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Editor’s notice: The next is a submitted open letter from John DiPaolo, President and CEO of United Method Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox & Addington (KFL&A). The views and opinions expressed don’t essentially replicate these of Kingstonist.
As many in our group collect this weekend to rejoice Thanksgiving with family and friends, and provides thanks, I’d ask that you simply additionally take time to replicate – with empathy and compassion – on the fact some group members are dealing with and the challenges they encounter each day.
Our group remains to be very a lot recovering from the incident that occurred on the Built-in Care Hub a month in the past. Within the wake of the tragic murders that occurred, we proceed to ship our ideas and condolences to everybody concerned, together with the primary responders and frontline employees affected by the incident. Within the wake of this incident, I and the United Method KFL&A community ask that group members proceed to point out compassion, persistence, kindness and understanding for people in our group displaced by the Hub and its companies.
The fact is that many people in our group proceed to expertise homelessness, many are additionally scuffling with psychological well being points and addictions. Frontline companies proceed to achieve out and assist these people, however these points are difficult and sophisticated and require greater than only one service or program to deal with them.
The Built-in Care Hub performs a key function in bringing companies collectively and serving to assist people in our group. As directors work to determine the following steps for the Hub and the companies supplied, United Method continues to work carefully with companies and workers to supply assist in any manner we will, facilitating conversations and dealing along with all sectors to search out modern methods to fulfill wants now and sooner or later.
For group members, there are methods to assist. Assets could be accessed on the Path Residence Kingston web site and solutions to questions on the best way to assist people and who to name could be discovered there, too. You may also proceed advocating for these companies and supporting companies and United Method with donations of products or monetary contributions in case you can.
Our group is compassionate and type and I hope we will all do not forget that after we encounter people in susceptible conditions and, as an alternative of judging or wanting the opposite manner, ask what we will do to assist. We have to assist one another and, collectively, we will transfer ahead and make our group stronger.
You will need to bear in mind you could’t see what somebody has overcome at a look. All group members have price, regardless of the place they’re on their path. Collectively we will work to make sure everybody can attain their full potential and stay with hope, dignity, and a way of belonging.
John DiPaolo
President and CEO
United Method Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox & Addington
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