Vulnerable individuals in Red Deer now have greater access to free period products, thanks to a generous donation of pads and other menstrual products from Red Deer College Students’ Association (RDCSA) on Wednesday, April 13, 2021. For the month of March, association members collected products from the community in an effort to alleviate period poverty […]
This excerpt is from a conversation had with one of our clients on March 16, 2021. “I’ve had my life threatened a couple of times due to distributing the wrong information. I got beat up by five guys with golf clubs and stabbed in the face twice last week. I think I spent maybe six […]
This excerpt is from a conversation had with one of our clients on March 16, 2021. “It’s rough right now – partially due to the weather, and partially due to the attitudes in the community. People are understandably getting mad because some of us have to steal to support our habits, but they’re taking it […]
Turning Point is happy to announce that Sundre Community Drug Mart is set up as a satellite site to distribute harm reduction supplies to the community, as of February 19th, 2021. Sundre Community Drug Mart pharmacist, Chris Aingworth, said he’s been aware of the increasing levels of drug use in Sundre and is glad for this opportunity to be proactive within […]
It is with overwhelming gratitude that we are able to begin much-anticipated renovations to our office’s entrance. This project was made possible through a COVID-19 Community Response and Recovery Fund, appointed by United Way Central Alberta and funded by the Government of Canada The purpose of this funding is to ensure essential services and supports […]
This excerpt is from a conversation had with one of our clients on October 20, 2020. “It went from nice and warm to freezing cold – and I really dislike the cold. I’ve been trying to do the housing program and get off the street that way but my drug use, a lack of housing, […]
This excerpt is from a conversation had with one of our past clients on October 13, 2020. “I was in Red Deer for five years. The stigma surrounding homelessness is huge down there – especially being native. There was the constant assumption that I was stealing, doing something wrong, or some sort of crime – […]
This excerpt is from a conversation had with one of our clients on October 8, 2020. “I had my own auto detailing business for six and a half years. A lot of chaos with my ex-husband there and then I moved back to Red Deer in early 2011. Red Deer’s a beautiful place but it’s […]
This excerpt is from a conversation had with one of our clients on October 6, 2020. “I moved back to Red Deer about five years ago. In that time, I’ve had some of the best and worst times of my life. I lost my fiance to an opioid overdose three years ago in March. We […]