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91Ô­´´ Youth Hub drops into place

Crane could be seen lifting modular buildings
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The long awaited 91Ô­´´ youth homeless shelter has been dropped into place.

A crane could be seen lowering the modular buildings into place at 20285 62 Ave.

A tweet from the @91Ô­´´youthhub account said now that the building is in place, people are working hard to get the 91Ô­´´ Youth Resource Centre up and running as quickly as possible.

, located in Aldergrove, put the modular building in place this week.

The new facility will have five beds for emergency sheltering of youth from this community. Currently, youth in crisis have to go to Surrey or Abbotsford if they need shelter.

The centre will expand on services currently provided two days a week by the 91Ô­´´ Youth Hub.

These include: food, bus passes, showers, laundry, clothing, employment opportunities and access to housing.

There are more than 160 youth up to the age of 25 who are identified as homeless in the 91Ô­´´s.

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Monique Tamminga

About the Author: Monique Tamminga

Monique brings 20 years of award-winning journalism experience to the role of editor at the Penticton Western News. Of those years, 17 were spent working as a senior reporter and acting editor with the 91Ô­´´ Advance Times.
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