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Feb 5, 2012
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Community
Events, Issues & Notices
Here we post notices and
information received about community events, meetings and political issues,
among other
topics. Sometimes our notices will include events outside the
community but within the North End.
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If your organization would like to
have its information included in the calendar please contact us by email,
info@pointdouglas.net
or by phone,
947-0321 (Christie Paul, North Point
Douglas Women's Centre) |
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Winnipeg Public
Library Youth Advisory Council
Winnipeg Public Library has a great volunteer opportunity for youth ages
13-17 interested in having an impact on what events and activities happen
in our libraries.
They
are currently recruiting new members to its three Youth Advisory Councils
(YAC).
YAC
members work on lots of exciting projects including the Library’s Teen
website. You can help develop teen spaces at the Library, making
suggestions about teen materials and helping to plan and run programs for
teens from across the city. As well, YAC members can earn volunteer hours
that may count towards graduation!
If you
are or know of youth ages 13-17 who may be interested, please encourage
them to fill out the application form:
http://wpl-teens.winnipeg.ca/views/documents/YACapplication.pdf>.
If you
would like more information, please visit the Booked:
http://wpl-teens.winnipeg.ca/views/Youthadvisorycouncil.cfm
Also,
please view advertisement on the bottom of page one in the following link
for more information: http://wpl.winnipeg.ca/library/pdfs/childrensprograms.pdf
Regards,
Vanessa Tait
Aboriginal Service Branch
Community Services Department
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Growing Our Strengths - Youth Mentorship
Program
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Good Food
Box
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Good Food Box
Cooking Classes |
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For families with
overweight children
- Family Lifestyles Program
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“Barber House
Senior Centre is
now open!”
How long have the seniors in North Point Douglas waited to hear
that?
A big hug and thank-you to all of our volunteers – seniors and
some not so senior – who have built our raised bed planters, moved material into
our rock garden, and of course, donated and planted all of the flowers that are
now in such glorious bloom at 99 Euclid Avenue.
There will be outdoor benches and tables here soon, but for now,
bring a blanket, sit on the grass in the shade, and enjoy this beautiful part of
our neighbourhood.
Social and
Recreational Activities
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Every weekday morning at 9:30, Barber House is open to 55+
Seniors for coffee, tea, juice and a few baked goods, as well. Drop-in to say
“hi”, have a coffee with your neighbours, and catch up on the latest news.
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We have a ping-pong table set up in the Playtrium
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There are tables and chairs inside Barber House with
newspapers and books;
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There are cards for Bridge or Cribbage; and we can put on some
music if you like.
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Outdoor sports equipment is here, as well – Bocci, Croquet,
Badminton and Horseshoes.
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We have a phone 947-0380 and a computer for our
55+ Seniors Members to use.
Join me in your new Barber House Senior Centre – I look forward
to meeting you.
Rick Caslake – Program Manager
Barber House Seniors Centre
99 Euclid Avenue
Winnipeg, MB R2W 2W5
Phone: 781-5254
Email: rcaslake@shaw.ca
Web: www.pointdouglasseniors.org
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Sara Riel Inc - Community
Mental Health Services
Sara
Riel Inc is an agency supporting adults living with mental health
diagnosis. Our services include both community supports in the form of
tenancy supports finding, and keeping apartments and housing; life skills
development and supports to live successfully in the community; case
management and support in both finding and keeping employment.
The
staff at Sara Riel Inc will work to support transitions from hospital,
child and adolescent services and from rural communities into the city.
Staff and clients work collaboratively to develop rehabilitation plans and
provide the supports for successful community living and employment.
Sara
Riel Community Mental Health Services:
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A comprehensive needs assessment
in the areas of Housing, Community Living, Life Skills & Counseling
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Support and guidance to develop a
Rehabilitation and Recovery Plan
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Instruction, guidance and
engagement with SRI staff towards achieving the goals outlined in the
Rehab and Recovery Plan
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Exploration of community access
and resources
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Counselling and Case Management
to assist you with any difficulties
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Support to assist you to maintain
community housing and community integration
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Support, encouragement and
direction while you work toward achieving your goals
For
more information or to apply, please speak to the Sara Riel Intake
Coordinator at
237-9263 ext. 49
Work Placement
Force Services:
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A
comprehensive 4 week classroom component of 4-6 participants, focusing on
skills to obtain and maintain employment.
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Interest exploration and assessments to decide on a career that you want
to pursue.
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Instruction and guidance to launch an effective job search including
professional resume development and utilizing the Internet.
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Exploration of educational and training opportunities.
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Assistance to develop an individualized plan to realize your vocational
goals.
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Counselling services to assist you with any difficulties.
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Support to assist you to maintain employment.
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Program services for one year. Staff provides support, encouragement and
direction while you turn your plan into action.
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For more information and to apply, please ask to speak to a Work Placement
Force staff person at 237-9559.
On site
Information Session;
If you would like
one of our team to come to your site to discuss our services and how we
can work cooperatively to have adults living with mental health live
successfully in the community and attain competitive employment please
call to make arrangements.
Tricia Arjoon
Executive Assistant 237-9263 ext. 28
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The Bike Dump
is a community-use bicycle repair shop in Winnipeg.
We are volunteer-run, and
offer:
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Tools and space to fix your
bike
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A stock of recycled bike
frames and parts from which to build yourself a bike
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Volunteers to help guide you
through your repairs or bike-building project
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Re-furbished, recycled
bicycles for sale on a sliding scale
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Monthly bicycle repair
workshops
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hot coffee
http://bike-dump.ca/
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BED BUG HOTLINE
 The
provincial bedbug inquiry line is now operational.
The number is
1-855-3MB-BUGS (1- 855-362-2847).
The public can call with questions about bed bug prevention, how to
identify an infestation, and what steps to take when a bedbug infestation
occurs.
The hotline is staffed by trained operators
during regular business hours, Monday through Friday. Outside of these
hours, callers can leave a message, and the call will be returned the next
business day. There is also an email address (bedbugs@gov.mb.ca)
that the public can use.
There is also a bed bug website:
www.manitoba.ca/bedbugs. It
provides a wide variety of information about bed bugs, including myths and
facts about bed bugs, and fact sheets on how to prevent bed bugs from
entering your home and what to do if you have an infestation.
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North End
Food Security
Network Store Specials
We have
compiled store specials from Sobey's Cash & Carry, Avenue Meats, Neechi
Foods Gimli Fish (e.g: 30 perogies for $4.00!), Selkirk Supermarket.
Low-cost Healthy Recipes
PLUS four
low-cost healthy food recipes that use these grocery store specials. What
to do with oatmeal?? will be included for awhile until we run out of
ideas.
We welcome your feedback, as this is a NEW pilot project. Check out
our Recipes/Store Specials page
The FREE
grocery store shuttle service is up and running. Bookings are still
available for agencies, schools, residents associations, other service
providers and all community members.
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Thank you and enjoy!
Margo, Joanne & Alexis
The good food team! |
Margo Malabar, North End Food
Security & Greening Facilitator North End
Community Renewal Corporation, 927-2342
Email: margo@necrc.org |
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Free Shuttle Service to Local Grocery Stores |
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Welcome to Winnipeg's
"Guitars for Kids"
see Wpg Free Press article on program
"Guitars for Kids" is a non-profit organization that provides guitars to
youth in lower income areas in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. We hope to
inspire those kids who don't always have an opportunity to be creative. They
want to play but not everyone can afford a guitar.
That’s
where "Guitars for Kids" come in. We gather used guitars, fix them up and
donate them free of charge to a willing student. "Guitars for Kids" founder
Ashley McCurdy is a local guitar instructor who has spent the last 5 years
teaching guitar to economically disadvantaged kids for North-End
organizations and has seen firsthand the need for instruments.
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Are you 10 to 17 years
old?
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Do you want to learn
the guitar?
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Do you live in the
North-End, Point Douglas or West End area of Winnipeg.
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Will you be willing to
teach someone in your family what you've learned?
If
you want to receive a guitar from our organization then visit our website
http://guitarsforkidswpg.webs.com and head on over
to the "About Us" page and read about our
program then move to the "Application Form",
answer a few questions and if you qualify we'll arrange to get you a
guitar.
Right now
we have only a few acoustic guitars but we have a bunch of electrics to give
away. We would also like to take a photo of the guitar donation so we can
document how many guitars we can give away. Our goal is to give away 50
guitars so if you have an old guitar or want to lend a hand then please
check out the "What Can You Do?" page for
more information.
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Wanted: kids who should be in class
By: Nick Martin
THEY look like wanted posters and
that's pretty much what they are.
Wanted, yes, wanted in school, yes
again, and pretty young people to be the subject of a wanted poster -- but
that's one way to get adults helping out when they see a kid out on the
streets during school hours.
Winnipeg School Division has launched a
campaign inspired by Point Douglas community activist Sel Burrows to find
kids hanging out on the streets and get them into school.
The photos on the poster are staged but
they get the point across -- be on the lookout for children on the streets
who should be in school.
"We'd like to call it attendance
follow-up," said WSD's north area superintendent Dushant Persaud. "Parents
are often the last people to know their kids aren't in school.
"We sent it to all the schools."
Persaud said Burrows came to the
division and said, "There's no way to notify the school division if kids
are just hanging out in the community."
The division met with the community and
with Child and Family Services, said Persaud.
Now, "Folks can phone the division and
give a heads-up" if they see kids on the street during the school day.
Seen once, maybe there's an in-service
to explain the kid's not being in a classroom. But spotted on the street
frequently, chances are the child is skipping school, or he or she has
just arrived in the neighbourhood, or maybe the parents haven't even
registered the child.
Ideally, people calling WSD at
789-0400 or emailing
attendancehelpdesk@wsd1.org should have as much information as
possible: where the child has been seen hanging out, a name, an address,
anything that will help the local school and WSD's attendance officers
figure out how to make a home visit, Persaud said.
nick.martin@freepress.mb.ca
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition October 14, 2010 A2
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FOOD ON WHEELS
SENIORS FOOD
DELIVERY IN POINT DOUGLAS
The North Point
Douglas Seniors Association (NPDSA) is starting a free delivery of food-bank-type food to seniors in Point Douglas.
There is no charge for the food.
If you know anyone who is over 60, lives in Point Douglas and
would like free food delivered please let us know.
Call 956-4090 or email
point.powerline@yahoo.com
We are a small volunteer group of Point Douglas
residents who are all over 65. We know many seniors are too proud to go to food
banks or don’t have the transportation. We will be starting small with bread and
other basic foods. Depending on how this works, we hope to expand to offer a
wider variety of foods.
NPDSA Food
Coordinator: Rob Forbes President: Sel Burrows
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For families who would like to get their children involved or introduced to
Pow Wow
drumming/singing.
Ma Mawi Rising Sun Pow Wow Club will be
hosting their group here at the Win Gardner
Place/North End Wellness Centre every
Friday evening from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm in the gymnasium. The club is
Coordinated by Paul Desjarlais (925-0334) from Ma Mawi.
The
club is an “open group” which means that if there are youth who are interested
in participating in the club that they are more than welcome to do so!
For more information contact:
Greg
Slobodeski
North End Wellness Centre Coodinator
Win Gardner Place
363 McGregor Street
Winnipeg, Manitoba R2W 4X4
Phone: (204) 925-4486
Cellular: (204) 293-3910
Fax: (204) 925-0371
E-Mail:
gslobodeski@mamawi.com
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DO YOU WANT TO
OWN YOUR
OWN HOME?
Habitat for Humanity Winnipeg -
We partner with families who are ready for the responsibility and challenges
of homeownership, but would not qualify for a traditional mortgage.
Requirements for Habitat homeownership include:
1) You have been regularly employed for the past two years
2) Preference given to family with young children
3) Your current housing is either: too expensive, too small,
unsafe, or substandard
4) You are willing to volunteer 500 hours with Habitat for
Humanity Winnipeg
5) You are willing to take on a zero percent interest
mortgage
6) Your annual household income (including Child Tax Benefit)
is below the low- income cut-off. Look at the chart below to see
if your income falls below these numbers:
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2 |
$27,601 |
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3 |
$33,933 |
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4 |
$41,198 |
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5 |
$46,727 |
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6 |
$52,699 |
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7 |
$58,673 |
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8 |
$63,000 |
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9 |
$68,000 |
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10 |
$73,000 |
If you meet all of these requirements please call Steve at
235-2187
To learn more about Habitat for Humanity Winnipeg, go to
www.habitat.mb.ca
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Big Brothers Big
Sisters of Winnipeg
is currently in
need of mentors to volunteer for two of our programs. There are
currently 60 children on our wait list who want a mentor who will be
their friend. It only takes a few hours a week, twice a month to make
a BIG difference in the life of a child. You can be that difference!
Empowering Our
Little Sisters Program:
Aboriginal Women Mentoring Aboriginal Girls
This is mentorship
program focused on building meaningful relationships and learning
opportunities for Aboriginal girls. EOLS is unique in the fact that
each month, Big Sisters will gather for a variety of shared
experiences and activities that can include sharing circles, elder
teachings and crafts. Currently, the girls are working on Regalia and
are almost ready to attend their first Pow wow!
Ultimately,
Empowering Our Little Sisters represents the coming together of
Aboriginal women to reclaim and nurture our young girls.
For more
information visit
www.bigwinnipeg.com or call (204) 988-9200
Ototema II
Program: Mentoring Youth in Conflict with the Law
Ototema II is a
program about friendship where male and female adult volunteers are
matched in a one-on-one relationship with a male or female youth who
is in conflict with the law. The youths in this program are between
the ages of 12-17 and include those who are on probation and youths
who are incarcerated in s Manitoba youth facility. Youths participate
in this program voluntarily and are thoroughly screened to ensure the
safety of everyone involved.
Benefits of this
program include free training for volunteers, opportunity to meet and
work with correctional staff, access to agency events and free
tickets/movie passes, opportunity to participate in Aboriginal
cultural activities, and an orientation to the Youth Justice System.
For more
information visit
www.bigwinnipeg.com or call (204) 988-9200
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Circle of life
Thunderbird house
“Sacred Buds Blossoming”
Rites
of passage Teachings from the Grandmother’s council for
Young girls ages 9-12
Sacred Buds is a group of girls 9-12 years of
age who meet with the
Grandmothers Council who will share their Teachings of becoming a
Traditional Aboriginal Woman.
The girls will meet with a Grandmother and
helpers on Tuesdays from 5:00pm to 6:30pm at the Circle of Life
Thunderbird House. A light snack will be provided.
For more information on how to register, please see
attached form.
Thanks,
Jacquie Lylyk
Community Development Worker
Aboriginal Communities
Community Development and Recreational Services
City of Winnipeg
Phone: (204) 391-2833
Fax: (204)986-8112
Email:
jlylyk@winnipeg.ca
Web:
www.winnipeg.ca/cms/ays/
Please register 940-4256
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Housing Circle
at
Aboriginal Visioning for the North End
Every second Thursday of the month
5:00 - 7:00 pm
586 Selkirk Ave
A different topic is discussed each month.
Free dinner provided!
Come enjoy a free dinner and learn your rights as a tenant!
For info call 586-5940
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