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Great Big Sea co-founder Séan McCann to bring message of hope to Dave Smith Youth Treatment Centre benefit McCann and wife Andrea Aragon, co-authors of new memoir on addiction, music and recovery, to headline Valentine s Day event for local substance abuse treatment centre Singer-songwriter Séan McCann with his wife Andrea Aragon will be featured during a virtual event on Valentine s Day to raise funds and awareness for the Dave Smith Youth Treatment Centre, a non-profit agency that helps youth ages 13 to 21 overcome substance use and related issues.
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Our critical funding needs fall into two main categories: capital and operational. Our capital requirements pertain to our ongoing campaign to build a new 30-bed treatment facility and merge our three aging facilities into a single-campus model. Doing so would increase access to much-needed treatment, reduce wait times and provide sustainable long-term infrastructure for our health sector. Operational funding needs include resources that support day-to-day programming such as recreation/sports equipment, art supplies, smoking cessation medication, staff training, IT equipment (e.g. laptops) and scholarship funds for graduating students.
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Given our vulnerable population and the sensitive issues they are dealing with, we must restrict ourselves to the recruitment, selection and incorporation of volunteers who bring specific skills to help meet client needs (as opposed to those who have a general interest in helping). Examples of current or past volunteers include: yoga