VAPA, who remembers it and what does it stand for?
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Hey Maggie I'm not sure if I heard of VAPA, but could it stand for
Verdun Action Protection Association, I don't think it's right though
Hello Sis!
I do Verdun Anti Poverty Assocaition.
HF & RV
KY Tiny Tina
Nope you be wrong but it was located above the fish store on Wellington wasn't it Maggie between Willibroad and 1st Ave.
HF & RV
KY Tiny Tina
VAPA was not on 1st and Wellington when it was first formed Tina. I'm not sure if it moved.
Verdun Anti Poverty Association worked out of Chalmer's Church on De L'Eglise for a while. Stan Earle was one of the foremost people in arranging this with Fred Tees The Rector at that time. I worked with Stan on CKUT McGill Radio (Voice Of The Poor) It was during the days of Brian Mulroney. I recall leaving the show one night and was told their was a phone call from someone who wanted to talk to the guy who did the critique on the Federal Budget. Some guy with a slurred voice was agreeing with what I said. I thought , "That's great. Probably our only listener and he's plastered." Ed
I remember VAPA (Verdun Anti Poverty Association) beginning to collect food and clothing for those in need and storing it in a place on the second floor on the corner of Galt and Wellington. Above a store (maybe Gagnon's) I was barely a teen so my memory may be warped but I think that Margaret Collins and Abby Wendt were a driving force in the organization.
Hello 'Mags' if Galt & Wellington was the corner ,...then it would have to have been Greenberg's ( at least prior to '68),........as the City & District Savings Bank was on tte SW corner,........and the Residence for the Church at Church & Wellington,....was on the NE corner ,...........and on the SE corner was another bank,.that I think was the forerunner to CIBC ........(but this I will have to check),........but as for the only corner left ,it would be the NW corner ,...........and that was defineitly Greenbergs...........so I guess they had a second floor dedicated to the useage you mentioned,.............Hope I'm Right ,.......... Have Fun and Remember Verdun
VAPA moved around Verdun quite often, one location I remember was on Verdun Avenue near Egan on the North side, cause I use to bring 50lb burlap sacks of potatoes that we seem to come in contact with.
Verm was on top of the Fish store but can find no History on them.
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