Hearts Against Homelessness was founded because of a high school student who found herself without a safe place to live halfway through her secondary education. She had never been educated on the resources available to her, and was forced into multiple unsafe housing situations before she made her way to a shelter that offered her support and community. We work so that one day, no youth will be left to their own devices like she was. Our education and awareness programs work to teach youth in high school about what may cause homelessness, and the services around them that can help should they ever need it. We also make monthly distributions of necessities to communities in the British Columbia Lower Mainland to help make living a little bit easier for those not currently in shelters.