2005, September * OK2BME: Preparatory Work

At some point, KW Counselling and Family & Children Services put in a joint proposal to get funding for this innovative program. John Wilson was hired by KW Counselling in September 2005 to do preparatory work to start OK2BME. Dianne Wray was hired around the end of January 2007 to help John start and run the group. The OK2BME group began at the end of January 2007.
[source: Dianne Wray, a facilitator at OK2BME from 2007 to 2010.]

2007, January * OK2BME Begins

The OK2BME group began at the end of January 2007. Earlier, KW Counselling and Family & Children Services had put in a joint proposal to get funding for this innovative program. John Wilson was hired by KW Counselling in September 2005 to do preparatory work to start OK2BME. Dianne Wray was hired around the end of January 2007 to help John start and run the group.
[source: Dianne Wray, a facilitator at OK2BME from 2007 to 2010.]