Need help in Atlantic Canada?
The Eating Disorder Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador is starting a new outpatient treatment program after opening it’s office and receiving government funding in St. John’s. So they’re reaching out in an effort to educate and provide support to those suffering from eating disorders via a public meeting, to be held on June 20, 2007.
Leaders of the meeting include the Chairperson of the foundation’s Board of Directors, Vince Withers and it’s West Coast representative, Stephanie Kendall. Both Withers and Kendall have experience with the illness: Withers started the foundation shortly after the eating disorder-caused death of his daughter in 2005; Kendall is survivor.
From the Western Star:
“The biggest thing is to actually create awareness and increase support on the west coast because we are getting so much feedback (from here),” says Kendall.
“I’ve gotten calls from schools, from teachers, families, people who are inquiring ‘what can I do’, ‘are these signs and symptoms of eating disorders.”
…
She says it will be of benefit to anyone affected by an eating disorder and informational for health professions who may have questions at to where they can refer their patients.
Leave a Reply