CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. — Keith Ivany knows what it feels like to live on the street, and he doesn’t want others to go through the same hardship. The New ...
Ivany is the founder of Atlantic Freedom Ministries, a faith-based organization that provides support for trauma victims.
“I went to churches and started talking to people and they went, ‘Wow.’ Like the gentleman that we bought the bus from. It started off at $15,000 for the bus and anyway, by the time we got the bus, it only cost $8,000. He said basically, ‘If that’s what you're planning on doing with the bus, I'll give you the bus for $8,000.’”
Ivany has turned the 44-seat vehicle into a 16-bunk mobile shelter with the help of volunteers, several of whom were homeless at some point in their lives. Keith Ivany knows what it feels like to live on the street and he doesn’t want others to go through the same thing. - Contributed
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