Welcome Friends to Helping Spirit Lodge Society

Helping Spirit Lodge Society has developed this web site to provide you with an overview of our philosophy and our programs. In here you will also find valuable information on family violence and community resources available in the Lower Mainland.

We encourage your feedback and suggestions for our site and we would love to have you get involved.

Our Mission

Helping Spirit Lodge Society is dedicated to assisting in the alleviation of family violence in the Aboriginal communities.

To provide safe, protective shelter to Aboriginal women and children
To provide holistic educational programs of enhancement
To provide support and advocacy to Aboriginal people

Our Guiding Principles

To return Aboriginal Women to their traditional respected position
in the family, community and society
To stop the cycle of violence
To create and support healthy families
To deliver quality services to Aboriginal people
To restore a positive self-image through Aboriginal healing methods

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Bernie Whiteford Memorial Wellness Center located at 3965 Dumfries Street, just off of Kingsway and Knight Street in Vancouver.

Hazel Cardinal
Executive Director

“All Our Relations”
Bernie Whiteford
Late Executive Director
Read more about Bernie.

We have a dream