Lane Walker. West Coast Spirit Builders.

They have 4 houses they run now opposite Oppenheimer park in the east end and are applying for a large home at 951 Boundary road.

West Coast is a faith-based organization and they work with all types but especially young families and new families.  They also have single men in their midst.

Many have had a difficult life and often need reminding of their own humanity.

They deal every day with drugs and drug sellers as well as Prostitution.

They started with a 10-bedroom house for rent that cost them $5,000 a month, then they went on to purchase with the Provinces money another 3 homes.  They have a total of 50 people housed now.

Lane personally has 6 kids with 5 of them being daughters.

They offer free music training and classes of 90 pupils so far.

Main and Hastings is an interesting neighborhood but we like to get involved.

When we see open drug dealing going on we get involved directly and ask then not to do that here in front of our children.

That usually encourages them to move on.  They are all our Brothers and we ask them to join our community.  Some do.  We put our face toward them and ask them directly.   We ask for peace in our neighborhood.  It usually works.