High demand for friendship centre’s self-care packages
February 3, 2021
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By Dariya Baiguzhiyeva, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter There’s been an “overwhelming” number of people registering for self-care packages provided by the Timmins Native Friendship Centre (TNFC). Initially, the centre’s community advocacy team planned to make 50 packages but the number has been increased to 100 because of the demand. “I think the term self-care is thrown around very loosely. In terms of actually putting self-care to practise, it takes a lot of self-awareness,“ said Jaylin Renaud, the centre’s Aboriginal healing and wellness co-ordinator. ”Right now, because of the pandemic people are really struggling to keep busy at home and finding things to take care of themselves to make sure they’re physically and emotionally healthy.“ “I do believe the pandemic has played a huge part in why the request has been…