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SAGE resj

Dear. Editor: ;

- >Re: Crisis Society living. in

the Dark Ages (June 28 Other
Voices column),

There are” several points

that [think are important for

‘your readers. to know about

North Shore Crisis Services
£{NSCS).
First, the job of volunteers
:and ‘employees at SAGE
House is’ to-support: women
‘fleeing from vioisnce, to.pro-
vide. basic necessities, to pro-
vide referrals to exiernal pro-
fessionals ‘und’ to facilitate
women's decess to: community
resources, 7 oe
“Second, ritual abuse’ is
"sometimes reported by, women

r¢ many other forms of”

vho come

sis and are

ed. Thectore itis not our. pol-

icy to’ “challenge” them” but

‘rather to listen to them and to
) without making a ind:

admittance to SAGE House is
straight forward: a woman
must be fleeing a (current) vio-
lent and abusive relationship.
Fifth, NSCS provides tran-
sition house services as well as
a community based coun-
selling program for women
and children. The services are
all free. At SAGE House we
have provided: safety, shelter,
advocacy and Support to 765
women and 525 children trom
April 1995 to March 1998, We
have. been unable to accom-
modate 1,494. women and
children during that time
because of lack of space,
Finally, ° as the executive

director and spokesman for the
North Shore Crisis Services
Society, if T had been called, I
would have advised you that
the volunteer training program
has been revised and the paper
referred to. in the article is no
longer included in the reading
material,

I am available to answer

questions or to’ discuss our
organization and its work at
any time with any interested
news organizations or mem-
bers of the community.
Maureen Gabriel

_ Executive Director

North Shore Crisis Services
Society

Review: As we like it

Dear Edit or:

We suggest that your theatre critic re-visit ST he. Bard on the
Beach” production of As You Like It.

We attended a recent performance. — with’ jane Perry as’

Rosalind — and we considered the show to be outstanding.

James and Rita Breakey

. West Vancouver

“Thanks to all members of the cast:

aid from
local chef

Dear Editor:

A goad deed was recendy
done and Chef James Kennedy
and his staff should be congrat-
ulated for their time and ener-
gy. Tam a North Shore resi-
dent involved in the Breast
Cancer's Study Participation in
the low fat/high carbohydrate
group. On June 11, approxi-
mately 100 ladies had the plea-
sure. of having Chef James
Kennedy make a presentation

at the B.C, Cancer Agency on,

low fat cuisine.

Since Chef Kennedy is
extensively involved with the
North Shore community at the
Lucas Centre, I felt T should
advise you that Chef Kennedy
was not only a'dynamic speak:
cr, innovative chef but also
very supportive in our struggle
to stay on our special diet and

; enjoy “food!”

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