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Okanagan and Kootenays sites | Beyond the Blues 2015

Beyond the Blues events open to the general public

City

Venue + details

Date + time

Contact

Castlegar

Selkirk College—301 Frank Beinder Way

Education + mental health and risky drinking screening. Targeted towards Selkirk College students and staff.

Oct 8

10am-2pm

Tami O'Meara (Selkirk College)

250-365-1273

Enderby

MV Beatie Elementary School—1007 Belvedere St. in the gymnasium

Education plus interactive learning for children, prizes and games. Targeted towards parents of children 0-6 years old.

Oct 22

10am-12pm

Lisa Rands (Enderby and District Community Resource Centre)

250-838-6434

Grand Forks

Selkirk College—486 72nd Ave. in the lobby

Education + mental health and risky drinking screening. Targeted towards Selkirk College students and staff.

Oct 20

10am-2pm

Tami O'Meara (Selkirk College)

250-365-1273

Nakusp

Selkirk College Nakusp Centre—311 Broadway St.

Education plus a workshop on mental health and stress management.

Oct 26

11am-1pm

Robin Higgins (Selkirk College)

250-265-3640

Rossland

Alpine Drug Mart—2060 Columbia Avenue in the front lobby

Education + mental health and risky drinking screening.

Oct 22

10am-2pm

Susan van Asselt (Interior Health)

250-304-1287

Salmon Arm

Okanagan College Salmon Arm Campus—2552 10 Ave. NE in the cafeteria

Education + mental health screening. Targeted towards Okanagan College students.

Nov 26

11:30am-1:30pm

Susan Cawsey (Okanagan college)

250-832-2126 ext. 8221

Vernon

Schubert Centre—3505 30th Ave. in the meeting room

Education + mental health and risky drinking screening targeted towards seniors.

Oct 28

10am-2pm

Susan Myhre (Canadian Mental Health Association Vernon branch)

250-542-3114

 

Beyond the Blues events open only to target groups

City

Venue + details

Date + time

Contact

Nelson

open only to Selkirk College students and staff

Selkirk College Silver King Campus—2001 Silver King Rd., in the main building

Education + mental health screening

Oct 19

11am-1pm

Robin Higgins (Selkirk College)

250-354-3225

Penticton

open only to Penticton Senior Secondary students

Penticton Senior Secondary School—Eckhardt Ave.

Education only

Oct 9

1-2pm

Sharon Evans (BC Schizophrenia Society)

250-493-7338

Penticton

open only to Okanagan College students and staff

Okanagan College—583 Duncan Ave. West

Education + mental health and risky drinking screening

Nov 25

11am-1pm

Sharon Evans (BC Schizophrenia Society)

250-493-7338

Rossland

open only to Seven Summits School students and parents

Seven Summits School—2393 Columbia Avenue

Education only

Oct 22

9-10am

Ann Quarterman (Seven Summits School)

250-304-1287

Sicamous

open only to parents of children 0-6 years old

Sicamous and District Recreation Centre—1121 Eagle Pass Way

Education plus interactive learning games for toddlers and prizes.

Oct 16

9:30-11:30am

Denise Butler (Canadian Mental Health Association Shuswap-Revelstoke branch)

250-832-8477

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