Hello everyone, my name is John Dewsbury, and for the past 17 years, I have been “kicking around” the Salvation Army. As I approach my 15th year as an employee, I reflect on the winding path that led me here to Harbour Light—a path marked...
I was living on the street and using hard drugs. One day I ran into my brother and saw that he was clean and sober. I asked him how he got clean because that is what I very much wanted. He told me about The Salvation Army Harbour Light...
Celebrating Recovery at VHL I first came in contact with The Salvation Army Vancouver Harbour Light back in 2011 when I was released from prison to VHL to enter the CRF Program also known as a halfway house. That is when I saw how VHL ran...
“Play is the royal road to childhood happiness and adult brilliance” – Joseph Chilton Pearce “This feels like high school camp!” said a bewildered client while our group panted from the excitement of sliding down Mt. Seymour for the past hour. I knew I was experiencing...
“Feeling and thinking I was at that point of no return. Dropped off downtown, rolling my luggage through the dark alleys, considering suicide as a kinder option, somehow, I found strength to seek recovery again. Approaching Salvation Army shelter a long-time friend and employee in recovery...
