Hopefully everyone is enjoying a great summer!! Since our last newsletter we held our first-ever Canada-wide Convenor’s Workshop on June 18th. Our morning was spent on three specific topics: Meeting and Convenor Formality, Distress Awareness, and Convenor Training Requirements. The 2nd part we had an open discussion where convenors were encouraged to ask questions and we had an open feedback portion. We hope to have more of these Workshops in the future. Thanks to everyone involved.
We have been working on fine-tuning our Starter Kit and reaching out to the community for information on distress awareness for our convenors. Although we have no formal training in mental health and addiction, we are required to be aware of what supports are available in our communities to assist participants as needed, this includes our face-to-face and Zoom meetings.
LifeRing was happy to hold its 2nd pot luck function on June 24th at the CEED Centre in Maple Ridge, and it was a wonderful success. Lots of friends and family attended.
We are very excited to announce a few new meetings in BC. Kelowna – face-to-face at the Public Library on Tuesday’s; Mission – face-to-face at the Mission Institution (closed meeting-Thursday’s); in Victoria – face-to-face at the RAS Centre – Thursday’s, and the New Roads Therapeutic Recovery Centre (closed meeting-Wednesday’s).
We’re always looking for more convenors, as more facilities are looking to start meetings. It’s only a few hours a month, and it feels great to give back. Reach out to any of us to find out more or send an email to info@liferingcanada.org.
As members of the LifeRing Community, what do you want to see, do you have suggestions that we should know about? As we grow LifeRing Canada it is important that our community participants know we are there and want to hear from you.
Our method of contributing to LifeRing remains unchanged:
Mail a cheque to 23642 112A Ave. Maple Ridge, BC V2W 0C8;
Donate on-line using www.Canadahelps.org
Donate through *Paypal
*With this option you can choose from multiple ways you can donate, which include specific denominations and occurrences.
Contributions are made easy when setting up a monthly donation in any amount. To set up your donation click directly to our main donation link - https://liferingcanada.org/donate
All donations are eligible for tax receipt from our charitable number 8446 83516 RR0001.
On our website we show you what your donations provide to us and what special events that are important to you, i.e., in memory of a friend, tribute and memorial gift.
Again, we all thank you for helping us help you! We always look forward to your feedback through our main email address info@liferingcanada.org or any of direct email addresses below.
Email Contacts are:
Jamie@liferingcanada.org
Barbara@liferingcanada.org
George@liferingcanada.org
Jill@liferingcanada.org
Troy@liferingcanada.org
Sincerely,
Barbara Ross
VP LifeRing Canada