New Door is Open site to serve Christmas dinner

Drop-in centre blessed and opened Dec. 10 after completion of a $200,000 renovation project

Door is Open volunteers enjoy a meal in the new space after it was blessed Dec. 10 by Archbishop J. Michael Miller, CSB. Agnieszka Krawczynski / The B.C. Catholic.

Those living on the street in the Downtown Eastside have a fresh place to go for Christmas dinner this year. The new Door is Open location at Cordova and Dunlevy streets is finally complete and prepared to serve 1,000 meals on Dec. 25. For full story see The B.C. Catholic website.


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