Poverty Advocacy Nanaimo

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Poverty Advocacy Nanaimo Registered non-profit providing information about resources & programs in Nanaimo. Incorporated as Nanaimo Poverty Advocacy Society

Nanaimo has an estimated 1000 unhoused people. This graphic lists the current shelters. 75 adult beds. We need to do bet...
09/30/2026

Nanaimo has an estimated 1000 unhoused people.
This graphic lists the current shelters.
75 adult beds.
We need to do better.

For more resources for unhoused people:
https://pananaimo.ca/homelessness/

has added another location for their daily free food markets, this one at VIU! We have lots more information about loca...
09/22/2026

has added another location for their daily free food markets, this one at VIU!

We have lots more information about local food resources on our website. If you scroll down to the bottom you can also find links to our blog posts explaining how to use the food bank, the difference between drop in and appt locations, dispelling food bank stigma, and more!

https://pananaimo.ca/food/

09/15/2026

PAN is back!
Over the hiatus, we decided to limit the scope of our community activities.
🟡Going forward, we are focusing on two things to promote resources for low-income people in Nanaimo: maintaining the database on our website, and providing presentations to the public. 🟡
We will NOT be responding to email inquiries looking for suggestions of resources or material help. The website is available for all to locate information.
www.pananaimo.ca

🟡IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT🟡Effective immediately, ALL PAN services are suspended until September 2026. Our organization is ...
03/16/2026

🟡IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT🟡
Effective immediately, ALL PAN services are suspended until September 2026.
Our organization is run entirely by volunteers, and we need a rest.
Our website continues to be available as a helpful resource at www.pananaimo.ca

Thank you for your past support, and for respecting this pause.

To anyone this can help, Do you want to be shown the door? No hope, no anything, nothing more with others who don’t care...
03/13/2026

To anyone this can help,

Do you want to be shown the door? No hope, no anything, nothing more with others who don’t care and will guide you to your grave. Or you can choose to behave. It’s not your last days. Do something right instead of ending up in your grave. Love yourself before anyone else. Learn to grow and show your true glow. Life will flow in the ways you choose to go. Bad beginnings sometimes have better endings. A positive life makes more things alright. Try and be happy even if life is crappy. One positive thought can help you start to recover from negative brain rot. If you don’t got a lot, be thankful for the door you got that locks. And if you don’t got anything, start to think positive and hopefully life with change.

And now the good news is, tomorrow if it rains your outlook will never be the same. Think positive is all I’m saying. Everyone deserves good things. The whole world is grieving. The rest of us are sleeping. Too many want to be king. Everyone matters, some of us are much sadder. Good decisions today can get you further than yesterday. Tomorrow think hope not sorrow. The best decision of your life. Start small when nothing is alright. To lose everything is to find yourself again. If sunshine is all you’ve got today, at least it’s better than being in your grave.

Love from,
Dylan Bishop

https://pananaimo.ca/2026/03/12/a-wisdom-letter-from-dylan/

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