Tag Archive for recovery

‘Gratitude Live’: UGM welcomes the community to its 75th anniversary

by Natalie MacNeill • September 10, 2015 • 0 Comments

Twenty-one years ago Mike Miller stepped off the bus in Vancouver with nine dollars in his pocket, looking for a fresh start. Despite his desire to break from his addiction and move forward in life, he ended up homeless, sleeping… Read more →

Artists and Union Gospel Mission agree ‘beauty is good for the soul’

by Keela Keeping • August 28, 2013 • 0 Comments

When Union Gospel Mission approached artist and Emily Carr University Instructor, Jeanne Krabbendam, about donating art to hang in the alcohol and drug recovery program’s building, she knew she could do much more than that. Through her vision, an entire… Read more →