URGENT: WE NEED YOUR HELP!

Shelter/Clothing
• Gently used or new sweatpants and hoodies (all sizes adult/child) URGENT
• Tarps (any size or type/e.g. 9'X12')
• Tents
• Good, clean winter coats URGENT
• Ladies pull-up briefs (S,M,L)
• Sleeping bags for winter conditions
** Non-scented Body Wipes for Adults (for hygiene)
• Backpacks
∞ Bikes
∞ Funds/Other Donations

Without a weather shelter, we are in DIRE NEED of the following ASAP:

Non-Perishable Food Items
continue to be an urgent need for those in our community who are struggling with homelessness and hunger, including families at risk.
**Boost high protein drink

Please also see our Wish Lists on our How to Help page for other needed items.

So Many Homeless Seniors! Help Us Provide Warmth and Shelter This Winter

At Manna Homeless Society, we’re urgently seeking donated travel trailers and motorhomes to provide safe warm shelters for homeless individuals as winter approaches. With colder weather on the way, your support can make a life-changing difference for those at risk.

Your donation of a travel trailer or motorhome will:

Offer a secure, weatherproof space for those in need.
Protect vulnerable individuals from harsh winter conditions.
Help us build hope and stability for our community.

How You Can Help:

Donate a used or new travel trailer or motorhome.
Spread the word to friends, family, or businesses who may have vehicles to contribute.

Together, we can provide warmth, safety, and dignity to those facing homelessness this winter. Act now—your generosity can change lives!

Contact Robin Campbell to arrange your donation (tel) 250.248.0845 or (email) oceansidemanna@gmail.com

Thank you for being a beacon of hope!

THANK YOU for Providing a Home!

Donations quietly roll in, literally, from generous individuals parting with their travel trailers and motorhomes. No public accolades or...

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Serving the Needy and the Homeless

– in the Oceanside community of Vancouver Island –

What We Do

We support homeless, impoverished, and marginalized individuals and families in the Oceanside area. We provide emergency food packages, clothing, hygience products, bikes, and much more.

See More of What We Do

Who Are the Homeless?

Increasing housing costs, the cycle of poverty, isolation, inability to access education, illiteracy, mental health challenges, physical disability, family dysfunction, and social barriers…

Who Are the Homeless?

How to Help

The impact of your support cannot be overstated. Your donation of clothing, bikes, food, funds, supplies and support makes Manna's work possible. And the needs of our community continue to grow.

See How You Can Help?

Current Concerns, Reports and Updates

Vancouver Island’s Shelter System: Rigged Against the Vulnerable

On Vancouver Island, where winters are defined by relentless rain, high humidity, and bone-chilling dampness, the system for opening extreme weather shelters is fundamentally flawed. Today’s conditions in Parksville exemplify this: temperatures hover around 6°C, but with 100% humidity and winds making it feel like 0.5°C, outdoor survival is unbearable for the unhoused. Yet, shelters remain closed because government thresholds prioritize freezing temperatures over the real dan

An URGENT Plea to Oceanside (Parksville/QB) Mayors and Councils

Dear Mayors and Councils of Parksville and Qualicum Beach, Last week in Qualicum Beach, as documented with the gas station at the top of the hill and with the RCMP, we at Manna Homeless Society encountered a senior citizen stripped of hope and clothes, disrobing in the intersection as despair overtook him. He’d heard of a shelter in Qualicum but found none. And although the gas station called the police, it was we at Manna who talked him down, offered love, clothed him, fed h

Hot Dog Saturday

Every Saturday morning Ronalda Welsh and Rod Morisson donate their time handing out hot dogs. Everyone who shows up to Manna is very grateful for this! 🌭

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