Helping ex-offenders get back on their feet again...

Attend a free Caring for Ex-offenders Workshop next week, Saturday, February 26th at Church of the Holy Trinity in 
Kitchener, ON from 9:30 am to 1:30 pm (lunch provided).  

Join Canadian Director of Prison Alpha, Sue Bennett, as she and her team provide information and training on ways to support inmates who are released from prison and need help with re-integration into the community (many of them took the Alpha course while incarcerated!). 
For more info about the CFEO Workshop, click here.
(Picture: Sue Bennett is in the middle, Missie is 3rd from the right)

Read Missie’s story about prison and the help of the Alpha community:

In 2006 I was arrested for selling a large amount of drugs, and was sentenced to three years at the Grand Valley Institute for Women, which is a federal prison. While I was there, one of the girls told me about Alpha.

At first I had major trust issues… what’s this program, what are these people getting paid to do? I’d been involved with other Christian fellowships off and on through my childhood, and I’d often thought they must have ulterior motives.  (click here for more…)

If you’re interested in helping out with Alpha for Prisons, please contact Sue Bennett, our Canadian Director of Alpha for Prisons.

Did you know?  
In 2008-09 more than 38,700 adults and youth were in custody 
in Canada's prisons and correctional facilities.
An additional 13,506 offenders were serving a conditional sentence in the community.
In January 2010, Correctional Services Canada reported that 24% of incarcerated inmates
are serving life sentences, and 74% will be released back into society.