50 Stories Part 38: Teen Line Goes On-Line Image: Teen Line volunteer Christmas party in 2000. Read – 50 Stories Part 37 In 2005 the Distress Centre’s youth program was […]
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50 Stories Part 28: Doing what you need to do – youth lines in the ’90s
Image: Teen Line volunteers in 1996. Read – 50 Stories Part 27 The Teen Line was still going strong in 1990/91 with a new 264-TEEN phone number and almost 5000 […]
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50 Stories Part 18: High Hopes – The Youth Drug Line
Read – 50 Stories Part 17 With its roots as a Drug Information Centre, Distress Centre has always had addiction support as a mandate. In September of 1990, as part […]
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Distress Centre’s Impact Part 2: Stories from our service users
Distress Centre has responded to over 38,000 crisis calls, chats, texts and emails so far in 2019 (as of June 30th). Here are two stories highlighting the skill and compassion […]
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$94,650 raised for teens in distress at Outrun the Stigma
This year marked the 6th annual Outrun the Stigma, a walk/run in support of mental health awareness with a mission to decrease the stigma surrounding mental illness. The event, which […]
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