Many Victorians may have seen the beautiful memorial set up at the corner of Pandora Avenue and Quadra Street and found themselves wondering who it might have been for.
The memorial was made to remember the life of Haley Leeworthy, and was set up on the corner by her boyfriend who tends to the upkeep of the shrine.
Leeworthy passed away while unhoused along Pandora Avenue in December of last year.
According to Tasha Sanders and Ashley Spears, team members of SOLID Outreach Society, she was known along the avenue to be a light in the darkness.
Sanders and Spears say that she will be remembered for “her smile, happy energy, how she was friendly to everyone.”
Leeworthy and her boyfriend lived on the corner of Pandora and Quadra and had for some time, which was why the light standard on that corner was chosen for her memorial site.
Over time, the memorial became larger and became a place community members along the avenue could remember their friends who had passed as well.
“Her partner started it as that is where she lived,” said Sanders and Spears, “and [it] grew to include more community members as more passed.”
According to SOLID Outreach, at least 16 members of the unhoused community have died untimely deaths since November 2025.
Their names were: Haley Leeworthy, Jonah Brown, Nox MacDougall, Kyle Bell, Fred Leonard, Brianna Brooks, Amanda Visona, Stephanie Heyhoe, Jacob Vance, Cam Bruce, Jay Christie Legatt, Dokk Chipera, Rene Vaillancourt, Thomas Hawkins, Carrie-Anne Wishart and Tia Thomas.
Every month, SOLID hosts a memorial ceremony with an open door policy in order to find time to remember and grieve those who have passed in the unhoused community.
“The memorials begin with shares from an Elder and the Incumbent at St. Johns, who provides the space for the memorials, followed by drumming,” Sanders and Spears explained.
“Afterwards, there is an open forum portion where anyone can share about the people who have passed or any other grief they may be experiencing. These memorials are open to all and especially welcome our street family members.”
The next memorial service will be held on Thursday, March 19th.
It will honour the lives of six of the 16 lives lost since last November.
The service will be held at St. John The Divine at 1611 Quadra Street at 1 p.m. and is open to anyone.
When asked what Victorians can do to brighten someone’s day who happens to be unhoused, the SOLID team members say that it never hurts to offer a bit of kindness.
Sanders says that the best thing to do is to smile and say hi to unhoused people while recognizing them as our neighbours instead of an issue.
“I would like people to remember to fight complacency and check on the unhoused folks they see on the sidewalk who are looking unwell,” said Spears, “Even calling an ambulance for them could save a life.”
