The Coldest Night of the Year (also https://www.facebook.com/cnoyorg) is a fundraiser and awareness walk in support of local charities dealing with homelessness. In 2025 it is happening on February 22nd. (If you want to walk, don't worry: you don't have to wander around in the cold all night. In Port Alberni it's basically from 4-7pm.)
Coldest Night of the Year is Canada-wide: there are events all over the place.
(If the title sounds familiar, it probably is. That doesn't mean others haven't used it. Music can be evocative.)
In Port Alberni https://www.facebook.com/CNOYPortAlberni/ the sponsoring (and benefitting) agency is Sage Haven. Our team is Team Anonymous . (I'm Rob Slade: Charles is on as well :-)
You can be involved. You can walk. The Main Event is an organized, in-person walk with either 2km or 5km signed routes, rest stops, volunteers, and snacks at the end.
The 2K starts at the Royal Canadian Legion, Victoria Quay to Roger, Roger to Stamp, Stamp to Pemberton Road, Pemberton to Adelaide St, Adelaide to Johnston, Johnston to Victoria Quay and to Royal Canadian Legion.
The 5K starts at the Royal Canadian Legion, Victoria Quay to Roger, Roger to 10th Avenue, 10th to Redford, Redford to Stamp, Stamp to Roger, Roger to Victoria Quay and to Royal Canadian Legion.
You can donate/sponsor, either the team or me, directly on the Website, using either credit card or Paypal.
You can register, either as an individual, or as part of a team (much more fun), and get people to sponsor (donate in your team's name) your walk. Registering can be a bit daunting, since the first thing they do is ask you to sign a waiver saying that you won't sue them if you die on the walk. (If that thought scares you, come and discuss it with us as the Death Cafe, Feb. 6th.) But, really, the chance of that is pretty small: they take pretty good care to make sure it's safe. So, register yourself, or a team and put the word around.
Of course, all of this doesn't just happen, so you can volunteer and help make sure it all happens. Safely.
(Shout out to the major sponsors in Port Alberni: Coulson Group, BC Housing, Alberni District Co-op, Port Alberni Port Authority, Alberni Electric, Westland Insurance, North Island College, Salvation Army/Bread of Life.)
If you want more information, it's probably here: https://cnoy.org/faq
Or you can contact HQ: https://cnoy.org/contact
Or email them: info@cnoy.org
Locally, you can email portalberni@cnoy.org
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