Month: June 2018
Sandy Boyd – Front Line Worker – 2nd Floor Women’s Recovery Centre
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My names Sandy and I work part time frontline at the 2nd Floor Women’s Recovery Centre. I have a passion for working with women and opening up their minds to their creative side. You’ll usually find me in the craft room looking for little projects we can do throughout the days to past the time.…
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As we are getting ready for another year of summer camp, we are reflecting on some memories from last year. Here is a personal favourite of mine: For our Girls 11-13 week we had 3 campers. I think we all know this can be a troublesome number because it’s easy for someone to feel left…
Kendra Toporowski – Mothers to be Mentor
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I joined the Lakeland Centre for FASD team as a mother’s to be mentor in the summer of 2015. Being a mother’s to be mentor allows me to work long term with women, their children, and their families. As a mentor, I work with women who are currently pregnant or recently postpartum and have used…
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July is fast approaching and that means camp is too. The Lakeland Centre for FASD runs 6 week-long camps in July and August for children ages 7-17. Each week is packed full of activities. Our Stepping Stone Lodge is located at French Bay Provincial Park outside of Cold Lake, AB where we do a variety…
Crystal Gardiner – Office Administrator
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I was raised in a military family so we moved around a lot until finally settling in Cold Lake, 25 years ago. Funny I didn’t realize when we drove over the hill and saw the McDonald’s arches for the first time that this was going to become home. As a teenager I’ll admit I was…
Megan Tucker – Training Coordinator/Prevention Conversation
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Megan Tucker is a Rehabilitation Practitioner and has studied Humanities at the University of Alberta, she is currently the Training Coordinator as well as a Prevention Conversation Facilitator at the Lakeland Centre for FASD. Megan has worked at the Lakeland Centre for almost 10 years in multiple capacities. Megan started at the Centre as the…
LCFASD Aboriginal Day Celebration June 21, 2018
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June 21, 2018 12:00pm – 3:00pm LCFASD Aboriginal Day Celebration This is the day where we honor Aboriginal culture and traditions. We are partnering to be able to provide music, food and great company for free in the parking lot of the Lac La Biche Seniors Centre. Hope to see you all there. Metis Nation…
Shalon Thir – Human Resources and Accounting
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I joined the Lakeland Centre for FASD team in 2013 as a part time bookkeeper, after 2 years I loved it so much that I left my original path of being a chef to becoming a full time Human Resources administrator and Bookkeeper with the LCFASD. I was born and raised in Cold lake and…
Heather Zink – Employment Group Coordinator
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I have been with the Lakeland Centre for FASD for 12 years and have played many roles, I am currently the Employment Coordinator for Bonnyville/St Paul area. I have had the privilege of watching the Centre grow, learn and work hard to adapt to the needs of it’s clients and our community. I was born…
Lisa Murphy – Executive Director
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Hi all! I have been working with the Lakeland Centre for FASD for over 10 years. During this time, I have worked in many capacities including advocacy and coordination of services for children, complex youth, and adults diagnosed with FASD and their families, consultation, and data collection. I also played a key role in the…
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The Lakeland Centre for FASD provides cost-free programs and services in the Cold Lake, Bonnyville, St. Paul and Lac la Biche areas, as well as on First Nations and Métis Settlements through Alberta.