Canadian Police Family Alliance
PO Box 21115 Cobblestone T8X 0E9 Grande Prairie, AB, Canada

The Canadian Police Family Alliance is dedicated to serving and supporting spouses and families of members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Our mission is to build a strong network of support, encouragement, and care through outreach, connection and collaboration. Our objectives are to provide advocacy, resources, and programs that will support and strengthen the families of RCMP members. We need your help to cover some of the Alliance’s start-up costs. We intend to repr...esent and support RCMP families by creating awareness of our specific needs within all levels of government. We hope to create partnerships that will raise the bar for services and resources available to RCMP families, thereby honouring their service to our nation. Our Secretary and Treasurer, Sam Rose and Alyssa Woodman, will be managing the funds alongside the rest of the Board of Directors to ensure your donations are used for their true purpose. Giving us any amount of your hard earned money means more than you could know! The family is a key foundation to the operational effectiveness of the RCMP, and our Mounties' work. It is our intention to keep that foundation strong by acknowledging, honouring and supporting the silent sacrifice and service of RCMP families across Canada, and around the world. Thank you for your support.

We're throwing it back this Wednesday with a great reminder from our conversations with Dr. Jody Carrington from last month. Breathe. One of the greatest things we can do to calm our system is to do some deep breathing into the belly. Take a few moments today to pause, inhale through your nose (count to 3), hold (count to 2), and release (count to 5). Allow the exhales to be slightly longer than your inhales, and set some reminders on your phone to practice this multiple time...s a day. #WorkandWellnessWednesday #breathe #rcmplife #rcmpfamily #leolife #CANADAPOLICE

We are so proud to be featuring @ServingWithPride for the month of November. The vision of Serving with Pride is one of an optimized work environment including diversity, integrity, awareness and equity of 2SLGBTQ+ employees within policing, corrections and criminal justice professions, where there are no barriers, stereotypes or bias AND positive policing, corrections and criminal justice systems where organizations are sensitive to the unique needs of the 2SLGBTQ+ communi...ty and consistently build bridges to better understand and serve them. Visit their website at www.servingwithpride.ca for more information on their mission, goals and values! Today is the last day for submissions on our collaborative media project. If you’re interested in participating, please see our post from October 24 for more information on how to get involved!

Don’t be afraid to MENtion it, if you feel you can’t MANage. Talk about your feelings rather than trying to soldier on. Open up, don’t MAN up. MEN are only huMANs too. Be honest about your MENtal health. It’s okay not to be ok. @allontheboard Tag the men you love and appreciate

"How often do you have to move?" This question is quite possibly the most frequently asked question when I meet someone new and they find out I'm married to a Mountie. And my answer is usually: "Three to five years." But as my time has gone on in this #RCMPlife I've learned that there's not always a rhyme or reason to the duration of a posting. Between regular GD posts, IPs, LDPs, specialized sections and more, it really can vary greatly. ... So we want to know: What was your longest posting? What was your shortest posting? Share yours below in the comments! #OnTheMoveMonday #transfers #relocation #movingday #homeiswherethercmpsendsus #rcmp #rcmgrc #rcmplife #canadapolice #policelife #thebluethread

Lest We Forget. Thank you for your service, past and present.

Halloween Contest Winners, part THREE. Thank you so much to everyone who participated. We hope you had as much fun making your pumpkins and art as much as we did seeing them! These are the winners from our 10+ age category. : Julia; Age 12... : Coralie; Age 10 : Olivia; Age 12 Please watch for an email from us to get mailing addresses for prizes! That’s all of our winners! Thank you everyone

Mine would be to not make plans for after shift. I was notorious for trying to keep up with all our friends while balancing shift work so I’d make dinner plans for us after his day shift. You know what happens when you have plans right? They’re late. Then I’d be upset and frustrated and he’d be upset because he felt like he was letting me down. I’ve learned to just leave the plans and get togethers for days off. ... What do you wish you knew then?