Snapshot into the life of a homeless person

The Kelowna Gospel Mission wants to put you in the shoes of the city’s most vulnerable people and it all begins with a camera.
Disposable cameras were handed out at the Kelowna Gospel Mission Friday morning as part of the Doors of Hope campaign.
The initiative is put on by the 30K Club and puts the cameras in the hands of 12 clients at the Gospel Mission.
The participants say they plan to give people a glimpse into the life of a homeless person.
“I’m going to be taking pictures of some of the spots of where my friends sleep at night,” said Chantell Crawford, a former client at the Gospel Mission.
“I want to give a sense of what my journey was like,” said Alberta Palmer, another former client at the Gospel Mission. Palmer has since moved into his own house thanks to the services at the facility. “I’m going to try and take pictures of everything, all the houses I moved to right to the one I got now.”
Jessica Samuels, 30K Club coordinator, says the project, which is in its second year, is different from last year because the participants are all new.
“Right away the stories, the pictures, the perspectives are going to be different,” Samuels said. “Overall the idea is the same: creating a new perspective about the lives of some of the people who come to the Kelowna Gospel Mission and use the 30K Club.”
The best picture from each photographer will then be printed in a calendar that will be sold to raise money for the 30K Club.