Welcome to the D.A.W.N. Society
"Moving Forward Together"
Executive Director's Message
D.A.W.N. Celebrates 20th Year!
Our journey over the past 20 years has been an exciting and successful one as we continue to meet the needs of the persons we serve. The agency was formed to respond to a need by a group of parents and community partners to provide more services and supports to persons with a mental illness who resided in Delta. Fraser Health became our funder and we were officially established as an agency.
As a new agency, our services were very limited. We started with a part time Clubhouse program along with a Community Support Program with one staff and one volunteer.
Today, we have a staffing compliment of 13 and our programs include a Clubhouse Program, a South Activity Group, Supported Independent Living which has 54 subsidized housing units throughout Delta, a Community Support Program, a Therapeutic Volunteer Placement Program, an Employment Program including a cleaning crew/moving crew, and the Gleam Team, and a Congregate Home, which sees 4 persons living together in a home rented through BC Housing.
The DAWN Society has also been very fortunate to have persons from the community that have volunteered their time on our Board of Directors over the years providing guidance and support.We would like to thank and acknowledge Fraser Health, Delta Mental Health, BC Housing, our donors, especially North Delta Rotary Club and community partners, for working in partnership to build this agency to where it is today. We would also like to thank the many sponsors who help to make our 20th Anniversary celebration a success.
Most importantly, may we never lose sight of why we are here which is to provide supports and services that assist our clients on their journey to recovery.. For the persons we serve, they have to live each day with a mental illness. We sincerely hope that the DAWN Society continues to provide each of you with a sense of belonging, the support you require, and most of all a lot of caring.
We can all be very proud of our accomplishments and like our tag line says. We are Moving Forward Together. Happy 20th many more DAWN.
Jennifer Childs
Executive Director
In The News
DAWN SOCIETY CELEBRATES MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS WEEK
DAWN Society joins in recognizing Mental Health Awareness week from Oct 4 - 7, 2010.
Mental Illness Awareness Week is an annual national public education campaign designed to help open the eyes of Canadians to the reality of mental illness.
The week was established in 1992 by the Canadian Psychiatric Association, and is now coordinated by the Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health in cooperation with all its member organizations and many other supporters across Canada.
DAWN SOCIETY CELEBRATES 20 YEARS
The DAWN Society celebrated its 20th year in 2010 and hosted an anniversary celebration at the Clubhouse on June 1, 2010.