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We were delighted to meet with our friends at Connections Early Years Family Centre to provide our ongoing support!

We were overjoyed recently to be able to present Liam Giles-Hayes, VP Programs & Strategic Relations, United Way Windsor-Essex County with our support for the Reading Club, part of their wonderful Summer Eats for Kids program.

We had the good fortune to partner with Learning Disability Association of Windsor-Essex County recently. We are proudly contributing to their efforts and look very forward to continuing our support. Connect with LDAWE:

Connect with VON: We had the opportunity recently to support VON produce their workbook for their SMART Program. ​The VON SMART Program (Seniors Maintaining Active Roles Together) is a research and evidence-informed exercise and fall prevention program provided by the VON Erie St. Clair. SMART is designed for community members 55+ who, regardless of current

Connect with Kiwanis: We are so happy to be a part of Kiwanis Club of Windsor’s “Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library”, a “community-based book gifting program that mails free, high-quality, age-appropriate books to children from birth until age five, regardless of their family’s income. We partner with a local organization that registers children into our secure

We stopped by the United Way HQ recently to meet with Kelsey Boire, Ignite Academy Community Coordinator, to present her with our continuing support for Ignite Academy. Connect with United Way: Ignite Academy is the first community-designed Cradle to Career solution from ProsperUs. Aimed to bolster literacy and math competencies, the program operates after school

We had the opportunity recently to visit Ready Set Go downtown. Our Mary-Jo Solarik is seen presenting our cheque supporting their programming to Ready Set Go’s Robyn Alexander.

The Open House was a celebration of Connections’ 50 years of service to the community. Another focus for celebration was the completion of renovations which were made to improve accessibility at the Connections Early Years Family Centre located at 795 Giles Blvd. East. We were pleased to learn that our contributions to this organization are

Our friends at the Connections Early Years Centre were kind enough to send us an update on how they’re making use of our support from earlier this year. This is from their mid-term report, courtesy of Barb Brown, Executive Director: Thanks to the Volunteers for Literacy Grant, Connections was able to purchase books to provide

We are honoured to support the Happy Readers Book Club run by the Downtown Windsor Community Collaborative again this year! If you’d like to know more about the DWCC and their Happy Readers Book Club, please click here!