The Women of Influence Awards 2019 recognize local women who have made a strong impact as leaders, innovators and change-makers in the community. We look to honor women who have made outstanding contributions to their industries or fields through their leadership and entrepreneurship, meaningful accomplishments and achievements, and breaking down barriers or making significant advancements. Congratulations to to this years three award winners
The Collective Impact Workshop was a great success for the Grande Prairie Community. Facilitator Liz Weaver, Co-CEO of Tamarack Institute educated on Collective Impact which is defined as;
This past February we attended the Inaugural Leading Change Summit: Bold conversations to end gender-based violence in a changing world hosted by the Alberta Council of Women’s Shelters.
Family Violence Prevention Month started in 1986 as a local initiative in the town of Hinton where four remarkable Albertan’s, Katherine Kennedy, Sonja Bennett, Faye Wheeler and Glenda Carter, formed The Hinton Society for the Prevention of Family Violence and launched Alberta’s very first family violence education and prevention campaign.
The Society’s goals were to draw public attention to the issue and to evoke positive change in their community. This led to expanding local supports and services for individuals and families in the areas of prevention, protection and rehabilitation.
The generosity of the Grande Prairie Community supported gifts and a holiday meal to 26 single mother families in Grande Prairie and area. An estimated $13,469.00 worth of gifts went to 79 individual mothers and children. The process is simple: receive your adopt a families holiday wish list, make some holiday magic, and bring your gifts into Odyssey House.
Early on a Tuesday Morning the 10th Annual Breakfast with the Guys took place at the Grande Prairie Regional College. This event is host each year in November in support of Family Violence Prevention Month (Alberta).
The Prevention of Family Violence Network in Grande Prairie, held a meeting at Odyssey House in late October with the goal of preparing for November. November is National “Family Violence Prevention Month” in order to support and recognize the month the Network worked together to offer awareness events to public throughout November of 2018.
On Friday October 12th 2018 Odyssey House hosted it’s second annual Evening of Empowerment. We had over 200 members of the Grande Prairie Community in attendance, celebrating the work we do at Odyssey House and learning how to make an impact in shifting the needle towards ending gender-based violence!
Odyssey House supported the Grande Prairie Friendship Center this pasted October by attending the Sisters in Spirit Memorial Walk & Candle Light Vigil. This event is meant to honor the lives of the missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, support grieving families with opportunities for healing, and create movement for social change.
Odyssey House hosted our annual AGM on Tuesday, October 2nd, 2018 from 11:30 A.M. to 1:00 P.M. The report took place at ATB Enterprise Centre
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Thank you to all the community members who attended A Path Forward: Simple Connections, Stronger Families!
Friday night Charmaine Hammond presented in communication in the family, and Saturday Dr.Phil McRae presented in parenting in a digitally saturated world!
Thank you to our funding sponsors for this event: Neil & Associates Insurance and Investments , Rotary International - Rotary Club of Grande Prairie, Community Foundation of Northwestern Alberta , @gpfamily.centered.coalition
Grande Prairie Family Centred Coalition, Grande Prairie Family Education Society! Community events such as this wouldn’t be possible without your support.
