Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 19, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free october 1995 a9 Star Blanket gives new focus to abused woman hard life by Wanda Chow staff reporter f i or making Star blankets is More than just a creative i Tell it keeps me away from the bars and said who has been a regular at the North end women centres sewing club for the last five before she first walked into the one of 68 United Way Agen the who didst want her real name had already proved her Mettle As a sur originally from the Roseau River Gina was cared for mainly by her grandmother As her parents drank Ever since i can she was molested by neighbors and friends of the family before she was sent to a residential school at about age referring to the she at the i figured that How people life want much better at the residential where she said she witnessed the emotional and physical abuse of her classmates at the hands of the nuns who ran the she ran away from the institution when she was about eventually ending up in where she was placed in Foster five years she had the first target million to Date United Way donations 1995 of three children with a Man she never married who was abusive in his own when he married someone he asked for custody of the who was 31 at the she didst want to separate the she and i Fig ured they could take better care of the kids instead of being a single mom on welfare i Fig ured a Mother and father was important for the kids to but that when she started she i Only started to drink because my world seemed brighter when i and this Way i didst have to Deal with All kinds of she moved to where she earned her High school equiv Alent diploma before keeping Busy with two restaurant her drinking Howe because i had no responsibilities and i had All this Gina also began another abusive relationship where id be so injured id have to take a few Days off work my she was pretty she managed to leave her even taking out restraining orders against him which we rent any she returned to Winnipeg in 1989 to lend her support to one of her daughters who was but the drinking didst i had casual jobs when i got because i was still she i was drunk most week after a drinking Binge in 1993 that resulted in a we Klong hang i realized i want getting anywhere with my Gina she checked herself into Pritchard an alcohol treat ment where she finally Learned through counselling that abuse is not a Normal part of after a year and a half of receiving treatment and volunteering at the Gina wanted something i was just walking around and probably woul Dve ended up in a bar but i guess something steered me this she said of the Day last May when she first entered the North end women Shes been there Ever one of her goals in life was to learn to make a traditional native Star a prize gift normally Given on special its also one of the specially projects of the centres sewing which offers free lessons and Ginas Story is typical of Many of the women who use the said executive director Chriss the Centre is a place where Wayne free press there sewing a Star Blanket at North end women women can share ideas and get support from other she the sewing club gives them a sense of Gina said she also feels More at ease talking to other i guess i dont really feel comfortable talking to men because of the she now works Par time in the but during the if the Centre want i know where else to she donations to the United Way can be sent to 3rd 5 Donald r3l or Call the pledge line at furniture galleria is closed forever acad Civ flow tests Neptune fisheries Pepsh pish seafood smoked fish 4720ufferin 1150 fresh Pickerel arrive Smiy shrimp psst Small broken 3 bus 21 5862228 of 93 Canadian footwear childrens Over 40 styles colors u8 Adelaide 9436429 a family tradition since 1932 now open noon4 visit your Home coordinate everything guarantee the Price finish the Job on assure your Complete select actual products in our store Deal with Only one consult ant save time Whirlpool 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