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Image: Teen Line volunteers in 1996. Read – 50 Stories Part 27 The Teen Line was still going strong in 1990/91 with a new 264-TEEN phone number and almost 5000 […]
Read More… from 50 Stories Part 28: Doing what you need to do – youth lines in the ’90s
Image: From a newspaper in the early ’90s. Read – 50 Stories Part 26 A second major focus for Distress Centre/Drug Centre leadership in the ’90s came from both the […]
Read More… from 50 Stories Part 27: Collaborate or else – service integration in the ’90s
Image: A musician performing at the 1993 Megathon. Read – 50 Stories Part 25 As requested by the Board, leadership began to look seriously at ways to raise funds internally. […]
Read More… from 50 Stories Part 26: World’s Largest Garage Sale – Fundraising in the ’90s
Image: AADAC Chair presenting plaque to DC Board Chair, Dell Stephens in 1995. Read – 50 Stories Part 24 Funding was an ongoing issue for the Board in the 90s. […]
Read More… from 50 Stories Part 25: Money and Leadership – Board direction in the ’90s
Image: From a summer newsletter in 1996. Read – 50 Stories Part 23 Meeting the specific needs of seniors for crisis intervention became the subject of discussion among senior-serving agencies […]
On March 17, Distress Centre moved from operating entirely on premises to operating entirely remotely for the initial phase of its emergency operations with no disruption to Distress Centre’s services. […]
Read More… from June 19 Update: Distress Centre’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Image: Glenda Nyberg in her home in 2018. Read – 50 Stories Part 22 From the beginning, volunteers have been the backbone of Distress Centre’s service to the community. One […]
Read More… from 50 Stories Part 23: That’s Dedication – Glenda Nyberg, Volunteer from 1983 to 2002
50 Stories Part 22: Getting needs met – volunteering in the ’90s Image: Volunteers at the 1994 Christmas party. Read – 50 Stories Part 21 150 volunteers were on the […]
Read More… from 50 Stories Part 22: Getting needs met – volunteering in the ’90s
Read – 50 Stories Part 20 Client confidentiality has always been foundational to Distress Centre’s work. Occasionally callers or counselling clients choose to make their stories public, to increase awareness […]
Read More… from 50 Stories Part 21: Saving a life – Judy’s story
All over the world, people are coming together in support of the black community and in protest of oppression, racism and police brutality. For those of us who do not […]
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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