Vancouver Police are taking part in an initiative aimed at helping keep low-income seniors safer.
The Portland Hotel Society launched the program today, which will see donated cell phones capable of dialing 9-1-1 given to seniors in the Downtown Eastside. Community partners include Telus, Vancity, Vancouver City Hall, Free Geek and the VPD.
Organizers are asking for working phones,with the SIM card removed, and chargers. The donated phones will be checked to ensure everything has been erased.
“Many of us get new phones and don’t know what to do with our old ones,” says Vancouver Police Inspector Michelle Davey. “We’re asking people to donate them and help these seniors not only feel safer, but be safer. A phone call to 9-1-1 could literally be somebody’s lifeline.”
DONATION LOCATIONS
Vancouver Police Department
2120 Cambie Street
3585 Graveley Street
Vancity
2510 East Hastings
188 East Pender
898 West Pender
6288 Fraser Street
183 Terminal Avenue
1798 Robson Street
4205 Main Street
Creekside Community Centre
1 Athletes Way
Roundhouse Community Centre
181 Roundhouse Mews
