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TIMES Vol. 2, No. 10
The Voice of North Grenville
March 12, 2014
Community Connections Center Lighting the Way
Carolyn Wellstein with Bev Illauk Foundation National Mental by Beth Nicol Health and Addictions Award for excellence in community The day started and end- programming and the 2012 ed with ceremony. All levels recipient of the Prime Minof government arrived to ister’s Volunteer Award for visibly demonstrate their Social Innovation. The Community Conunified support of the Comnections Centre is looking munity Connections Centre and its proactive approach for volunteers. Volunteers to many of the issues facing for children’s programming, members of our community. instructors for hand crafts and MPP Steve Clark, MP Gord the arts, and qualified teachBrown and North Grenville ers for tutoring are required. Mayor Dave Gordon rec- Drivers for the “Ride Regisognize the potential influ- try” are needed as well. There ence for good that the CCC will be a volunteer orientation can wield. It is patterned session on Thursday, March after its sister organization, 13 at 1:00 pm. For those Ilisaqsivik Society, in Clyde looking for a home for gently River, Nunavut. It was the used books, the Centre may 2010 recipient of the Kaiser be the answer. Books dealing
with personal development, wellness, psychology or sociology, and past issues of magazines such as, “Canadian Parenting,” and “Psychology Today,” would be welcomed. Registration for the Tutoring Program will begin on March 17. Counselling is available. The cost for workshops, classes and counselling sessions will operate on a sliding scale based on the clients’ financial resources. Some subsidies for all services are available. For more information contact the Centre. Once again, local businesses worked together to make the celebration successful. The Old Town Kemptville, the BIA and the
Chamber of Commerce assisted with the many details. Refreshments were supplied by Graham’s Bakery, The Crusty Baker, B & H, Victorian Pantry and Moose Mart. Signage, logo design and promotional materials were provided by Great Blue Graphics, Classic Graphics and Wordsmith respectively. Members of Bella Borealis, the pride of Bishop’s Mills, entertained throughout the afternoon. Canadian Broadcasting’s Maggie Padlewska covered the event as well. As anyone working to a deadline knows, there is usually a last minute scramble to put the finishing touches in place. Volunteer builders, Diane Cloutier, Ophelia and Amy Sanchez and Paul Deganais, were instrumental in preparations as was Brooks and Cryderman who responded to a last minute plumbing emergency. As the day began, so it ended. Welcoming words were given by Lorraine Rekmans of the Algonquian Nation and the symbolic lighting of the Qulliq took place. The lamp, fueled by seal oil, was used by Inuit for centuries to be a light in the long winter darkness. Finally, Carolyn Wellstein presented the Centre with a framed article featuring her late husband, Nik. The building housing the Community Connections Centre, is named, “Nik’s Place,” in memory of his devotion to his community. Long may it thrive.
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