Georgian Bay Native Friendship Centre
Site: Georgian Bay Native Friendship Centre
Service: Akwe:go Urban Aboriginal Children's Program
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Print Version (New Window)| Record #: MID0835 | Last Modified: 05 Nov 2020 | Last Full Update: 17 Apr 2020 |
| Location, Telephone & Internet | |
|---|---|
| Office Phone | 705-526-5589 |
| Fax | 705-526-7662 |
| akwego@gbnfc.com | |
| Website | www.gbnfc.com/akwego |
| Located In Community | Midland |
| Address | 175 Yonge St Midland, ON L4R 2A7 View MapQuest Map |
| Intersection | William St and Yonge St |
| Contact Information | |
| Primary Contact | Morgan Osborne, Akwe:go Worker, Georgian Bay Native Friendship Centre; Phone: ext 254 |
| Alternate Contact | Melissa Gendron, Akwe:Go Worker, Georgian Bay Native Friendship Centre; Phone: 705 526 5589 ext 264; Email: akwego@gbnfc.com |
| Description & Services | |
| Description (Service) | Program designed to provide comprehensive support for children at risk so they may build upon and foster their inherent ability to make healthy choices by: * provision of social supports to address issues of self-esteem, victimization and peer pressure * outreach initiative to ensure access to culturally appropriate services for children in care and their families including support and education for non-Aboriginal adoptive and foster parents; * addressing the inter-related health impacts of poverty, diabetes, and obesity * providing school suspension supports, direct access to computers and literacy and encouraging healthy relationships with peers and authority figures * providing access to tutoring and mentoring, supervised physical activities and incorporating a parent support component for children with Fetal Alchohol Syndrome and/or other disabilities and their families * providing counselling and support to children who have witnessed violence |
| Hours | Office Mon-Thu 8:30 am-4:30 pm, Fri 8:30 am-4 pm |
| Areas Served | Simcoe North |
| Eligibility | Ages: 7 year(s) - 12 year(s) Priority is for First Nation, Metis and Inuit peoples living off reserve |
| Application | Call for information |
| Languages | English ; Ojibway - Programs, by request |
| Fees | Donation ; None |
| Other Details | |
| Established | 1984 |
| Physical Access | Fully Accessible |
| Print Material | Newsletter (quarterly) |