Cool Aid’s most recent Annual General Meeting was held on June 27, 2018:
Annual Report 2017-18 and Audited Financial Statements
Highlights:
- 52 more supportive housing apartments were opened up at the old Tally Ho, 3020 Douglas Street; 102 shelter guests were found homes; and 208 more apartments were in development
- Almost 500 people received opiate substitution treatments at the Community Health Centre; and 231 overdoses were successfully treated at Rock Bay Landing’s Overdose Prevention Unit – with no resulting deaths
- 384 workers found employment through the Community Casual Labour Pool
- 1,598 people benefited from emergency shelter stays, nutritious meals and associated support services
- Almost 1,000 meals were served daily to seniors, shelter guests, participants at the Downtown Community Centre and others
- 330 compassionate employees served over 12,000 individuals at 17 locations in Victoria, Saanich and Langford
- A Director of Real Estate Development position was created and filled to accelerate Cool Aid’s pace of building more supportive and affordable housing for the community
- Operations cost $25.3 million, with 64% of revenues contributed by governments and $1.6 million generously given by people, foundations and companies
- Cool Aid received the largest single gift in its 50-year history – $450,000 – from the Sisters of St. Ann, to help develop new apartments for an additional 71 people at Cedar Grove, 210 Gorge Road East
- 33% was spent on housing 509 individuals; 32% on medical, dental and support services for over 7,000 people ; 28% for emergency shelter operations serving almost 1,600 people; and just 7% on administration
Previous Years’ Reports
2016-17 Annual Report Mobile or Desktop and Audited Financial Statements
2015-16 Annual Report and Audited Financial Statements
2014-15 Annual Report and Audited Financial Statements
2013-14 Annual Report and audited Financial Statements
2012-13 Annual Report (or higher resolution) and audited Financial Statements
2011-12 Annual Report and Audited Financial Statements
2010-2011 Annual Report and Audited Financial Statements
2009-10 Annual Report and Audited_Financial_Statements
2008-09 Annual Report and Audited Financial Statements
You may also wish to visit the strategic planning section of Cool Aid’s web site.