Barbara Coates
Executive Director @Dan\'s Legacy Foundation
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WORK HISTORY
Executive Director @Dan\'s Legacy Foundation
New Westminster, BC, CA
The Dan\'s Legacy Foundation provides therapeutic counselling and life-skills programs to youth battling anxiety, depression and addiction issues resulting from childhood trauma and abuse. As the charity\'s Executive Director, my mission is to bring awareness of our programs and services and to raise funds to continue to provide those services. Our long-term goal is to build a 10-bed Rural Recovery Centre on an organic farm in the Lower Mainland, where our clients would be able to opt-in to a year\'s worth of therapy, work-skills and life-skills instruction to help them reclaim their lives and look forward to a safe and healthy future.
EDUCATION
British Columbia Institute of Technology
Diploma, Television Broadcasting
British Columbia Institute of Technology
Certificate of Marketing Management/Public Relations (with distinction), Communications & Marketing
Simon Fraser University
undergraduate, Communications
SKILLS
ABOUT BARBARA COATES
What do I do? I connect. I bring people together - to share stories, to collaborate in the pursuit of achieving a shared goal or vision, and to make a difference in the lives of others. The thread that runs through my entire career is one of storytelling. From my beginnings in broadcast television at Global BC and CBC, to independent film and TV production, to public relations in the not-for-profit sector, I have helped my clients tell their stories for 33 years. As the Executive Director of Dan\'s Legacy, I want to change the conversation around substance abuse and dispel the stigma associated with addiction. Currently we see our community and government leaders focusing on harm reduction in the battle to contain the opioid crisis. I propose we put our efforts and resources into prevention, with the ultimate goal of abstinence, if we are ever going to make a difference and save lives. If you would like to support Dan\'s Legacy, or know a family whose child is in need of support, please contact me at b••••••••@danslegacy.com
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