Dan’s Legacy Receives $20,000 Community Board Grant from TELUS Friendly Future Foundation: The funds will provide paid work experiences to at-risk youth

December 21, 2023 At-risk youth in Metro Vancouver have a greater chance of finding employment through paid work experience opportunities, thanks to a $20,000 Community Board grant from TELUS Friendly Future Foundation and the TELUS Vancouver and Coastal Community Board to Dan’s Legacy. The funding will go towards providing paid work experiences to 16 at-risk … Read more

Dan’s Legacy 10th Annual Chefs’ Charity Dinner in Fort Langley Raises Over $68,000 for At-Risk Youth

November 8, 2023 On Thursday, November 2, 108 guests turned out in support of the 10th Annual Chefs’ Charity Dinner at the Fort Langley Community Hall and raised just over $68,000 for Dan’s Legacy. The funds will go towards the charity’s no-barrier trauma-informed counselling and wrap-around programs for youth affected by mental health and addictions … Read more

Announcing Our New Board Members for 2023-2024

On Wednesday, June 14, we held our virtual Annual General Meeting and are pleased to announce our new Board of Directors for the 2023-2024 fiscal year: President Kelso Kennedy Past President Peter Buxton Vice President Kristy Hayter Treasurer Jackie Marchand Director Stephanie Smith Director Wayne Cousins Director Tara Sudbury Director Chef Andrew George Director Mark … Read more

Celebrating Pride Month 2023

June is Pride Month and at Dan’s Legacy, we celebrate diversity, inclusion and love every day of the year! Approximately 30% of our clients identify with the LGBTQ2S+ community and we’re seeing more and more trans youth clients in our programs in the past couple of years. Some of the ways we’ve provided specialized programming … Read more

More mental-health, substance-use supports for youth in Greater Vancouver

More mental-health, substance-use supports for youth in Greater Vancouver News Release Vancouver Saturday, November 5, 2022 9:00 AM  Continued investment from the Province will help young people throughout Metro Vancouver access more free mental-health and substance-use supports. The Government of B.C. has invested $1.73 million in Dan’s Legacy Foundation to support 15 health-care and other … Read more

Youth and Philanthropy Initiative (YPI) at Princess Margaret Secondary School

(Photo: Arsala, Aamna, Noordeep, Executive Director Barb, and Marketing and Communications Manager Linda) Dan’s Legacy was honoured recently at Princess Margaret Secondary School in Surrey by a group of Grade 10 students involved in the Youth Philanthropy Initiative (YPI) program who invited us to attend the final competition and presentations.  Arsala, Aamna, and Noordeep chose … Read more

Dan’s Legacy Announcing Four New Board Members for 2022-2022

The Dan’s Legacy Annual General Meeting was held electronically on June 15, 2022, and we were thrilled to welcome four new Directors who have a keen interest in youth mental health. Our full complement of 10 Directors include: Peter Buxon, Q.C. (Chair), Baltej Singh Dhillon (Vice-Chair), Roberta McArthur (Treasurer), Darin Froese (Secretary), Wayne Cousins, Kelso … Read more

Child & Youth Mental Health and Substance Use (CYMHSU) Conference

On Friday, May 13, 2022, Dan’s Legacy had the opportunity to bring our Program Director, Tom Littlewood to speak at the 7th Annual CYMHSU Conference in Vancouver. The audience was comprised of family physicians, specialists, pediatricians, representatives from the Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD) and the Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions, as … Read more

Celebrating Our Volunteers April 24-30 2022

April 24 – 30, 2022 is National Volunteer Week and we would like to take this opportunity to share our gratitude and respect for all our incredible volunteers and shine a spotlight on those making an impact through their volunteer efforts at Dan’s Legacy. Like Lorrie Williams, long-time volunteer dishwasher at Dan’s Legacy’s Sunday Haven … Read more

Changing lives: Dan’s Legacy Empowers Youth to Take Charge of Their Recovery

March 09, 2022   With private and corporate support, including a donation of $58K from TELUS Friendly Future Foundation, the B.C.-based non-profit has been able to weather a pandemic-related surge in demand for critical programming and timely treatment for young people in crisis.“Dan’s Legacy helped me get my life back,” says Sierra Van Straaten, pictured … Read more