by M2W2 Staff | Apr 5, 2023 | Features
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen you’re a non-profit, even a small one, it helps to stay organized. At M2W2, we use software to stay on top of day-to-day tasks, connect as a team, track the progress of program participants, and even plan and carry out wider objectives....
by M2W2 Staff | Apr 5, 2023 | Features
Reading Time: 3 minutesOn a quiet February afternoon at Hidden Treasures Thrift Store in Chilliwack, BC, two men maneuver a dresser through the aisles. One of them is Mike (not his real name). He wears a black T-shirt and close-cropped, almost white hair. The pair...
by M2W2 Staff | Apr 5, 2023 | Features
Reading Time: 4 minutesAlexandra (not her real name) had come a long way. Her statutory release was on the horizon. She had recently transferred from Fraser Valley Institution for Women (FVI) to a halfway house to complete the final seven months of her sentence in the...
by M2W2 Staff | Apr 4, 2023 | News
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAfter 23 years in downtown Abbotsford, Hidden Treasures is closing at the end of April. We thank the staff and volunteers who poured their hearts into the business and made the store a popular destination for thrifters from across the Fraser...
by M2W2 Staff | Mar 31, 2023 | News
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen Ron was handed five consecutive 99-year sentences for burglary, he was blindsided. It was the 1990s, and Texas was trying to tamp down crime with severe sentences. Ron felt hopeless. He was 19 years old and believed he would die in prison....