Bringing Hope, Love & Necessities to Live.
We are a team of volunteers helping those in need on the streets of Fredericton, NB each weekend with food, clothing, snacks, hot drinks, and many, many other necessities to survive.
Who We Are…
Under The Tent is an inner-City outreach to the homeless and less-advantaged in Fredericton, New Brunswick. We are a group of volunteers, mostly with homelessness or addictions in our past. We operate on the premise of unconditional love, with the intent to encourage people to dare to dream again. To have hope and to have a goal.
What We Do…
Each week, Under the Tent hands out coffee, tea, hot chocolate, nutritional shakes (such as Boost and Ensure), various food items, clothing (ex: socks, pants shirts, hats, belts, underwear, footwear, coats, mittens), blankets, along with other necessities specific to living rough (ex: bandaids, toiletpaper, soap, deodorant, towels, blankets, cushions, sleeping bags, dog and cat food), while providing friendship and much needed information for housing and community services.
While supplying basics of life, we also build relationships among our homeless friends by building community. It is common to see people stay the entire time we are open because they find it safe and comfortable. One friend abandoned their decision to end their life because they found a sense of relevance and recognition. We work tirelessly to help the homeless to transition from street life to a more stable home-oriented existence.
Our Location
We are found in Fredericton Downtown in the parking lot out front at Fredericton Downtown Community Health Center (339 King Street) on Fridays, 6:30pm-8:30pm and Saturdays, 1:00pm-3:00 pm. We are also now on the Northside each Wednesday, 3:00pm-5:00pm at 75 Main Street (the parking lot of St John The Evangelist Anglican Church). Our most distinguishing feature is our white van with our logo along with a tent and folding sign.
ALL ARE WELCOME!
Our Common Needs
We provide your donations. Each week, we need nonperishable food items such as soft cookies, granola and protein bars, instant oatmeal, puddings, apple sauce, chocolate flavoured items (ex: Wagon Wheels), potato chips etc. We always need water and soft items due to dental requirements as well as juices, and nutritional drinks (ex: Boost, Ensure).
Every week, Under the Tent provides…
Hot Drinks
Food Bags
Clothing/Necessities
Donations
Call Bill at 506-451-2833 to make arrangements to drop off items at a scheduled location.
As Under the Tent grows, we will have a storage location for all donations. For now, please call 506-451-2833 and convenient arrangements will be made. Please note: We are not set up with refrigeration capabilities but hope to be at a later date.
E-Transfer:
Financial donations with a charitable year-end receipt can be made via etransfer to
etransfer2utt@gmail.com.
Donate through online banking:
Just search for SMYTHE STREET CATHEDRAL in the online bill payment section of your bank’s website. Then, enter 9999UNTENT as your account number.
The donation will be recorded as coming from the name of the person logged into the bank’s website (the bank provides us with the name and address of the person making the donation). You will be provided a year-end charitable receipt.
To donate with a Credit Card/Debit Card:
You can make a donation online, using a credit or debit card. You will be redirected to a webpage run by PayPal, who we use to process these donations. At that page you can choose the amount of your donation. You do not have to have a PayPal account to make a donation, simply use the link under the heading, “Donate with Debit or Credit Card” to donate without having to log into PayPal.
Under the Tent is an outreach of Smythe St Church. Charitable # 107986515 RR0001