Katherine McParland Obituary: Katherine McParland, chief overseer of A Way Home Kamloops, has passed on. McParland, who was in her mid 30s, died on Friday, Dec. 4, however a reason has not yet been reported. A Way Home Kamloops is a non-benefit organization gave to chipping away at finishing youth vagrancy. The association’s yearly Campout for Homeless Youth pledge drive is set for Dec. 11.
“Katherine was a stunning soul loaded up with light and love,” companion Benjamin Bowden told KTW. “She utilized her battles in life to reward her locale by getting her lords in social work and making the non-benefit association A Way Home Kamloops to carry the spotlight to youth vagrancy. She will be beyond all doubt missed in everybody’s life she contacted.”
McParland herself spent a lot of her young years in cultivate homes and, when she matured out of the framework at 19, was destitute in Kamloops for a while.
She revealed to her story frequently, discussing how she would rest outside and love seat surf at the homes of companions. In her introductions, McParland would depict child care as the “interstate to vagrancy,” taking note of children flee when cultivate homes don’t address their issues.
At the point when she turned 19 and matured out of child care, McParland joined encourage kin in the city and portrayed being mishandled. McParland at last made sure about lodging and selected at Thompson Rivers University, getting her social work degree in 2016. She later proceeded to finish her Masters of Social Work Leadership program at University of Calgary.
In 2017, McParland was the beneficiary of the Kamloops YMCA-YWCA Peace Medal, having been designated by Tina Lange, a city councilor and a one-time landowner of McParland’s. In 2020, she got the Heart of the Grasslands grant from the BC Association of Social Workers.
McParland was likewise selected to the central government’s Advisory Committee and co-led the BC Coalition to End Youth Homelessness.
The A Way Home board is as yet during the time spent reaching staff of the association and youth with whom it works. A question and answer session is planned for Monday, Dec. 7, at 11 a.m. in Riverside Park.