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Caritas School of Life " Harmony Ball 2018 "
Fund raise to help people suffering from additions and mental health disorders
Over 300 people , have attended the
Michael Tibollo : This year we have seen an increasse in the death of many young people as a result of the opioid crisys
Harmony Ball 2018 to support the work of Caritas the School of Life in assisting people suffering from addiction and mental health disorders . Caritas , founded 30 years ago by Fr . Gianni Carparelli , provides residential therapeutic programs , family therapy
Andrea Trentadue CHINTV Gala MC groups , aftercare outreach programs and D-Talks lecture series . “ This year we have seen an increase in the deaths of many young people as
a result of the opioid crisis ” says Michael Tibollo chairman of Caritas School of Life , Caritas Foundation , in his address to people convened on
February 23 , 2018 at Universal Event Centre . Panorama ItalianCanadian has interviewed Michael Tibollo at the Gala event . Q : Micheal Tibollo what is Caritas ? A : Caritas is a centre where individuals come to us that are in need of mental health support and those who are suffering from addiction . Caritas operates the only 24 months residential program in North America with a unique multidimensional approach , known as Therapeutic Community . This method has proven over the years to be effective with a 80 %
Michael Tibollo chairman f Caritas School of Life ,
success rates . Caritas operates out of Toronto , Vaughan with housing and administrative offices , as well as 104 acres therapeutic farm in King City , Ontario . Q : Is there a relation between drug addiction and mental health issues ? A : What Padre Carparelli believed 30 years ago is that drug addiction is related to other underline mental issues and it ’ s only now , i ’ d stay in the last 5 years , that people are starting talking about mental health and addiction together and that is what we have been doing for 30 years and continue to help people as much as we can . Q : Is there an opioid crisis in Toronto and in Canada ? A : There is an increase especially with opioids and oxicon , fentanyl that are causing major concerns . These are not drugs that you can fool around , these are serious drugs that can cause death very very easily . Q : What is you stand on the decriminalization of marijuana . A : I am very fearful , as chairman of Caritas , about the whole idea that drugs become recreational . Some
In the picture ( from left , are recognized ) Walter Simone , Carmela Liparoti director ; Silvana Tibollo , Michael Tibollo , chairman Caritas School of Life , Caritas Foundation , Anthony di Battista , Caritas School of Life .
Silvana Tibollo Caritas outreach program " with a man whose life has been transformed by Caritas
people think that marijuana can lead to more significant problems . In fact it leads to more significant problems and there are statistics that show that people who start using marijuana , especially at younger age , have al kind of development disabilities that
occur as a consequence of the use of the drugs . And in addition to that we note that by using marijuana they start suffering from conditions like schizofrenia and the persons can live with schizofrenia for the rest of their lives . Hopefully the government is going to respectful of the situation and keep it not fro recreational purposes , available anywhere anytime , but concentrate on its medicinal values . So for my stand point and my organization we don ’ t believe that any kind of drug is a good drug . We should figure out why people use drugs , because once we understand why they use drugs , we can understand the underline problem .
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Nella foto Zia Vittoria circondata dai nipoti Lepore e dai tanti amici
Zia Vittoria , al secolo Vittoria Licari in Spatafora , lo scorso 24 febbraio ha festeggiato il suo centesimo compleanno circondata dall ’ affetto dei nipoti e di tanti amici . Zia Vittoria , nata a Casteltermini in Sicilia , giovanissima si trasferisce a Sciacca dove la sua famiglia gestiva il rinomato caffe-bar il “ Porrello di Sciacca ”, che poi divenne il Gran Caffe ' Mille Luci . Nel 1960 attraversa l ’ Atlantico per
Una speciale targa a zia Vittoria dal COMITES di Toronto per ricordare l ’ eccezionale evento . Nella foto la presidente del Comites , Michela Di Marco . con Zia Vittoria
convolare a nozze a Toronto con Carlo Spatafora . Vittoria e ' rimasta sempre vicina alla sua famiglia e nipoti , circondata d ' amici , e mostrando sempre la sua generosita '. Oggi gode i suoi cento anni presso la bellissima Villa Leonardo Gambin . A Vittoria auguriamo tanta salute e pace .
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