Parish Outreach
The parish supplies budgeted support to:
- Camp Columbia
- The Diocese's camp on Thetis Island
- Christmas Hampers
- Gifts and food for families for whom Christmas celebrations are beyond their means
- Friday Communion Food Vouchers
- for those who cannot afford sufficient groceries
- St. John's House
- Sisters of St. John the Divine
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Threshold Housing Society
- transitional housing for youth
The parish supplies support by special gifts and specific appeals to:
- St. Barnabas choral scholarships
- Barnabas Social Housing Fund
- Campus and Graduate Ministry
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C A R T S
- street outreach
- Primate's World Development and Relief Fund
- Melanesian Brotherhood
Members of the parish are involved in many other charitable groups such as:
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Aboriginal Neighbours
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Horticulture Centre of the Pacific
- Glendale Gardens and Woodland, Pacific Horticulture College, Outerbridge Park
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Movie Monday
- Canadian film makers, music makers, mental health themes, social issues
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Our Place
- street outreach
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Royal Canadian College of Organists (RCCO), Victoria Centre
- organ and choral performance standards
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International Taoist Tai Chi Society
- health promotion, global
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S.A.L.T.S. Sail and Life Training Society
- Life-changing adventures for 2000 young people per year
- Tariro Orphan Youth Project
- Harare, Zimbabwe
- Urban Aboriginal Ministry
These organizations are based in Victoria BC except as noted.