News | West Side Family Place

Introduction to the 90’s

West Side Family Place | June 1, 2023

Our 50th-anniversary story now enters the 1990s - a decade that is very much on trend at the moment! It was a time of great...

Formation of Family Resource Programs of BC

West Side Family Place | May 29, 2023

After West Side Family Place was created in 1973, many Family Place programs emerged across the Lower Mainland during the 1970s and 1980s. Many of...

Gaming Grant

West Side Family Place | May 18, 2023

Imagine having to work in a smoky casino for your local charity! For more than 40 years, Community Gaming Grants have provided significant stable funding...

The Introduction of Caregivers

West Side Family Place | May 11, 2023

In the beginning, West Side Family Place was created to support mothers and young children, but it wasn't long before the team realized that caregivers,...

Benefits of Volunteerism

West Side Family Place | May 4, 2023

Thank you to all the wonderful volunteers over the past 50 years! West Side Family Place would not be what it is today without you....

Diana and Ellen

West Side Family Place | May 1, 2023

In the late 80s, co-founder Ellen and board member Diana Ellis realized they needed to validate the impact of the Family Place service to spread...

Early Programming

West Side Family Place | April 19, 2023

Introducing Alix Segal, who was one of the first Playroom Coordinators at West Side Family Place back in the early 80s. During our conversations with...

WSFP Thrift Store

West Side Family Place | April 12, 2023

In the early 1980s, West Side Family Place was still based at West Broadway and Dunbar, where the SPCA Thrift Store is currently located. We...

A Glimpse Into the 1980s

West Side Family Place | April 5, 2023

What better way to jog people's memories of the 1980s than with this news clip from 1983, presented by Deborra Hope on BCTV? This video...

The Rogens

West Side Family Place | March 29, 2023

In week 11 of our 50th-anniversary story, we speak with Sandy, Mark, and Danya Rogen, the family of talented writer/actor Seth Rogen who attended West Side Family...