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MESSAGE FROM OUR BOARD CHAIR
We are well underway in our progress toward achieving the goals laid out in our Strategic Plan (2021 to 2025). One of our key objectives has been to advance the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion imperative through staff and Board training. I am pleased to report that we held an excellent session of the Board and senior staff in September, 2022 to learn, to identify areas for improvement and to make sure we are an organization that welcomes the broadest cross-section of our diverse communities. We are currently actively engaged in Board recruitment to make sure we have the best ideas and the best community representation helping to inform our future plans. We are truly blessed as an organization to have such dedicated directors and I look forward to adding to their ranks at our upcoming Annual General Meeting on December 6th, 2022.
Notwithstanding the challenges of fiscal 2022, I am pleased to share that we ended the year in solid financial shape. We served the number of children and youth in line with our projections except to the extent that schools were unable to accommodate our programming due to the pandemic. The Finance committee of our Board put in particular effort assisting management in making critical decisions in the course of the year and I thank them for their hard work and willingness to go the extra mile.
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I think we have finally turned the corner on these difficult few years and I look forward to planning growth and renewal of our programs going forward as we build out the goals of our Strategic Plan to 2025. I applaud the efforts of our staff to display resilience and empathy during the past few years and on behalf of the Board, I thank them most sincerely for their efforts.
I would also like to thank my co-directors for all of their contributions in the course of the year. Each one of you brought energy and commitment to your role as we worked through the challenges of the year. On behalf of our organization, I want to express my most sincere appreciation.
Thank you.
Tony Miles, Board Chair
