Friends – November 2009

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Welcome to New Regional Coordinators

The Provincial office of the BC Schizophrenia Society arranges for and manages twenty one regional and program coordinators in locations near you throughout BC. Your tax deductible donations to the provincial office help us make sure coordinators are there to provide services in regions in and around Abbotsford, Burnaby, Burns Lake, Dawson Creek, Delta, Fort St. John, Kamloops, Mission, New Westminster, Powell River, Prince George, Haida Gwaii, Richmond, Smithers, Surrey, Terrace, Vancouver and Williams Lake along with provincially and regionally delivered services like BRIDGES, family respite, Kids in Control, the province wide online support groups, toll free number and website.

BCSS would like to welcome our recently hired coordinators, who are already doing a great job in their regions:

  • Gail Bagri in Kamloops
  • Heather Megchelsen in Burns Lake
  • Collette Bourque in Dawson Creek

For information on how to contact the provincial regional coordinators near you, please visit http://www.coordinators.bcss.org For information on regional services including all regional and branch services, please visit http://www.bcss.org/regions

Facebook and Twitter Update

Are you on Facebook? Did you know you can become a fan of the BC Schizophrenia Society on Facebook now?

Becoming a fan means you will get periodic status updates in your news feed when new information is posted on the BCSS website or we have news to share. You also get to support BCSS by letting your friends know you’re a proud supporter of BCSS, which not only helps us spread the word about services that families in need of support may not yet know about, it helps reduce stigma, by allowing people to associate real people with real sources of help. We also have a fan page for the ReachOut Psychosis High School tour that you can see at www.reachoutpsychosis.com

Becoming a fan is as easy as visiting our website at www.bcss.org and clicking on the ‘become a fan on facebook’ button. If you’re not already signed in to Facebook, you will be prompted to do so.

For those of you who like to be kept up to date via Twitter, you can visit our twitter feed and follow us at http://twitter.com/BCSchizophrenia

Studies looking for Participants

A listing of research studies looking for participants is now available here

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