rest of the Z-series family, the Konica Minolta Dimage Z10 looks like it was stolen from an “amazing world of the future” exhibit at a 1950s...
by The Lighthouse | Aug 22, 2012 | Life at The Lighthouse, Technology
We are rolling out HIFIS at The Lighthouse. HIFIS is short for the Homeless Individuals and Families Information System and is a Government of Canada database designed to help us understand our population better. It tracks how long individuals are here but...
by DeeAnn Mercier | Aug 21, 2012 | Addictions, Emergency Shelter, Homelessness, Housing Plus, Life at The Lighthouse, Poverty, Social Issues, Stories of The Lighthouse, Volunteers
Donna shares what it is like to stay in The Lighthouse’s Women’s Emergency Shelter. This is the second time Donna has stayed at the Lighthouse since I started working here one year ago. The first time she stayed in the shelter she was often under the...
by The Lighthouse | Aug 20, 2012 | Homelessness
From Charles Hamilton at The StarPhoenix Curtis Daniels stands at the edge of the Kinsmen Park playground, watching as his five-year-old daughter Tayci plays on the swing set. Like most of the other kids in the park on this sunny Saturday afternoon, Tayci is laughing...
