Elda Egan lost her son, who struggled with mental health issues throughout his entire life, to fentanyl poisoning in September 2022.
Elda’s beloved son Luke was on the autism spectrum and mentally ill and because it was a challenge to stabilize his medications there were many unpredictable outbursts. Due to his violent behaviour towards himself and others, Luke was often homeless, sometimes for months at a time.
Proceeds of the Prince George fundraising efforts will go to the Association Advocating for Women and Community . “We need to see people as people because it’s very easy to refer to ‘those people’ and when people make comments like ‘if those people would just pull themselves together…’,” Elda said. “We just need to remember that sometimes it’s not that easy to pull ourselves together.”“And now my hope is to see more people doing well,” she said. “And to me housing is the first step.”
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