THE NORTH SHORE LIVING AND LEARNING CENTRE

Easing the burden in

MOST OF us can well remember as children how

it felt having done

ing wrong, and we felt

guilty, oh! how it bothered us. Then we told

Mother or Dad about it, and it was as if our souls”

were cleansed, we smiled, perhaps received a hug

Such is the case of many
people who approach the
North Shore Living and

DOREEN BARTH

else’s problem in the family,
it feels so good to have
emptied the burden.

community; not only the
North Shore community, but
the entire Lower Mainland.
Friends..and_-clients of the
Centre come from all walks
of life and from all areas of

Learning Centre and after
consultation, whether it be a
major problem or someone

The North Shore Living
and Learning Centre is now
in its 11th year of serving the

periencing difficulty in
adjusting to some_aspect of
life. The Centre is also
prepared. -to---provide
emergency treatment and
referral help in major crises

‘Greater Vancouver.

The Centre serves in-
dividuals, families and
couples who are ex-

JACK MITCHELL of Mt. Seymour Lions spends a few moments with one of the students at the Vancouver Oral
Centre. Lions clubs on the North Shore recently donated $1,000 to the Centre which conducts regular classes for

hearing impaired children as well as testing hearing for kids all over town. The Centre also tries to integrate hearing
impaired children back into the school system as soon as possible.

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such as family breakdown,
suicidal attempt or unex-
pected trouble. The Centre
is also open to the person,
the family, the couple who
is not having a difficulty.
For example: A lady comes
into the Centre for con-
sultation with one of the staff
and is shown steps. to
take regarding a neighbour,
a mother, who has five
children and whose husband
is an overworked, alcoholic.
He cannot see that he is
damaging his family’s life.
The wife may on countless
occasions have tried to make
him see how he is ruining his
life, her life, the children’s

— dives; the children asking: “ts

Dad coming home drunk
tonight too?” She feels she
has no one to turn to for
advice.

Also there may be a family
comprising a mother and a
father, a son and a daughter.
The parents have recently
adopted a child who has
caused utter chaos in the
family, causing all family
members to be tormented by

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frustration. They seek help
and find by family -coun-
selling that the problem

can -be. alleviated... ——~ . -

A senior citizen has
become a volunteer grand-

parent for a family in the ~

community and to ease the
problems that have arisen
through her generosity, and
the adjustments on the part
of the total family, coun-
selling has aided in
smoothing out the dif-
ficulties.

A teenager cannot find life
worth living any longer. He
is dismayed over fast city life
and does not feel he belongs
to the “scene”. The parents
have tried to taik to him and
cannot seem to find a level
of approach in speaking with
him. Counselling at the
Centre helps, as there is an

outsider who can see things

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A wife has run off with her
lover, leaving husband and
children completely. The
young father has a job, has
suddenly complete
responsibility for the pre-
school children, loves his
wife but finds it difficult to
make her see the
predicament he finds himself
in. The family unit is broken,

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