AUGUST 1, 2010
NEWSLETTER 401 Main Street, Vancouver. V6A 2T7 C604t 665-2289
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Dear Friends, Thank You Thank you so much to all the friends who signed the get-well card that Diane Wood made for me. It's the people who make our community beautiful , and they do that by reaching out to each other and helping each other. That's why the Downtown Eastside is the soul of Vancouver. The card you sent me has lifted my spirit, and I am grateful. In her get-well card Diane has represented our community as a mighty Douglas Fir tree with strong roots that sustain it. Among the roots she has painted faces representing community members. Her card says that even as the giant Fir is nurtured by its roots, so our community of the Downtown Eastside is nurtured by its members- and I am nurtured by the caring people who signed that card and who carry on the work of justice from one generation to another. Bud Osborn has said that we are a community of prophets in the Downtown Eastside, and prophets present visions of justice. I thank you for your courage and commitment. Sandy Cameron