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Need for ‘Food Shed’ grows in Cumberland

December 16, 2024 by Heather Watson

The Cumberland Food Shed, a local resource for residents in need, was low on supplies in early December due to rising costs and increased needs.

The Food Shed is an initiative started by Cumberland’s Weird Church in 2020 as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and a solution for local students losing access to food programs following school closures.

The project is a collaboration with the Cumberland Community School Society and the Village of Cumberland, and receives support from the Rotary Club of Cumberland and Cumberland Legion.

Reverend Ingrid Brown of the Weird Church joined CHLY to discuss this neighbours-supporting-neighbours initiative, and the impacts of rising costs of living on the community and the Food Shed.

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‘A safe space for people’: Native Horizons Treatment Centre looking to close gap within community

April 24, 2024 by Andrew Dow

Native Horizons Treatment Centre Executive Director Wanda Smith says the newly re-opened facility will work to provide crucial support services to the community once again.

In 2018, the treatment centre was destroyed by a fire. Smith says in the time between 2018 and the centre re-opening they received over 9,000 calls from community members looking for support in mental health and addiction.

CJKS spoke with Smith to hear more about the future of the centre following the re-opening April 17.

She says with the new building Native Horizons is looking to add more programs that will provide assistance to community members in need and adds that there’s been a community gap in providing support services.

“Having access to reliable services whether they’re psychological, the therapeutic services is really crucial and there is really not many available.”

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Au Diapason launches ‘flagship’ fundraiser to support operational costs

February 21, 2024 by Taylor McClure

Au Diapason has launched the 15th edition of its “La March/La Course” fundraiser to raise necessary funds in order to continue providing free palliative care and end-of-life support services to people in Brome-Missisquoi and Haute-Yamaska.

Over the years, La March/La Course has grown to become the Au Diapason Foundation’s “flagship” event, now raising 25% of the annual funds needed to support the work of La Maison and the l’Équipe d’accompagnement Au Diapason, explained Executive Director Charlotte Evans.

According to Evans, the provincial government covers 50% of the operational expenses for Au Diapason, but the other 50% – equivalent to $1 million annually – is left up to the Au Diapason Foundation. With regular medical equipment renewals and maintenance and repairs for La Maison, fundraisers like La March/La Course allow Au Diapason to directly invest in “the care and services that we offer,” added Evans.

Need for ‘Food Shed’ grows in Cumberland

‘A safe space for people’: Native Horizons Treatment Centre looking to close gap within community

Au Diapason launches ‘flagship’ fundraiser to support operational costs

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