Fredericton Anti-Poverty Organization

FAPO receives gift of truck from O'Leary Buick GMC in Fredericton Dan Weston, FAPO Coordinator, receives the keys to the truck from the Manager of O'Leary Buick GMC on Hanwell Road in Fredericton. The Fredericton Anti-Poverty Organization (FAPO) announced today that it will receive a free used truck donated by Gerry O'Leary of O'Leary Buick GMC in Fredericton. Dan Weston, FAPO Coordinator, says the non-profit organization will take ownership of the vehicle Wednesday, August 14 at 3:30 pm at the company's Hanwell Road dealership. The donation from O'Leary Buick GMC in Fredericton comes nearly six weeks after FAPO lost its only vehicle in a traffic accident. No one was hurt in the July 3rd collision, but the organization's 1998 half ton was a complete "write off", said Weston, who co-founded the organization in 1983. O'Leary Buick GMC in Fredericton donated a used truck to FAPO after the organization lost its only vehicl...

FAPO Asks for Help After Truck Totalled in Collision July 4, 2013 Click here to read the full story FAPO's truck is a write off after the collision last week. The Fredericton Anti-Poverty Organization (FAPO) has found itself in the unusual position of asking for the public's help after its truck was totalled in a two vehicle collision last Thursday. Dan Weston, FAPO Coordinator, said he and a volunteer were not injured when FAPO's 1998 Chevrolet half-ton truck was hit by an oncoming vehicle at the corner of Bishop Drive and Hanwell Road.  "We're very fortunate that there were no serious injuries," said Weston, adding that the other driver has taken full responsibility for the accident.... click here to read the full story

Friday March 16, 2012 Global TV: Man lives without power for 13 years in New Brunswick Read more on this story below from across Canada Sudbury Star: Lights Back on in NB Man's Home CBC: Good Samaritans help to restore man's electricity Vancouver Sun: New Brunswick man without electricity for 13 years in bizarre power struggle

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2012 Common Front Offers Alternative Budget Proposals for Alward Government Information Session Wednesday Night Click here to read article in Moncton Free Press (Fredericton, NB - February 28, 2012) The Common Front For Social Justice will hold a free public information session Wednesday, February 29, as part of a province wide tour to raise awareness of the upcoming 2012-2013 provincial budget. The event will be held at The Meeting Place Church, 487 Brunswick Street, Fredericton from 7-8 pm. All are welcome. Sister Aurea Cormier of the Common Front in Moncton will give a presentation that includes proposals for a fairer tax system and suggestions for increased revenue to provide adequate services for New Brunswickers. - 30 - For further information, please contact: Common Front for Social Justice https://www.frontnb.ca Fredericton Anti Poverty Organization www.AntiPoverty.com email: fapo@antipoverty.com 458-9102. Download Post...

January 2012: Dalhousie University and the Atlantic Center for Excellence in Women’s Health Seek Research Participants in Fredericton Over the last 12 months, have there been times when you and other household members didn’t have enough to eat? If so, and you are a woman and have experienced weight challenges, we would like to invite you to share your experiences as part of our research project. We will be conducting group discussions with women, aged 18 and older, to learn about your experiences and understandings around times when you are worried about not having enough to eat or actually did not have enough to eat, and weight challenges you faced as well as issues with chronic diseases. Group discussions will be taking place in communities across Atlantic Canada. You will receive an honorarium for your participation. In addition, you will be reimbursed up to a limited amount for child care, parking fees, and or travel costs if you are taking a bus or taxi. Grou...

The Common Front for Social Justice will hold a public information session in Fredericton on the impact of the provincial budget on the 40,000 people on Income Assistance in New Brunswick. The Fredericton event is part of a province wide tour and will be held at 7 pm, Wednesday, May 4, 2011 at The Meeting Place Church at 487 Brunswick Street. The information session will include an analysis of the 2011-2012 provincial budget by the CFSJ, figures on the rising cost of basic needs, and actions of solidarity with regards to people on low income. For further information please contact Melynda Jarratt, Fredericton Regional Representative for the CFSJ, at the Fredericton Anti-Poverty Organization, 458-9102 or by email at fapo@antipoverty.com. Click here to download poster in PDF or JPG format. http://www.antipoverty.com/documents/poster-may-04-11.pdf http://www.AntiPoverty.com/documents/poster-may-04-11.jpg

This is just a rough draft of the video. I'm planning on making a much nicer one once my video editing software starts working. This was me going to the Sanitary Landfill with Dan and Andrew. Make an on-line slide show at www.OneTrueMedia.com

Mark Kelley sits down with Phyllis Audain, a senior citizen living in poverty in Riverview, N.B. Click here to watch the video. http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/News/TV_Shows/Connect_with_Mark_Kelley/1305591601 /ID=1863772802

(Fredericton, NB - February 15, 2011) - We suppose Air New Zealand's marketing department thought that by announcing the "Coldest Canadian" video contest and offering a free trip to tropical New Zealand that they'd receive a blizzard of submissions from sun starved Canadians: and one look at the dozens of videos on their website http://coldestcanadian.ca/ proves we are right. But the Fredericton Anti-Poverty Organization has a different angle on the Air New Zealand contest that we hope will raise awareness of the alarming epidemic of homelessness and hunger across Canada. Who are the "Coldest Canadians"? Surely, they are the homeless who line our streets in the middle of winter, begging for change and lining up for a hot meal at community kitchens across Canada. Surely they are the single parent families on social assistance who have to decide between paying the rent, "heating or eating" as the cost of energy skyrockets through the roof. ...

FAPO spends on average more than $3000 per year in waste disposal costs. This is a cost that we have to bear ourselves because we do not receive any public funding whatsoever other than what we manage to raise through the sale of recycled furniture, clothing and applicances. The “garbage” we take to the Solid Waste Commission (SWC) consists of items that have been donated to FAPO but which are in such bad shape that we cannot give them away or sell them, even at a reduced price. For example, broken and dirty furniture, mattresses with urine stains and smell, moldy bedding, electrical appliances such as stoves, refrigerators, television sets etc. In many cases, these items are knowingly dropped off at our stores after hours because the “donors” have no way to get their junk to the SWC so they just “dump” it on FAPO. This happens more times than we can count. In that sense, FAPO is providing a service to the City of Fredericton and the province of New Brunswick by bringing garbage to ...