Service commorates deaths caused by homelessness in Edmonton

Thursday, June 1st, 2017 4:19pm
The Homeless Sculpture is a $40,000 memorial created by local sculptors Keith Turnbull and Ritchie Velthius. (Photo: gigcity.ca)
The service is for the 106 people—78 men and 28 women—who died in 2016.

Edmonton Coalition on Housing and Homelessness will present the 12th annual service to commemorate the lives of people who died in situations where homelessness or poor housing played a significant role.

The service is for the 106 people— 78 men and 28 women — who died in 2016. These are people who have been identified by organizations who work with those who are having housing problems.

At the service, individuals are not identified, but family and friends are invited to take part in a tribute and all interested people are welcome to join.

The program will begin at Boyle Street Community Services and from there participants will walk to the Homeless Sculpture in Homeless Memorial Plaza, north of City Hall.

Since the annual service began, a total of 599 people have been remembered.

The service will take place June 2 beginning at 2 p.m.