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Organizers are trying to raise awareness about both the Facebook page for the broader community, as well as for those who come through the doors to try and grow the program to help more people.
So, I’ve helped people pay for medication, clothing, the odd Tim Horton’s card, lots of stuff like that since getting started,” Chartier said. “They don’t have a place to store their artwork so we sell it on the Resilient YQL page and the funds go back to their needs. The proceeds from the sales of the pieces go directly back to the creator to help them out. The program not only provides entertainment and activity for those who partake, but it also has a tangible benefit. “It helps with dexterity in my hands and it keeps my mind from wandering about to other things like drugs and alcohol,” Chad Calfrobe, a participant at this week’s session, said. It’s only been in operation since August, but those who’ve attended a session say there are many benefits associated. The artists who participate create pieces once a week which are then sold on the program’s Facebook page. “But we weren’t getting higher up on the chain to provide activity and meaning to their lives which is such a catalyst for bigger change.”
“I saw this huge need in this population for leisure and meaningful activity because I feel like we’re fulfilling these basic needs of food, water and shelter,” Resilient Art YQL founder Tannis Chartier said. Thanks to an idea from a volunteer at the kitchen, and a Lethbridge College student, an art program called Resilient Art YQL has now been created for those who frequent the kitchen. The Lethbridge Soup Kitchen helps provide hot meals and a place in out of the cold for many of those in need in the community.