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| Bus benches attempt to help homeless |
RainCity Housing, a nonprofit that provides specialized housing for people living with mental illness and addiction, partnered with Spring Advertising to launch a month-long hospitable campaign for Vancouver's homeless.
Instead of depicting all-too-familiar imagery showcasing downtrodden faces, RainCity Housing created two types of bench advertisements to get their point across, according to Communication Arts.
One bench transforms into a temporary shelter with a makeshift roof and also features RainCity Housing's address, where homeless individuals can find support.
Nonprofit Uses Innovative Benches To Engage Homeless, Spread Awareness In Vancouver
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| Trimet's inhumane bus benches |
They also have a supervised injection site where drug addicts can get clean needles and shoot up. It keeps dirty needles and diseases from spreading while making counseling and rehab available to those who want it. It's not only humane but the public health costs are much lower in the long run. Happy Canada Day!
ReplyDeletePs. Just tell them to keep the dirty tar sands in the ground though.
Where is that thing? Grey leaner inside a shelter? Must have been a prototype or something??
ReplyDeleteYep, this was just an art project, not an actual bench advertisement.
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