Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Drew Snider
Publication Date: August 7, 2025 - 19:50
I remember Hilary Weston
August 7, 2025
The obituaries following the death of Hilary Weston have focused on her philanthropy and that of the W. Garfield Weston Foundation (now the Weston Family Foundation), but there is one aspect that I would like to highlight.
In 2007, Gospel Mission on Vancouver’s notorious Downtown Eastside, (not to be confused with Union Gospel Mission), launched a project to build a shower facility for people in the area. Churches and individuals donated; businesses contributed supplies and tradespeople gave of their time. Volunteers ran the place. The Lord’s Rain, as we called it, opened in April, 2008.
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