A group of women is rallying to keep the Port Coquitlam women's centre open.
Chantale-Lyne Gosselin is organizing a fundraising campaign and rally to support the centre which is being shut down for a month for a program review.
The women's resource centre in Port Coquitlam will be closed to the public for a month while management and staff determine the future of programs operating out of the rented bungalow at 2420 Mary Hill Road.
Gosselin plans a rally outside the centre tomorrow, Friday, at noon. For information, email her at [email protected]
Tri-City Transitions has operated the resource centre for more than 30 years. In a News story Wednesday, executive director Carol Metz Murray said the centre is operating with 75% less funding than it did a decade ago.
Programs such as Empowering Moms will continue to operate out of the bungalow, and other groups will be allowed to use the space. But there will be no public hours, which means the drop-in, clothing bank, community kitchen and job search computers will be off-limits to dozens of women who use the services daily.
Decisions regarding the future of the women's centre should be known by the end of the month, with any changes introduced by April 1.
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