National Day for Truth and Reconciliation 9
SUPPLEMENT TO THE FREE PRESS • SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2024
SUPPLIED
YOUTH RECREATION SERVICES • Leadership training • Recreational programming seven days per week
FOOD SUSTAINABILITY • Food available to youth through recreation programs • Hampers available to families on request • Breakfast program through Alternative Ed TRANSPORTATION • Transportation provided to youth in order to ensure easy access to services within BON COVID COMMUNITY SUPPORTS • Daily monitoring of all isolators • Provision of supplies including cell phones
DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES • Playground was created • Skating rink in process • Development of local trails for teachings and preservation of historical data INDIVIDUALIZED SPECIAL REQUESTS • Five properties so far approved for fencing to provide safety for youth with diagnosed special needs • Adaptive equipment such as bikes • Educational Assistants, Support Workers for ELCC Programs, etc. COMMUNITY EVENTS AND TRAINING
• Youth employment opportunities LAND-BASED EDUCATION
• Opportunities for youth and students to learn traditional, land based activities such as medicine picking, harvesting, hunting, etc. CULTURAL SERVICES • Spiritual supports and ceremonies • Cultural teachings and activities such as drumming, tipi teachings, art and sewing
• Family Fun Days & Winter Festivals • Anishinaabe Language Workshops • Lateral Violence Workshops, etc.
WCB honours National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
We remember the children who never returned home, and acknowledge the trauma of the survivors, their families and their communities. We must all work together in creating a better way forward.
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