Helping Families for Two Decades
New West Family Place marks 20 years of support in the city.
Theresa McManus, The Record
New Westminster Family Place has helped fill the needs of countless
families during its 20 years.
Marjorie Staal, the program's executive director, said the program was
established after representatives of Family Services and the public
health unit recognized the need for a program for parents and
children.
"Some of the people coming in the beginning were very isolated," said
Staal, who served on Family Place's board for its first two years.
"They didn't have anywhere to go. They were calling the health unit or
Family Services. There was nobody else who was not threatening."
Click here to read the full article in the Record, November 4. 2009
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Celebrate: Marjorie Staal and Fay Duxbury, of New Westminster
Family Place, with little 15-month-old Kale Arbo. Family Place is
celebrating its 20th anniversary this year.
Larry Wright/THE RECORD |
