By Jeff McDonald, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Peachland Post Leaving their homes under an evacuation order is a painful reality for many people in the Okanagan this summer. Peachland evacuees were able to return home last week but remained under evacuation alert. It\u2019s one thing to ask people to leave in a hurry, but it\u2019s another to give them somewhere to eat and sleep and try to find some semblance of normalcy in their lives. That\u2019s where Emergency Support Services (ESS) comes in. ESS is a not-for-profit organization funded by the provincial government to provide short-term support, including food, shelter and clothing, to people whose lives have been turned upside down by emergencies such as this summer\u2019s spate ofwildfires. The Regional District of Central Okanagan runs the Central Okanagan Regional… <\/p>\n
By Jeff McDonald, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Peachland Post Leaving their homes under an evacuation order is a painful reality for many people in the Okanagan this summer. Peachland evacuees were able to return home last week but remained under evacuation alert. It\u2019s one thing to ask people to leave in a hurry, but it\u2019s another to give them somewhere to eat and sleep and try to find some semblance of normalcy in their lives. That\u2019s where Emergency Support Services (ESS) comes in. ESS is a not-for-profit organization funded by the provincial government to provide short-term support, including food, shelter and clothing, to people whose lives have been turned upside down by emergencies such as this summer\u2019s spate ofwildfires. The Regional District of Central Okanagan runs the Central Okanagan Regional... <\/p>\n