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View Document "Respect & Connect" Events: February & March - Lower Columbia (Trail Area)

Community Health Message posted: 13-Feb-2023 2:40 PM PST

Feb 25: Homeless De-Escalation with Ryan Dowd
March 9: ROOF: one person play re issues of homelessness
March 21: War on Drugs with Trail Community Action Team

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Condition Specific Info / Support - Nelson Area & Slocan Valley

Acquired Brain Injury 2 AIDS / HIV 3 ALS 1 Alzheimer /Dementia 2 Arthritis 2 Autism 2 Bowel Disease, Crohns, Colitis, 2 Cancer 3 Celiac 1 Cerebral Palsy 1 Chronic Disease Management 1 Chronic Pain 2 COVID-19 1 Dental Access 3 Diabetes 1 Eating Disorders 3 End of Life / Palliative Care / Grief 3 Epilepsy 1 Eyes / Vision 1 Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome 1 Hearing 5 Heart & Stroke 2 Hepatitis C 2 Kidney /Renal Disease 1 Lung / Respiratory 1 Lupus 1 Multiple Sclerosis 1 Osteoporosis 1 Parkinson 1 Scleroderma 1 Speech / Language 1 Spinal Cord Injuries 1 Stroke 2 Transplants 1
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HIV/Hep C Information (CATIE) Toronto
Acquired Brain Injury Services - Kootenay Boundary Castlegar
AfterStroke BC (ASBC) Vancouver
ALS Society of BC Richmond
Alzheimer Society of BC - West Kootenay Boundary Resource Centre
ANKORS: AIDS Network Outreach & Support Society Nelson
Arthritis Answers Line Vancouver
ArthritisBC and Me
Audiology Regional Program Trail
Autism Community Training (ACT) Burnaby
BC Bereavement (BCBH) Helpline: 1-877-779-2223
BC Cancer Agency Sindi Ahluwalia Hawkins Centre for the Southern Interior Kelowna
BC Centre for Disease Control: HIV/AIDS Vancouver
BC Epilepsy Society Burnaby
BC Lung Foundation Vancouver
BC Lupus Society New Westminster
BC Transplant Vancouver
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Chronic Pain Tools and Resources - Kootenay Boundary
CNIB Kelowna
Communication Assistance for Youth and Adults BC (CAYABC) North Vancouver
COVID-19 Information & Related Services within the Interior Health region
Crohn's and Colitis Canada - BC & Yukon Vancouver
Dental Care Assistance for Children - Nelson Area Nelson
Diabetes Canada, BC Office Vancouver