Election campaigns are actually quite short. In just three, weeks, British Columbians will be voting to elect a government to guide the province for four years.
If you care about community social services, and believe the sector deserves attention, you have to act fast.
The Take Action! page above offers great tips and contact information to help you write letters to candidates and newspapers setting out your concerns.
The best letters are based on your experiences. But here’s another point that could you could use in discussing the sector.
"Helping families and individuals before things go wrong is a great investment. Providing counselling and support for a teen experimenting with drugs and her family costs a few thousand dollars. If help isn’t available, and she becomes an addict, then police, health care, crime and other costs can quickly top $100,000. Supporting senior couples in their homes is a fraction of the cost of long-term care at $72,000 per year."
The election campaign is underway. You can be a bystander, or a participant. The sector - and the families, children and youth and individuals it supports - needs participants.
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