Safe haven
Royal LePage Nanaimo Realty’s representatives from Nanaimo and Ladysmith provide a $7,400 cheque to the Haven Society through their charity, the Shelter Foundation, which helps to end family violence by supporting women’s shelters.
Home support
Swedini Halliday, manager of HIPPY Program at Central Vancouver Island Multicultural Society, left, and Hilde Schlosar, society executive director, right, accept a $2,500 donation from Ed McDonald, trustee Knights of Columbus Council 9990 Trinity Catholic Church. The money will go toward Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY), an evidenced-based program that works with families in the home to support parents. Photo contributed