Why UGTS Exists
Every individual deserves the opportunity to heal. Every family deserves the opportunity to thrive. Every community deserves the chance to flourish.
Unique Get Together Society was founded on the belief that lasting change happens when people are met with compassion, dignity, culturally responsive support, and opportunities to build stronger futures.
We recognize that life’s challenges cannot always be addressed through a single service or program. Healing requires connection. Stability requires opportunity. Strong communities require collaboration.
That is why UGTS exists.
We walk alongside individuals, families, and communities by creating pathways to healing, housing, belonging, education, wellness, and independence.
Guided by our Six Pillars, we are committed to developing innovative, sustainable solutions that respond to today’s needs while creating opportunities for future generations.
OUR WORK TODAY
Community priorities,
clearly and honestly shared.
Our website distinguishes programs that are active, returning, in development, and seeking funding. Transparency protects trust while inviting the right partners to help bring each vision to life.
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OUR MISSION
To strengthen connections with the land, ourselves, and each other, creating a safe, inclusive space for social change.
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OUR VISION
To create a safe and inclusive world where humanity celebrates diversity and embraces love for all our relations.
IN DEVELOPMENT
Breathing, movement, audio guidance, and visual check-ins that support emotional regulation at a child’s pace.
PLANNING & SEEKING FUNDING
Lower Mainland Food Hampers
Re-establishing a dignified food-support program for people facing mobility, transportation, cultural, or dietary barriers.
A journey rooted in love, justice, and community.
UGTS began in 2012 with advocacy for children with special needs and families navigating systems that were not designed around their realities.
Founded by Debra Abraham and her son, the work has grown into a broader commitment to children, youth, women, seniors, Indigenous peoples, Black communities, newcomers, and families affected by systemic exclusion, poverty, violence, housing instability, disability, and food insecurity.
We create programs and partnerships grounded in compassion, cultural humility, trauma-informed practice, lived experience, and the belief that people should not have to lose their dignity to receive support.
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Love
We meet people with compassion, dignity, and care that does not require them to perform for support.
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Change
We challenge harmful systems and build practical pathways toward lasting transformation.
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Community
We create solutions with people, honouring relationships, culture, and collective wisdom.
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Healing
We make room for safety, truth, recovery, and the many ways people return to wholeness.
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Service
We respond with humility, accountability, and a commitment to meet real community needs.
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Independence
We support people to strengthen choice, confidence, stability, and self-determined futures.
A connected continuum
Housing is more than a roof.
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In development
Women’s & Girls Shelter
Safe accommodation with wraparound case management, wellness, cultural programming, housing navigation, income support, and transition planning.
Safety, relationships, structure, cultural connection, and a pathway forward allow housing to become a foundation for change.
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In development
Sisterhood Recovery & Transitional Living
A culturally grounded pathway from recovery and stabilization toward employment, family reconnection, secure housing, and greater independence.
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Planning funded
Affordable Housing Feasibility
FCM-supported exploration of retrofit properties and long-term affordable housing options in Kamloops.
In development
Gentle Steps
Emotional regulation through breath, movement, and connection.
Gentle Steps is being created as an accessible tool for children, including children with special needs, and for the adults who support them.
The app shell is complete. UGTS is seeking aligned movement, audio, accessibility, development, and evaluation partners.
Gratefully funded by
Right to Food Foundation
Food, dignity & connection
Right to Food
Seniors Program
On seasonal break · Returning September 2026
The program brings older adults together through nutritious food, wellness activities, social connection, and community participation.
We gratefully acknowledge the Right to Food Foundation for supporting food security, dignity, and community wellness.
Re-establishing the Lower Mainland Food Hamper Program
UGTS is seeking funding, food partners, in-kind contributions, and volunteers to relaunch a dignified Lower Mainland program for people facing barriers to conventional food-bank access.
Listen and reflect
The Sacred Journey: Truth Without Walls
Created and hosted by Debra Abraham, the podcast explores identity, faith, healing, family, and the lived experiences behind transformation.
This separate creative work reflects themes that connect with UGTS’s commitment to healing, dignity, truth, and belonging.