The 100 Mile & District Women's Centre Society is an essential local resource vulnerable people turn to regularly.
The non-profit agency provides counselling services and programs for the protection of women. It is holding its annual general meeting (AGM) in room 224 on the second level of the South Cariboo Business Centre, 475 Birch Ave., on June 17, from 5:30 to 7 p.m.
The need for the organization's services in the 100 Mile House area, especially with recent cuts to an emergency food hamper program, is real and pressing, explains executive director Sonja Ramsay.
“We're only open 20 hours a week, and in 2014, we served over 5,000 clients. The number of members is climbing, but we'd love every person in the community to become a member of the Women's Centre Society.”
With the loss of emergency food hamper funding, the Women's Centre is reaching out to the community for monetary or non-perishable food donations.
The Women's Centre is also taking on the issue of human trafficking, which will be discussed at the AGM.
The organization is working with British Columbia's Office to Combat Trafficking in Persons and is planning a two-day event to raise awareness in the fall.
Ramsay encourages local social service providers to get involved.