Tom Littlewood - Dan's Legacy

Dan’s Legacy’s Current Programming

Before youth who have been affected by abuse and addiction can realize their educational and housing goals they need to deal with personal issues such as depression, anxiety, eating and sleeping disorders as well as addiction.Working through existing agencies that provide our target youth with safe housing or education we provide them with therapy and life skills, empowering them to succeed

At Focus Foundation’s Whytecliff Alternative High School in Langley, we provide four month modules of one to one counselling and lifeskills to their students, approximately twenty five young people per semester.  Going into our second year of working with Focus Foundation they are finding students much more likely to do better at school and to graduate. It is amazing that in just four short months most of these clients have resolved the some of their most pressing of their issues. Some will need more support and we are there to continue with them if needed.

Aunt Leah’s Society operates in Metro Vancouver helping youth and young Moms transition to independent living. Complimenting their services we provide one to one counseling sessions and life skills workshops which help them stabilize within their supported housing programs.

We plan to work with between seventy five and one hundred young people over the next year. It costs us about $1000 to provide a young person with a counselling bursary that can change their life.  Your financial support is critical for us to continue to provide vital therapy and life skills for these youth.

Why get involved?

As a volunteer or donor you can make a difference for at risk youth in your community by working with us. We are a new tightly focused non profit society that is reaching out to young people and their families who have been affected by abuse issues and/or addiction. We understand the need and are prepared to address it but must have your support to make a lasting difference.

Lately there have been a rash of overdose deaths in the media from in and around the Vancouver area but the real news is that this has been going on silently for years and will continue unabated until we provide targeted programs for these young people when they need them.

Board of Directors and Volunteers

Bursary and Counselling

Our bursary and counselling programs are there to give these young people hope for the future, while at the same time helping them deal with their inner pain and chaos. We know from experience that they will continue to self-medicate, even after traditional recovery/rehab programs, if their inner issues have not been dealt with. The possibility of relapse is a very dangerous time for them, especially when they have done their best at recovery, have learned about what triggers their addictions but have not dealt with their core issues. We must do more than help them identify triggers; we must empower them to unload their gun.

Vision

Our vision for the future of Dan’s Legacy is to operate a Recovery Centre that would holistically meet our client’s needs for housing, recovery and therapy, while partaking in life and work skills training. This facility would give them a safe place to heal and recover but also equip them to move into a future that they have not only chosen but have planned out in detail.