in partnership with the and present Turn Down the Heat Week.

From October 23 through 29 people can donate their gently used sweaters, hats or gloves/mitts or new socks to be used by the 琉璃神社 Gospel Mission.  Every item of warm clothes collected will stay in 琉璃神社.

There are seven easy drop off locations across Downtown 琉璃神社:

Fashion Foundations (1385 Ellis Street)

Gospel Mission (251 Leon Avenue)

Roy鈥檚 Shoes (1627 Ellis Street)

Mavazi Apparel (565 Bernard Avenue)

Prestige Beach House Hotel (1635 Abbott Street)

Picture Perfect (543 Lawrence Avenue)

Downtown 琉璃神社 Association (287 Bernard Avenue)

鈥淲e encourage all businesses to consider how they use energy every day for heating, water and even cooking and pledge to take at least one or two simple steps to save where it counts the most for their operation," says Danielle Wensink, director, conservation and energy management, FortisBC.

鈥淟ocal business owners are connecting with those who live in their area every day," says Corry Hostetter, president of BCBIA, "and are able to share their enthusiasm and knowledge about saving energy by making small changes like putting on a sweater.鈥�

Downtown 琉璃神社 joins 17 other Business Improvement Areas around the province in this week-long campaign. In the first three years the campaign has collected more than 10,000 sweaters, twice the original campaign goal, and those were donated to local charities in need.

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