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What's Age Got to Do With It

December 17, 2005
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BC/Yukon Society of Transition Houses Domestic violence doesn’t discriminate. Regardless of ethnicity, income or age, women need support to deal with it. What’s Age Got To Do With It? offers a crisis line, shelter, safe home, counsellors and support groups on education, assertiveness and boundaries...

Enterprising Non-profits and Starworks

December 17, 2005
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Enterprising Non-Profits Starting a business with an ulterior motive of helping the community can be a challenge. Enterprising Non-Profits aims to make it easier by helping social enterprises develop business skills, including business planning. Starworks is one of the organizations they helped...

Child care for teenage moms

December 17, 2005
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Emma's Daycare High school education is the foundation for adult life. Emma’s Daycare, provided on-site at Sir Charles Tupper School, helps make it easier for teenage mothers to finish their education. At the same time, their children get quality early learning experiences that make a difference...

A home away from home

December 17, 2005
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The South Granville Seniors Centre is a gathering place, a place to connect and find companionship. The Centre promotes healthy and independent lifestyles with activities from bridge to yoga, day trips and more. They also serve meals a few times a week. They use an endowment fund at Vancouver...

ABC-123

December 17, 2005
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Abbotsford Community Services It’s never too early for kids to start enjoying reading and learning. ABC-123 is a pre-school program that focuses on literacy. With all of the play of a typical pre-school, they take every opportunity to enhance literacy skills. The Program, which runs in five...

Power of One

December 14, 2005
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Vancouver Humane Society Leslie Fox, from the Vancouver Humane Society teaches youth to think critically about how their food choices affect the environment. Typically people see animal rights as separate from environmental and human rights issues. “This is a great opportunity to take animal issues...

Hereditary Cancer Program

November 17, 2005
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Access to health care can be difficult in remote, rural areas. But thanks to technology, patients can avoid a trip to larger cities and still get help, counselling and answers to their questions about their illness. “I think the service they offer is just as adequate as if we were to sit in the...

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