Our House Addiction Recovery Centre
22210 Stony Plain Road T5S 2C3 Edmonton, AB, Canada

The Great Canadian Giving Challenge is here and we're taking part! Happening all of June, every dollar you donate to Our House Addiction Recovery Centre qualifies us to win $20,000. The more you give, the more chances for us to win! Complete a donation at https://www.canadahelps.org/en/gcgc/39015 to help us win the grand prize! #GivingChallengeCA "What impact would $20,000 have on your organization?"... A gift of $20,000 will go directly to your Outreach Community Counselor. This is not a funded position for Our House, but plays a very impactful role in the community. This position goes out into the community to do a wide range of counselling work with people suffering the effects of addiction. We do not limit this definition to only the person suffering directly from the addiction but also the family and friends that are caught on the periphery of the addiction. We also use this roll to work with past clients that are in need of some one on one time. We offer this service free to anyone in need. We also offer counselling to the family members of clients prior to the client's completion of our program and the return to their homes. This helps everyone involved to succeed and to have someone they can turn to for counselling, guidance, and after care. Studies have shown that the success rate of recovery for addicts increases when the family is working together. Being able to offer this specialized service to our community, at no cost, creates a better informed public. This results in removing the stigma of addiction in the community and the fear of seeking help. It also helps the family members and friends that suffer in silence. It will provide a place for them to go and get the help that they need. Thus taking the strain off of acute mental health care that is required when issues aren’t dealt with in a timely manner.

The Great Canadian Giving Challenge is coming and we're taking part! Happening all of June, every dollar you donate to Our House Addiction Recovery Centre will qualify us to win $20,000. The more you give, the more chances for us to win! Complete a donation after May 31, 2020 at 8:30 p.m. (MT) at https://www.canadahelps.org/en/gcgc/39015 to help us win the grand prize! #GivingChallengeCA "What impact would $20,000 have on your organization?"... A gift of $20,000 will go directly to your Outreach Community Counselor. This is not a funded position for Our House, but plays a very impactful role in the community. This position goes out into the community to do a wide range of counselling work with people suffering the effects of addiction. We do not limit this definition to only the person suffering directly from the addiction but also the family and friends that are caught on the periphery of the addiction. We also use this roll to work with past clients that are in need of some one on one time. We offer this service free to anyone in need. We also offer counselling to the family members of clients prior to the client's completion of our program and the return to their homes. This helps everyone involved to succeed and to have someone they can turn to for counselling, guidance, and after care. Studies have shown that the success rate of recovery for addicts increases when the family is working together. Being able to offer this specialized service to our community, at no cost, creates a better informed public. This results in removing the stigma of addiction in the community and the fear of seeking help. It also helps the family members and friends that suffer in silence. It will provide a place for them to go and get the help that they need. Thus taking the strain off of acute mental health care that is required when issues aren’t dealt with in a timely manner.

COVID-19 UPDATE March 25, 2020 Hi everyone,... Due to the dynamics of the current global pandemic, Our House Addiction Recovery Centre has made the difficult decision to cease the intake of new clients at this time. We are working closely with Alberta Health Services and our Medical Director to ensure that we are doing everything necessary to keep our clients and staff safe. At this time, clients are not permitted to leave on overnight passes, or go into the community unless approved by our Executive Director and for essentials only. We are not permitting visitors or meetings to occur currently. We are only allowing essential service contractors on site. We have multiple staff self-isolating or at home due to having young children. All staff have been set up to be able to work from home and do counseling sessions either on the phone or through Skype. Please, please reach out if you are struggling. Though we need to be physically distant from each other currently, connecting socially is important. Please call, text, Facebook, or facetime with any of us. We are all here to help each other get through this difficult time. We care deeply about our community and are doing everything within our means to assist in flattening the curve. Stay healthy! Sincerely, The Our House Team

Come celebrate the holidays with Our House Addiction Recovery Centre. Welcoming current residents, alumni, and their families on December 19. Festivities begin at 4pm. Please RSVP with children's names and ages, as Santa will be dropping by. Dress festive and tag us in your best "Elfies"... Christmas-themed selfies

Our House Addiction Recovery Centre is having a Christmas party! All residents, alumni and their families are invited to partake in festivities on Thursday, December 19, 2019 at 4:00 PM. The party will be hosted on grounds, at 22210 Stony Plain Rd. Dinner will be served at 4:30 PM and Santa will make an entrance at 5:15 PM. A dance will be held thereafter.

We had a visit from the Honorable Jason Luan, Associate Minister of Health, Mental Health and Addiction on Tuesday, September 17, 2019. It was our pleasure to host him, his Chief of Staff Marshall K. Smith and Ministerial Assistant Eric Engler. They spent a couple hours on site, touring our facility, listening the problems we face and about the work we do, but most importantly taking the time to talk with Our House clients. It was a wonderful visit and all three of these men were kind and truly engaged in the work we do.

The photos are in!! On behalf of Our House Addiction Recovery, we would like to extend the biggest gratitude to HOLY TRAILS' Trevor & Paula Fikkert for hosting the annual Run For Recovery 2019!! With their undying support, they helped in raising $18,000 for us. We at Our House are forever grateful for Trevor and his constant support to the house and the guys, as well as everyone who donated, and came out to support

Run for charity. Run for recovery! Help men recuperate from addictions one step at a time this Thursday, August 29 at the Chickakoo Lake Recreation Area (1128 Township Rd 534). For more details, registration, volunteering, donation, training and maps, please go to https://www.holytrails.ca/event-dtails.

Thank you to everyone who came out to support the fundraiser last weekend!! Big ShoutOut to Global Edmonton CityNews Edmonton , Edmonton Food Bank, Cobs Bread, for being our biggest sponsors. But we could not have done it without everyone who showed up and helped us achieve our goal in raising awareness for mental health!! Stay tuned for photos from the event :)

Gift your gently used professional attire. Gift confidence! When you give your suits, sports coats, dress shirts, jackets, outerwear, ties, accessories, sweaters, casual pants, vests or dress shoes, you'll receive a "50% off the regular price of your next purchase" as a thank you! Donate at either the Moores store in SmartCentres (13808 40th St NW) or the store in RioCan Meadows (2050 38 Ave NW) to donate to Our House.... For more information about the Moores Suit Drive in general, go to https://www.mooresclothing.com/suit-drive.

Thank you Global Edmonton for supporting our fundraiser! We can’t wait to see everyone tomorrow and hope you all come out to enjoy our free BBQ, and support a wonderful cause! Come show your support by getting semi-colon tattoos for $65 and enjoy family friendly lawn games. We hope to see you there