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Read – 50 Stories Part 34 Many people who call Distress Centre are looking for information to solve immediate problems. Social issues often require assistance from multiple organizations, who unlike […]
Read More… from 50 Stories Part 35: Information Please – the launch of 211
Image: Counsellors at a team building event in 2000. Read – 50 Stories Part 33 Counsellors in the first half of the 2000s continued providing face-to- face meetings, referrals, volunteer […]
Read More… from 50 Stories Part 34: Why We Were Doing All This – Counselling in the 2000s
Since we can’t gather in person for Lend An Ear’s 10th Anniversary, we’re spending the month celebrating 10 years of Lend An Ear by remembering the laughter, tears and inspirational […]
Image: Distress Centre staff if 2004. Read – 50 Stories Part 32 In 1998, Distress Centre was located just off of MacLeod Trail on 11th Avenue SW. A Board committee […]
In the sixth month of our COVID-19 response, we continue to support Calgarians by providing 24/7 crisis and 211 phone support, daily chat and ConnecTeen text support. Counselling sessions are […]
Read More… from August 24 Update: Distress Centre’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Image: Volunteers in 2006. Read – 50 Stories Part 31 In the early 2000s, a new vision statement was crafted for Distress Centre: “To be the primary information, referral and […]
Read More… from 50 Stories Part 32: Social Returns on Investment – Distress Centre in the 2000s
Read – 50 Stories Part 30 Barb Litchinsky, the new Executive Director in 1996, brought her own strengths to the organization. Suzanne Rosebrugh, a staff member who held many roles, […]
Read More… from 50 Stories Part 31: Modeling By Example – Barb Litchinsky
See this update as a video! Hello and good day everyone! I hope you are able to take some time to enjoy the summer weather, despite not being able to […]
Read More… from Q2 Update from our Executive Director, Jerilyn Dressler
Image: A staff or volunteer in the early 2000s. Read – 50 Stories Part 29 During the ’80s, the Distress Centre/Drug Centre made its first forays into having its own […]
Read More… from 50 Stories Part 30: Ready Or Not – Technology to 2000
As the COVID-19 pandemic first unfolded, we remained hopeful that we would still be able to celebrate our 10th Anniversary of Lend An Ear on September 23rd, as well as […]
In the spirit of respect, reciprocity and truth, Distress Centre Calgary would like to honour and acknowledge Moh’kinsstis, and the traditional Treaty 7 territory and oral practices of the Blackfoot confederacy: Siksika, Kainai, Piikani, as well as the Îyâxe Nakoda and Tsuut’ina nations. We acknowledge that this territory is home to the Otipemisiwak Métis Government of the Métis Nation within Alberta Districts 5 and 6. Finally, we acknowledge all Nations – Indigenous and non – who live, work and play on this land, and who honour and celebrate this territory.
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