Pedersen Recovery Inc.

Oak Tree Place in Moose Jaw is holding a Fundraising Gala on Saturday, May 12/2018 to raise funds for the opening of the community centre. The keynote speakers for the night are the Voice of the Roughriders Rod Pedersen, and Billy Cuthbert. Both are Persons In Recovery and will share their stories on how they overcame Addiction and Mental Illness. Oak Tree Place is a non-profit organization where people can come together. It will be a place for people suffering with Addictions but also a place for community. It will also be a place to share, and break down the stigma and barriers of Addiction. Oak Tree Place will offer daily programming for People In Recovery with a focus on the following: -"How to get back into the Workforce" -"Family Support - Mending Relationships" -"Healthy Living" -"Re-integration Into Society" Oak Tree Place will also be a place where we can refer people to clinical services, addictions counselors and many oth...

Bill & me First Nations businessman Bill Adsit delivered a powerful presentation at Tuesday's Leader Impact Luncheon at the Doubletree by Hilton in downtown Regina. Born in Northern B.C., Bill (originally named "Belfry") was orphaned by the age of seven and found himself in a residential school where he endured sexual abuse, physical abuse and emotional abuse. Over the years he would bounce around several communities in Western Canada before winding up in jail on multiple occasions. It was during his last stint in Corrections that he made the decision to walk down God's path, because everything else he'd tried hadn't worked. "The Bible says God is a Father to the fatherless," Adsit told the crowd. "That was me. And although I never really believed God was there for me while I was suffering in the residential school, I never forgot the idea that God is there for you when you need Him." So, like most who make that similar ch...