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Episode 5: The Mustard Seed | Make a Statement Podcast Make a Statement
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In this episode, we have Derek and Paul talking with Samantha Lowe, Director of Health and Wellness at the Mustard Seed.
The Mustard Seed is a Christian non-profit organization that has been caring for individuals experiencing homelessness and poverty since 1984. Operating in five cities across Alberta and British Columbia, The Mustard Seed is a supportive haven where people can have their physical, mental, and spiritual needs met and grow toward greater health and independence.
(For more info, or to donate, please visit them here: https://theseed.ca/about & https://theseed.ca/ways-to-give/)
Samantha, an Occupational Therapist by trade, works to change the lives of individuals experiencing homelessness and poverty through innovative wellness programs at The Mustard Seed.
Under Samantha's directorship, The Mustard Seed’s Wellness Centre, which provides accessible, client-centered wellness programming to individuals experiencing homelessness and poverty, serves more than 12,000 clients every year. The centre provides mental health and Indigenous counseling, tax clinics, and ID services, and acts as a medical clinic, to name a few services.
In the early days of the pandemic, Samantha worked as part of a collective to provide safe spaces to individuals experiencing homeless when they had nowhere to go in the face of the pandemic. For over 13 months, The Mustard Seed isolation unit provided beds for 679 people. This helped keep Calgary’s most vulnerable safe from COVID-19.
At the beginning of the 2023 year, Mash Strategy contributed $2,500 to The Mustard Seed. This donation will help "the seed" (as it's affectionately known by some) to connect and care for more individuals across Alberta and BC.
In this episode, we have Derek and Paul talking with Samantha Lowe, Director of Health and Wellness at the Mustard Seed.
The Mustard Seed is a Christian non-profit organization that has been caring for individuals experiencing homelessness and poverty since 1984. Operating in five cities across Alberta and British Columbia, The Mustard Seed is a supportive haven where people can have their physical, mental, and spiritual needs met and grow toward greater health and independence.
(For more info, or to donate, please visit them here: https://theseed.ca/about & https://theseed.ca/ways-to-give/)
Samantha, an Occupational Therapist by trade, works to change the lives of individuals experiencing homelessness and poverty through innovative wellness programs at The Mustard Seed.
Under Samantha's directorship, The Mustard Seed’s Wellness Centre, which provides accessible, client-centered wellness programming to individuals experiencing homelessness and poverty, serves more than 12,000 clients every year. The centre provides mental health and Indigenous counseling, tax clinics, and ID services, and acts as a medical clinic, to name a few services.
In the early days of the pandemic, Samantha worked as part of a collective to provide safe spaces to individuals experiencing homeless when they had nowhere to go in the face of the pandemic. For over 13 months, The Mustard Seed isolation unit provided beds for 679 people. This helped keep Calgary’s most vulnerable safe from COVID-19.
At the beginning of the 2023 year, Mash Strategy contributed $2,500 to The Mustard Seed. This donation will help "the seed" (as it's affectionately known by some) to connect and care for more individuals across Alberta and BC.
43 min