M2/W2 Association- Restorative Christian Ministries

Founded in 1966 in BC, M2/W2 Association – Restorative Christian Ministries, is a Christian-based agency that reaches out to British Columbia’s offender community primarily in the Fraser Valley but throughout the province as resources permit. Its core program has always been one-to-one visitation of men and women in prison to offer friendship and support while they are incarcerated, and when they return to the community. Also, together with Catholic Charities, M2/W2 operates Vancouver/Fraser Valley CoSA (Circles of Support and Accountability), part of a community of 15 programs from coast to coast. It works with sex offenders released from federal prisons to buffer their reintegration into the community, while holding them accountable to commit to “no more victims”. “Hidden Treasures Thrift Store” provides low-cost, great quality goods in Abbotsford. It also works to help with financial stability for the organization and provides volunteer opportunities for people in the community. A fourth program, NOLA (No One Leaves Alone), helps prisoners reintegrate into society as prosocial citizens. The program aims to provide newly-released offenders with strategic support, friendship and accountability in order to ensure safe, crime-free reintegration to society. M2/W2 offers training sessions annually to all our volunteers. Approximately 350 M2/W2/CoSA/Hidden Treasures volunteers work with over 600 men and women annually. Staff work with several hundred more who need volunteers.