Trauma-informed counselling and wrap-around programs for at-risk youth
As you may know, June is Pride month. It’s a month to celebrate and highlight the LGBTQ2S+ community, and we’re incredibly proud of the work we’ve done and continue to do to help the many LGBTQ2S+ clients that reach out to us for support. In fact, 30% of our clients identify as belonging to the … Read more
On May 1st, the team at Dan’s Legacy came together to participate in a workshop that aimed to broaden our collective understanding of the LGBTQ2S+ community. Dan’s Legacy has benefited from increased financial support over the past year and as a result, we have been able to serve more clients. Roughly 20% of the youth … Read more
On April 24, the team at Dan’s Legacy attended an all-day Cultural Values Workshop at the Freemasons Hall in New Westminster. The goal was to get everyone together to discuss the collective shared values that make up the staff and the backbone of Dan’s Legacy. The project to define our values was headed up by … Read more
December 8, 2021 Students in our “Intro to Cook” training program now know how to prepare a salmon for baking, smoking and drying thanks to a workshop presented by Dave Charleson, a fisher from the Hesquiaht First Nation. Dave explained the cultural significance of the salmon to his Hesquiaht people and also spoke about indigenous … Read more
On Saturday, March 3, Sarah Arsenault from the Pacific Blue Cross Health Foundation dropped by our workshop in Surrey and presented us with a cheque for $10,000. The funds will go towards our Supported Program for Youth with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) pilot program. “We’re thrilled with the help of the Pacific Blue Cross … Read more