Agency

Project Name

Project Description

Boys & Girls Clubs of Thunder Bay

Windsor Unit Program

At the Windsor Unit the Boys & Girls Club delivers programs and services to area children and youth 4 -18. They offer skill building, food programs, recreational, educational, leadership, cultural, vocational and social activities for different age levels.

Community Clothing Assistance

Community Partner Clothing REFERRAL Program

The referral program provides free good quality clothing to the homeless and low income individuals, who are referred to the charity by community referral  partners  (over 150).

Elizabeth Fry Society of Northwestern Ontario

Staying Connected Within a Circle of Care

The inherent purpose of this program is to provide advocacy, services, and emotional support to women and gender diverse people who are criminalized, and those at risk of criminalization.  This program allows us to help these individuals navigate a variety of systems and community services to meet their basic needs, to address their underlying needs and concerns and to ultimately remain connected within our community.

Evergreen A United Neighbourhood

Evergreen Youth Supports

Evergreen Youth Supports will connect area youth and children to positive adults and peers with activities that will keep them engaged, be involved with their community, make good life choices, and adapt to change.

it will also encourage learning and doing well in school, planning for post secondary education, and building good personal skills such as a sense of self esteem and resiliency. With 21.5 percent of youth and children living in low income households, the need to support our youth will help break the cycle of poverty.

Evergreen A United Neighbourhood

Evergreen Strong Neighbourhood

The Evergreen Strong Neighbourhood program aims to help reconnect in particular the vulnerable children and youth to slowly return to meet, learn, play, and grow. COVID-19 has been very challenging for the younger members of our community, we want to reacclimate them to programs and activities. It is time to offer safe ways to play sports, enjoy walks, play music, and games safely

Evergreen A United Neighbourhood

Evergreen Feeding Program

The Evergreen Feeding Program was developed to assist mainly low income Indigenous families with healthy meals and groceries. With the rising costs of food and many large families being raised by their grandmothers, feeding our most vulnerable and marginalized children and elders is crucial to ensure the prosperity of the neighbourhood. The program will help feed over 800 individuals and their families with hot meals at our organization location, to enjoy at home, in addition to grocery hampers.

The John Howard Society of Thunder Bay

Community Integration Program: Re-Integration Case Manager (RCM)

The Community Integration Program assists individuals, that are at risk of homelessness or currently homeless, with getting re-established in the community, through the provision of re-integration services.

The John Howard Society of Thunder Bay

Community Integration Program - Recreational Therapist (RT)

The Recreational Therapist provides a variety of programming opportunities and options for residents to participate in. Residents develop stronger coping skills through engaging with recreational activities; as well as a stronger sense of belonging in the community. Recreational Therapy is provided from a harm reduction perspective; the aim is to assist clients build skills to help with coping with negative emotions as well to combat loneliness.

Lakehead Social Planning Council

211 Northern Region

211 is an information & referral provider for community, health, social and related government services; it connects individuals (phone, chat, email, online database of human services) with the appropriate resources and often prevents an individual’s problems from spiraling into crises. By using 211, individuals are empowered to navigate the complex human service systems and are connected to the correct, validated, updated information or services.

March of Dimes Canada

After Stroke: Bringing Support and Well-Being to Survivors of Stroke and Caregivers

After Stroke is a personalized, non-medical, recovery service that helps stroke survivors and their families navigate the path forward after a stroke. Our After Stroke Coordinator make sure survivors find the help that’s right for them, when and where they need it. Support extends throughout every phase of recovery: from the earliest days in the hospital, to transitioning back home, to the changes and victories that follow.

New Directions Speakers’ School

New Directions Speakers' School Program

The New Directions Speakers’ School Program is a free 14-week public speaking and self-advocacy course that runs twice a year. The program teaches public speaking and leadership skills in an environment of peer support and within the context of education in social justice issues. The training consists of exercises focusing on effective communication, public speaking and group facilitation combined with substantive lectures on local community issues and other related topics presented by community trainers.

Northwestern Ontario Women’s Centre

Thunder Bay Good Food Box Program

The Thunder Bay Good Food Box is a non-profit, volunteer powered, community based, food security program. The aim is to increase access to fresh, quality produce for low income or food insecure people by

making it affordable and available in neighbourhoods, housing buildings, organizations, and participating First Nations and rural communities in the Region. It allows individual customers to pre-purchase a monthly, affordable box of seasonal fresh fruits and vegetables that is delivered directly to their neighbourhood two weeks later

Northwind Family Ministries

Next Steps

The Next Steps Program works to connect street-adjacent individuals with important community resources, including medical appointments, mental health and addictions counselling, housing programs, and addictions counselling, housing programs, and more

Our Kids Count

Big Brothers Big Sisters

This program matches young people facing adversity with trained adult mentors in 1-1 or group mentoring programs. Throughout this program, the “bigs” and “littles” form strong positive relationships that express care, challenge growth, share power, and expand possibilities for the mentee.

Our Kids Count

Emergency Child Care

The Emergency Child Care Program provides brief, emergency childcare for up to three hours. This allows families and parents respite, the opportunity to attend job interviews or medical appointments, or attend to other basic needs.

Our Kids Count

Food Security Programs

This program provides healthy, nutritious food to participants in the Home Visiting and the Young Parents Program, both of which work in our community to build healthy, strong families.

St. Andrew Soup Kitchen

Extras for Seniors

This program allows the Dew Drop Inn to hand out a weekly hamper of essential food items for our patrons who are over the age of 60. They will distribute 75 essential bags every week, attempting to cover as many essentials as possible.

St. Andrew Soup Kitchen

Meal Enhancement

The Meal Enhancement Program offers St. Andrew Soup Kitchen the opportunity to scale their services to be able to meet the increasing demand for food access in our community.

Shkoday

Aborignal Headstart and Biwaase'aa program

Shkoday begins building strong foundations starting with the Aboriginal Head Start (AHS) program, where we work with children 2-6 and their families. Our Biwaase’aa Program supports children during elementary school, where the focus is on introducing or re-introducing culture to children, youth and their families. Throughout all Shkoday’s programs, we work with individuals to understand more fully who they are and where they come from and to be proud of their culture.

Thunder Bay Counselling Centre

Impact of Intimate Partner Violence Program

The Impact of Intimate Partner Violence Program provides individual, couple and family counselling, education and support to people who are experiencing the impact of gender-based violence beyond that of being a victim. The primary focus of the Impact of Intimate Partner Violence Program is to address issues of safety for couples that wish to stay together. This program provides information, education, support, advocacy and variety of interventions as therapists provide knowledge and support, and empower healing and change.

Thunder Bay Counselling Centre

Mental Health Counselling Program

The Mental Health Counselling Program is a service offered by Thunder Bay Counselling, providing counselling, psychotherapy and support services for mild to moderate mental health issues such as depression, anxiety, stress and regulation as well as for grief, relationship issues and substance use/addiction. Services are provided for individuals and families, across the lifespan, of whom a majority live in poverty and have limited or no access to primary care.  Our clients have faced issues associated with discrimination, racism and isolation and are often vulnerable and marginalized.  This program helps to ensure people living in poverty have access to high quality mental health counselling at no cost.

Thunder Bay Counselling Centre

Financial Counselling

The Financial Counselling Program provides support to people of all income levels to help them to enhance their financial well-being and resilience. The Program has a priority focus on Financial Empowerment, strategies that support individuals living on low income to improve their financial security. Integral to this work are initiatives that support clients to access government and other income benefits to which they are entitled.  Financial Counsellors utilize a Benefit wayfinder to assist clients to determine if there are benefits they can access that will improve their financial position.