Showers for Nanaimo’s homeless open on trial basis
NANAIMO — Public showers to help make life a little easier on Nanaimo’s homeless are open on a trial basis, but the service is poised to last much longer.
The showers at Caledonia Park, open through Friday in the mornings from 7:30 to 10:30, are operated by staff at the nearby seasonal homeless shelter at First Unitarian Church.
Bruce Anderson, the City’s manager of community and cultural planning, told NanaimoNewsNOW Council is slated to vote next Monday to have the shower facility operating beyond this week for at least one year.
“The City has been working on our responses to public health and social issues in the downtown and as part of that we’ve been looking at issues around services and conditions related to people on the street.”