To help prevent the spread of COVID-19, the Strathcona Regional District (SRD) is taking action.
It’s launched an emergency assistance initiative called SRD Delivers.
The goal is to provide sustainable funding for organizations that offer help with grocery shopping, food delivery, prescriptions and other essentials for the benefit of the elderly and vulnerable people who must self-isolate.
SRD Chair Michele Babchuck says providing effective support and care to seniors and the vulnerable is the district’s top priority.
“We have already seen a number of organizations emerge to provide community support during this event,” Babchuck says. “As an example, the efforts of the Quadra Island Care Mongering Group caught the attention of Prime Minister Trudeau, as he tweeted about it on March 30th. Supporting these initiatives and advocating for sustainable funding to help these organizations achieve their goals is very important to the SRD Board.”
SRD Delivers is available to homes within the district’s electoral areas, municipalities and First Nation communities.
“Our Regional District is vast and each community is quite different,” says Protective Services Coordinator Shaun Koopman. “It’s crucial that we keep this program flexible in order to empower local organizations to find solutions that best fit with their reality. One of the many advantages of operating the emergency program as a regional service is our ability to build on existing relationships to get a program like this up and running. Our colleagues at Emergency Management BC worked hand in hand with the SRD to develop this program and their collaboration and support is much appreciated.”
Interested service providers can submit letters of intent on this website.
To learn more about SRD Delivers, send an email to [email protected] or call (250) 830-6700.
