FFCS starting counselling outreach program
Flagstaff Family and Community Services, through Counsellor Carson Ryner, will soon be offering a counselling outreach program throughout Flagstaff.
Vision Credit Union holding board election, local woman running
A few years ago, in 2011, Lynne Jenkinson, Executive Director of Flagstaff Family and Community Services, was approached about putting in a nomination form for the board of directors for Vision Credit Union, by a private citizen.
“It was just when I took over as Executive Director, though,” she says, “so I decided not to try it at that point, and perhaps wait for another opportunity once I was more settled into my job.”
Food Bank demand up substantially in Flagstaff – Call put out for meat donations as supply dwindles
Demand at the Flagstaff Food Bank is up substantially from this time last year says Coordinator Deborah Proctor.
FFCS offering Twice Nice fund to area youth
Flagstaff Family and Community Services (FFCS) has a unique fund that is in place to help area families with the high costs of recreational activities for youth.
Hoarding seminar held in Killam recently
Flagstaff Initiative for Relationship and Spousal Trauma (FIRST) hosted a “Sorting through Hoarding” seminar for professionals on Tuesday, March 1 in Killam.
Occupant restraint billboard contest unveils local winner
The Flagstaff Youth Risk Network held a contest in December of 2015, inviting artists of all ages in the area to submit their artwork promoting proper use of occupant restraints in a vehicle.
Men at Risk seminar provides important information about stress and depression
Stress impacts everyone differently; unchecked it can lead to depression. If untreated, depression can end in suicide in some extreme cases.
The Men at Risk seminar held at Nights Alive in Sedgewick recently was sponsored by Flagstaff Family and Community Services (FFCS) with facilitator Dayna Sanders of Alberta Health Services (AHS) discussing the causes and effects of depression in men, specifically, along with guest speaker Colin Millang speaking about his experience with depression.