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Sometimes feel like you don’t have all the answers for parenting? Feel frustrated with the daily demands on your time? Need a place to talk with other parents about your experiences? Need support to succeed at your goals? We’d like to help. Healthy families are our greatest national resource.” - Delores Curran
About Us
Building Healthy Families Society is a nonprofit society and a registered charity, which operates under the leadership of a volunteer Board of Directors The organization was founded by Doug and Lynne Werry in 1988. Building Healthy Families Society provides a variety of services to families in the Central Okanagan. These unique programs have become an essential part of the array of services offered to families in our community. These services include First Step, which is designed to meet the needs of young parents with children under the age of two; Self Help Opportunity for Parents, which focuses on parenting and life skills training and support to parents with children two years of age and older; Nurturing Fathers which features parenting training and support designed specifically for fathers; Parenting Through Recovery, which is designed to train and give support for mothers who are in recovery; The Zone, for conflict resolution and anger management training for youth, children, and their parents; and Outreach, a one-on-one in home support and coaching service. The services provided by Building Healthy Families Society have been well recognized in the community and throughout the province. In 1997 the Lieutenant Governor presented the BC Council for Families ~ Distinguished Service to Families Award to our organization.
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First Step
Nurturing Fathers
Self Help Opportunities for Parents
Parenting Through Recovery
The Zone
Outreach
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Fall Group Dates Nurturing Fathers Group #19 – January 18 to April 5, 2011 Group #20 – April 19 to July 5, 2011 Tuesday evenings 6:30 – 9:00 pm Parenting Through Recovery January 5 – March 14, 2011 (#19) April 4 – June 15, 2011 (#20) Monday & Wednesday afternoons 1:00 – 4:00 pm First Step January 11 – March 15, 2011 (#39) April 5 – June 7, 2011 (#40) Tuesday afternoons 1:00 – 4:00 pm SHOP January 4 – March 10, 2011 (#105) April 5 – June 9, 2011 (#106) Tuesday & Thursday mornings 9:00 – 12:00 pm The Zone November 25 – January 27, 2011 (#53) (Christmas Break: December 16 – January 6, 2011) February 17 – April 21, 2011 (#54) (Spring Break: March 24 – 31, 2011) May 5 – June 23, 2011(#55) Thursday evenings 6:00 – 8:00 pm Our Address: 1390 K.L.O. Road Tel: (250) 861-4933
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