So I’ve been thinking about this post all month, and to be honest, just haven’t had the time to gather my thoughts and write them down. June is a big month for the folks at the First Responder Resiliency Project. It is, simultaneously, Men’s Mental Health month, PTSD Awareness month, and Pride month. The first […]
So apparently today is Bell Let’s Talk day. I’ve seen a lot less about it this year than years previously, likely because we know that the ‘Movement’ behind it is… well rather problematic on a number of fronts. The most significant of these is arguably the number of Bell employees who have come forward in […]
Big News! The First Responder Resiliency Project is excited to announce that applications are officially open for our 2024 trip dates. We will be offering three trip dates: July 14-16th, 2024 July 26-28th, 2024 August 11-13th, 2024 Interested in applying? Click here!
Happy Holidays from all of us at the FRRP.We wanted to take a moment to say thank you to everyone who has supported us over 2023. It has been a year of learning, growth, success, failure, revision, and so much more. We have so many hopes for this program, and we can’t wait to get […]
Everyone cancelled. One by one our participants advised they couldn’t make it. I decided it was no big deal, it would give me a chance to get the facilitators out together to gel as a group and come up with ideas on how to make the project better. Then one by one, our group leaders […]
Now Accepting Applications for our 2023 Trips!
As someone much smarter than I once said, love makes the world go round. And I agree. However, I think we need to challenge the status quo when it comes to how we think about love. We live in a society that puts a lot of value in romantic partner love, but very little in […]
“I hope you never fear those mountains in the distance. Never settle for the path of least resistance.” – Lee Ann Womack So friends, you’ve probably already noticed that we’ve been posting a lot of beautiful photos taken on previous trips, which I must admit, is the easy part. Anyone who has hiked or backpacked […]
“When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what the storm is all about.” – Haruki Murakami Personal reflection below. Please note it discusses the death of a first responder. I recently found out that someone I loved, but had fallen out of touch with for […]
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