Congrats to ACE COLD LAKE who recently celebrated the successes of their ACE project with a celebration luncheon!
This ACE sponsored program, hosted by the Lakeland Centre for FASD (Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorder), helped clients affected by FASD to learn life skills, coping and relationship skills as well as exposed them to nature, recreational, and environmental activities. The seed funding provided by the ACE Initiative covered the tangible costs for over 5000 km of travel to transport clients, 225 hours of childcare for clients, and numerous supplies for life skills training. What is more difficult to measure, however, but was ultimately the greatest investment, was dignity for ten clients, pride for two staff, accolades for two organizations, numerous community partnerships, community pride and awareness, new community partners looking to invest in this creative and successful program, and a template for changing lives.
Congratulations ACE Cold Lake for exceeding your own expectations and for adding to ACE’s collective of success stories! To read more about this great initiative, see this newest blog by Rose Carmichael, ACE Community Liaison.
And for more pics from the ACE Cold Lake celebration, click here!
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