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‘Prince George needed this’: Local family grateful for AiMHi development

Mar 22, 2021 | 5:00 PM

PRINCE GEORGE – It’s a project that is like a dream come true for Lorraine Turner.

Lorraine and her husband Earl have taken care of their daughter Rhonda for her entire 55-year life, but now thanks to the new accessible housing project she can live on her own.

“When I saw this, it was unbelievable. Prince George needed this,” says Lorraine.

Her daughter Rhonda is deaf and uses sign language to communicate, but also suffers from other physical disabilities as well like a loss of balance which made finding a place to live challenging.

The Turner family has lived in Prince George since the 1970s, choosing the city because of a school in the city able to accommodate Rhonda’s disability.

AiMHi was behind the push to get this project up and running, which features 10 housing units.

March was proclaimed Community Social Services Awareness Month in B.C. in appreciation of the more than 42,000 people who work in the community social services sector.