As FIRST was the first group to take on the Victim Services portfolio when it was mandated in our area, we still have a close relationship with the RCMP based Victim Service unit in Flagstaff. Board meetings are held in the Flagstaff Community Foundation building and we assist them each year with the Charity Checkstop which raises funds for Victim …

Various government programs including the Red Silhouette Campaign.

Mentally healthy people in mentally healthy communities.

Wallet size cards that we hand out within the community with information and numbers for emergency services locally and around the Province.

Gail Watt was a longstanding FFCS Director and one of the founders of FIRST. When she retired both the FFCS Board and FIRST Board made motions to fund Annual Scholarships of $500 each to students that had attended one of the three High Schools in Flagstaff: Sedgewick, Forestburg and Daysland in perpetuity. This is built into budgets annually of FFCS …

A new program that is evolving. Designing a guide to highlight all of the holistic wellness opportunities in Flagstaff.

A partnership with the local RCMP. FIRST raises funds to cover the cost of magnets that rural people and even urban residents can fill out with their address so anyone in their household can access the address quickly in the place of an emergency.

In partnership with Inter Pipeline, FIRST contracts mental wellness professionals to provide therapy to community citizens. In its first full year from November 2021 to November 22 we have introduced at least 50 citizens between the ages of 8 and 87 to mental wellness appointments. One of our therapists is in Camrose so FIRST also provides $50 fuel cards to …