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- L'Arche is part of an international federation that provides loving homes for adults with developmental disabilities. - As a service organization, L'Arche espouses a "community model" of living, rather than a medical or social service model of care. - As a faith-based organization L'Arche recognizes the spiritual and religious needs and aspirations of its members, and respects those who have no spiritual or religious affiliation. Our community and faith life inspire us to be open to people of differing intellectual capacity, social origin,religion, race, and culture. - At L'Arche, people with disabilities, and those who assist them, live together and are equally responsible for the life of their home and community.

* L'Arche is an international organization of faith-based communities creating homes and day programs with people who have developmental disabilities. * We recognize the spiritual and religious needs and aspirations of our members, and respect those who have no spiritual or religious affiliation. We are open to people of differing intellectual capacity, social origin,religion, race, and culture. * At L'Arche, people with disabilities, and those who assist them, live together and are equally responsible for the life of their home and community. L'Arche Ottawa opened in Ottawa in 1972. Today we are 30 core members and 18 assistants living in 7 homes as well as members of the coordinating team and a number of live-out and part-time support persons. We have a spacious, modern community center where we gather for Monday evening community nights and many other special occasions. You are welcome to join us community night. Please call for exact times and dates.

Learning Disabilities Association of Chatham-Kent (LDACK) is a volunteer based, non-profit organization in existence in Chatham-Kent since 1976. We provide structured programs, an excellent resource library, mentoring, advocacy, support and information and referral to individuals of Chatham-Kent (parents, families, professionals) with or involved with Learning Disabilities (LD), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and related issues. Programs and services include after-school and summer tutoring, after-school and summer social skills, assistive technology training, after-school and summer secondary school preparation course - SOAR (SOme Assembly Required), information and referral, resource library, information meetings, newsletters, advocacy, and membership.

Leeds & Grenville Interval House is a shelter for abused women and their children. Our Mandate is to provide emergency shelter, supportive counseling, advocacy, information, and referrals for physically, emotionally, and psychologically abused women and their children. We provide a safe, secure, and confidential refuge for women and their children who have been physically, sexually, emotionally or psychologically abused, threatened, or assaulted. In addition to the safe emergency shelter, we also offer a variety of other programs: local and toll-free Crisis Lines, an in-house Children's Program, a Children's Witness Program, Community Outreach, Transitional Support & Housing Program. All services are completely confidential and free of charge. We serve women ages 16 years and over with their children. For the community, we offer Public Education presentations, conduct fund raising events and campaigns, and we have a Volunteer Program.

Main services : 1) Shelter (170 beds) : Bed for the night, shower, clean clothes and meals (dinner and breakfast). 2) Transition program (30 units) : Supervised social reinsertion, budget management, group workshops, employability programs, etc. 3) Homeless senior residence (78 private rooms) : Fiduciary services, medication management, personal care and accompaniment to health professionals. 4) Home support: (internal: 20 studios and 8 rooms) + (external: 1800 visits): Annual budget and medication management, safe housing support. Accompaniment to health professionals, social or community services and even to the grocery store.

We believe that the family more than any other institution shapes the personality and character of every person. We believe that the nature of life in society is, in a large part, determined by the quality of family life. We are committed to assisting individuals and family units to improve their functioning at home, at work and in the community. As an organization, we meet this philosophy by providing four distinct programming areas: Home Services, Immigrant Services, COE (counseling, outreach, education), and our Dacapo program (people with developmental disabilities). Programs include home care, settlement, interpretation, employment, counseling, education, culture, and recreation opportunities for our clients.

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Since 2002, LCRC has facilitated a variety of community-based programs such as: Community Gardens, Cook It Up, Collective Kitchens, Healthy Tidbits at the Food Bank, and Community Food Advisors. Grow Cook Learn is the culmination of the food security projects undertaken by the London Community Resource Centre (LCRC). The Grow Cook Learn program builds on this experience to provide more options and opportunities for people to grow, prepare, preserve and enjoy locally grown fresh food. We facilitate cooking classes, gardening courses, community presentations and demonstration gardens to encourage everyone to Grow Cook Learn!

Make your gift to London's Community Fund or to any other named fund.

Professional counselling/therapy is available to individuals, couples, families (ages 16+). We provide a setting in which personal issues and concerns can be discussed in an accepting and safe environment. Your donations ensure that those individuals without financial means may access this service at little or no cost.

Caring people. Strengthening lives. For more than 40 years, Canadian families have trusted Lutherwood to support them as they cope with serious child and adolescent behavioural, emotional and psychological challenges. Accredited by Children’s Mental Health Ontario, our Waterloo-based agency offers a blend of innovative approaches and evidence-informed practices that have attracted national attention. We currently provide residential treatment and assessment, community and school-based interventions, preventative services, family counselling in addition to operating a downtown youth shelter. For more information on all our programs and services please visit www.lutherwood.ca

Vanier is a leader in helping children and youth age 0 to 14 and their families with emotional and behavioural issues. For over 40 years, we have served London and surrounding communities in southwestern Ontario with compassionate, best-practice and innovative programs and services. Many of the children we help are reacting to overwhelming stresses within their lives like death, divorce, violence, neglect, or parents with mental health or substance abuse problems. Some are coping with genetic conditions and problems resulting from parenting. Our programs and services are flexible and responsive to the specific needs of each family. We offer: •Crisis intervention •Residential services •Day treatment •Early years programming and various attachment therapies •Family counselling •Community outreach