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That’s right – our founding mothers (left to right) Deborah Grimm, Dolores Elliot, and Cindy Dobbe are official nominees for this year’s YWCA Women of Distinction Awards! And who could think of a more deserving threesome?

Brought together nearly a decade ago by their daughters’ struggles with debilitating eating disorders, all three women were dismayed and appalled at the lack of treatment available in BC. They decided to take a stand and make a change – and thus was born the moxied and perserverant Looking Glass Foundation, the foundation lain for their goal of establishing BC’s first publicly-funded residential treatment facility for youth. After much policy-scaling and unwinding of red-tape, their plans have come to fruition: the Woodstone Residence on Galiano Island has been open and operational since February 2011, offering patients a beautiful setting where they can safely face up to their insidious diseases. It’s thanks to these three groundbreakers that many young people in our community have a source of hope.

Show your support on our Facebook page or at the Awards presentation on Thursday, May 24 at the Westin Bayshore (get tickets early if you can – purchases before May 3 receive the early bird rate). These amazing ladies have worked hard for it, and we can’t thank them enough!!That’s right – our founding mothers (left to right) Deborah Grimm, Dolores Elliot, and Cindy Dobbe are official nominees for this year’s YWCA Women of Distinction Awards! And who could think of a more deserving threesome?

Brought together nearly a decade ago by their daughters’ struggles with debilitating eating disorders, all three women were dismayed and appalled at the lack of treatment available in BC. They decided to take a stand and make a change – and thus was born the moxied and perserverant Looking Glass Foundation, the foundation lain for their goal of establishing BC’s first publicly-funded residential treatment facility for youth. After much policy-scaling and unwinding of red-tape, their plans have come to fruition: the Woodstone Residence on Galiano Island has been open and operational since February 2011, offering patients a beautiful setting where they can safely face up to their insidious diseases. It’s thanks to these three groundbreakers that many young people in our community have a source of hope.

Show your support on our Facebook page or at the Awards presentation on Thursday, May 24 at the Westin Bayshore (get tickets early if you can – purchases before May 3 receive the early bird rate). These amazing ladies have worked hard for it, and we can’t thank them enough!!