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May 2018 Vol 11, Issue 5
Meet the team at United Way
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As some of the staff have moved on and new additions have arrived we thought it was time to introduce the team.
Brett Speight - Chief Executive Officer - Newest to the team in April
Christine Curtis - Community Impact Coordinator / Executive Assistant - 4 years of service
Lori Jack - Community Impact Development Officer - 6 years of service
Vijaya Noorithaya - Finance Administrator - 11 years of service
Amy Stiksma - Finance Manager - 2 years of service
Farren Mather - Marketing Coordinator - 1 year of service
Wendy Madden - Resource Development Associate - 1 year of service
Lesia Reimer - Database Clerk - 4 months of service
From left to right: Amy Stiksma, Wendy Madden, Farren Mather at Red Deer Centrium for Chuck-a-Puck 2018 this past March.
Conscious Kindness Day
On May 16th, 2018, United Way Central Alberta celebrated its first annual Conscious Kindness day. The day was proclaimed in several communities across Canada served by United Way.
To celebrate, we asked individuals to commit conscious acts of kindness to show how much they love the community they live.
numerous attempts to heal and leave my past in the past. I did find ways to adapt, none of them healthy.
I was referred to ACAA because of depression and unresolved grief. My ability to function in life was unraveling, and I had given up hope of ever being able to escape from my past.
This was the theme of Canadian Mental Health Association's(CMHA), 66th annual Mental Health week. We thank them for their leadership in helping us understand that mental health, like physical health, is part of all of us. You can 'test' your mental health, work-life balance and your stress index, as well as access resources online by clicking the link below.
