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Volume 15 Number 47 | 50¢
November 23, 2016
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12 Days of Giving spreads cheer throughout Kamloops
Thompson Community Service member and participant Jason Janke and worker Tammy White are ready for this year’s 12 Days of Giving.
a treat, not only for the community, but also for local shelter—they’ll also be surprising participants and support staff. “It’s a chance to people with a peppermint fresh candy cane say thank you, offer a helping hand and connect bomb in local parks! with their community in a way that they never No gesture is too small; the acts of kindhad before,” says Megan Humphrey, commu- ness brighten the days of the both the giver and receiver. nity services manager. Participants will hand out TCS provides individualized, innovative tokens at Erwin’s Bakery, and inspired approach to community care share handmade and support services. Within the Kamloops region, a wide Christmas deconumber of programs are available for rations, hand out sandadults with developmental disabilities. wiches on the The TCS offers training and counseling street, collect for families, as well as personalized and donate planning sessions, foster parent supitems for port and provide caregiver staffing. Community Inclusion services helps foster interactive connections to the community. The Community Inclusion Program recently moved into a bright new location on the North Shore. The new space includes a kitchen and activity area for recreation and leisure activities where members build upon their life skills and social relationships. The staff and members of the North Shore community Inclusion Programming are excited to get to know their neighbours and connect with other businesses in the area. Employment Services support individuals - continued on page 2
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The second annual 12 Days of Giving has quickly become one of the favourite events of the Thompson Community Service’s (TCS) yearly programming. Megan Seery, TCS employment counselor, describes the “whole hearted” event as an “opportunity to get TCS supported individuals together, so they can give back to a community that has been so generous to them.” TCS encourages their clients to collaborate on random acts of kindness, connect with the community, engage with others and share their hobbies and crafts. It’s an uplifting experience for all involved, “it’s not only the generosity and kindness that our individuals displayed to community members, but it’s also the [positive] responses from the community,” Megan says. Between November 25 and December 12, 12 Days of Giving will be focused on spreading Christmas cheer and a charitable spirit through gifts and gestures “to the marginalized populations and other community organizations.” The 12 Days of Giving initiative is