Photographing the Aprons for Gloves Fundraiser to Support A Community Boxing Gym

I had the opportunity to meet some really sweet and caring people that were competing in an amateur boxing event. Yup. They were bakers, butchers, chefs, bartenders, paramedics, frontline workers and other members of the community in the Downtown Eastside. They all came together for the 10th annual Restaurant Rumble organized by the Aprons for Globes Boxing Association in Vancouver, B.C., on August 25, 2022.

Sam Caviglia, a chef at Carnegie Community Centre, warms up before competing. Carnegie is located in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside and provides support, meals, programs for vulnerable members of the Community.

The fundraiser was originally started to help build the Eastside Boxing Gym after the historic Astoria Boxing Club was closed due to loss of funding. For more than 30 years the Astoria Boxing Club ran a non-profit program and safe space for at-risk youth in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. The new club provides free mentorship and training and continues to support at-risk youth. It also runs programs for survivors of domestic violence, frontline workers, and members of the LQBTQ+ community.

See more of the photos at JimmyShoots.com/eastside-boxing-fundraiser

Bérénice Lowe, who works at the restaurant Brasserie Coquette, gets advice in her corner during her fight. Most of the competitors were not boxers but trained for the event.

Oona Krieg, who is the Chief Operating Officer with Brave Technologies Cooperative which supports tech built by and for at-risk community members, and Co-Founder of the National Overdose Response Service (NORS), wraps her hands before her Undercard Main Event.