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Q3 Update from our Executive Director, Jerilyn Dressler
Q3 Update from our Executive Director, Jerilyn Dressler See this update as a video! Hello everyone! I hope you all had a lovely [...]
50 Stories Part 40: Carol Oliver – Woman With A Vision
50 Stories Part 40: Carol Oliver - Woman With A Vision Image: Carol Oliver at the 2008 Distress Centre picnic. Read - 50 [...]
50 Stories Part 39: You Can Never Have Too Many Lawyers
50 Stories Part 39: You Can Never Have Too Many Lawyers Image: The Distress Centre Board with Executive Director Barb Litchinsky at the [...]
October 2 Update: Distress Centre’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic
October 2 Update: Distress Centre’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic Distress Centre continues to support Calgarians by providing 24/7 crisis and 211 phone [...]
50 Stories Part 38: Teen Line Goes On-Line
50 Stories Part 38: Teen Line Goes On-Line Image: Teen Line volunteer Christmas party in 2000. Read - 50 Stories Part 37 In [...]
We miss you!
We miss you! Today would have been Lend An Ear 2020. A message from Roxanne Cote, Resource Development Manager: "Not having the Lend [...]
50 Stories Part 37: Just To Hear Another Voice – Volunteers in the 2000s
50 Stories Part 37: Just To Hear Another Voice - Volunteers in the 2000s Image: Volunteers receiving recognition for their years of service [...]
50 Stories Part 36: Out is Okay
50 Stories Part 36: Out is Okay Image: Volunteers in the Contact Centre in 2006. Read - 50 Stories Part 35 For many years, [...]
50 Stories Part 35: Information Please – the launch of 211
50 Stories Part 35: Information Please - the launch of 211 Image: 211 staff in 2006. Read - 50 Stories Part 34 Many people [...]
50 Stories Part 34: Why We Were Doing All This – Counselling in the 2000s
Image: Counsellors at a team building event in 2000. Read - 50 Stories Part 33 Counsellors in the first half of the 2000s continued providing [...]
September is Lend An Ear Month!
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 [...]
50 Stories Part 33: Moving and Money
Image: Distress Centre staff if 2004. Read - 50 Stories Part 32 In 1998, Distress Centre was located just off of MacLeod Trail on 11th [...]
August 24 Update: Distress Centre’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic
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 [...]
50 Stories Part 32: Social Returns on Investment – Distress Centre in the 2000s
Image: Volunteers in 2006. Read - 50 Stories Part 31 In the early 2000s, a new vision statement was crafted for Distress Centre: "To be [...]
50 Stories Part 31: Modeling By Example – Barb Litchinsky
Read - 50 Stories Part 30 Barb Litchinsky, the new Executive Director in 1996, brought her own strengths to the organization. Suzanne Rosebrugh, a staff [...]
Q2 Update from our Executive Director, Jerilyn Dressler
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, [...]
50 Stories Part 30: Ready Or Not – Technology to 2000
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 [...]
We are reimagining Lend An Ear this year!
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 [...]
50 Stories Part 29: Nowhere Man – Men’s Lines 1998-2005
Image: Created from the graphic used in Annual Reports to report on the Men's Line. Read - 50 Stories Part 28 As the Board and [...]
July 24 Update: Distress Centre’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic
In Week 25 of our COVID-19 response, we continue to support Calgarians by providing 24/7 crisis and 211 phone support, daily chat and ConnecTeen text [...]
