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Funded Programs

Community Investments

United Way of Thunder Bay invests available resources in strategic ways to move the needle on poverty in our community.

Members of our volunteer Community Investment Panel evaluate and make recommendations to fund certain programs, collaborations and initiatives that create measurable, lasting change in real lives.

Below are some of our recent investments that are helping to support vulnerable people throughout Northwestern Ontario.

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.

ORGANIZATION PROGRAM NAME PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
AIDS Committee of Thunder Bay Beyond Our Front Doors This program will provide emergency support including, warm winter gear (hats scarves mats, boots, coats), food supplies and outdoor supplies for people who may be sleeping rough in community (tents, tarps, lanterns, sleeping bags etc) for people who are unable/unwilling to access housing supports during the most inclement weather, in four regional communities.
AIDS Committee of Thunder Bay THEIR House Outreach Program The THEIR House Outreach Project conducts outreach into local encampments and engages people to connect with housing and support services while providing them with appropriate temporary shelter and resources.
Community Clothing Assistance Community Partner Clothing Referral Program The Community Partner Clothing REFERRAL program provides free, quality clothing to street-involved and low income individuals.
Community Clothing Assistance Youth Hands-On-Work Training Program The Youth Hands-On-Work Training Program helps is youth succeed in their chosen career path. Through the program, youth have access to mentoring, training, skills-development, and more, with access to specialized development plans based on participant strengths and weaknesses.
Elizabeth Fry Society of Northwestern Ontario Elizabeth Fry Reintegration Program To provide advocacy, assistance and emotional support to women and gender diverse people who are criminalized and those at risk of criminalization in order to help them navigate the criminal justice system, meet their basic needs, address their underlying issues and connect with their community.
Evergreen A United Neighbourhood Evergreen Youth Supports The Evergreen Youth Supports program connect children and youth to positive adults and mentors, allowing them to be engaged and involved in their community, to live healthy, to make good choices, and to be equipped to adapt to change.
Grace Ministries of Thunder Bay Out of the Cold Basic Needs Supports The purpose of this program is to provide hot nutritious take-out meals to some of the most vulnerable and marginalized members of the Thunder Bay Community.
Hope Air Medical Travel and Accommodations The Medical Travel and Accomodations program provides free flights and accomodations to low-income individuals and families who need to seek specialized medical care outside of Thunder Bay.
John Howard Society of Thunder Bay Community Integration Program – Case Manager Position The purpose of the Community Integration Program is to assist individuals with healthy and sustainable re-integration into the community; provide safety and security through transitional/supportive housing; assist in the development of skills for independence to be able to maintain housing in the community;
John Howard Society of Thunder Bay Community Integration Program – Recreation Therapist Position The Recreation Therapist at John Howard Society of Thunder Bay provides programming that engages particpants in different activities throughout the community to have positive experiences in a safe a therapeutic environment. The supportive environment provides security for clients to try new things, build confidence, and become more comfortable in the greater community, enabling participants to more easily transition to the community.
Lakehead Social Planning Council 211 – Northern Region 211 Northern Region, located in Thunder Bay and housed at the LSPC office, is the Contact Centre responsible for 211 service delivery for all of Northern Ontario and is part of a 4-Centre integrated system . 211 Northern Region's purpose is to provide information and referral services by telephone, online, chat, email and text.
March of Dimes Canada After Stroke Program After Stroke is a personalized, non-medical, recovery program that helps stroke survivors and their families navigate the path forward after a stroke
New Directions Speakers School Speakers’ School Program The New Directions Speakers’ School Program is a free 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 The Thunder Bay Good Food Box is a non-profit, volunteer powered, community based, food security program. Our 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
NorthWind Family Ministries LifeBuild LifeBuild is a specialized program offered in four week increments throughout the year and is open to both men and women. Modules are tailored to the expressed needs of participants, such as, personal safety, addiction, grief care, communication, conflict resolution, boundary setting, anxiety, depression, and isolation
NorthWind Family Ministries Next Steps Connector Program The Next Steps Connector Program works to connect street-adjacent individuals with important community resources, including medical appointments, mental health and addictions counselling, housing programs, and more.
Our Kids Count Emergency Child Care Program The Emergency Child Care Program provides brief, emergency child care to families in the Simpson-Ogden neighbourhood.
Our Kids Count Food Security Programming 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.
Our Kids Count Big Brothers Big Sisters Big Brothers Big Sisters connects one "little" with one "big", forming strong positive relationships  that express care, challenge growth, share power, and expand possibilities for the mentee.
PRO Kids Swimming the Length! This program connects youth who otherwise might not have the opportunity to swimming programming, providing touchpoints to healthy activity, social opportunities, mentorship, and more.
PRO Kids Bouncing to the Top! This program connects youth who otherwise might not have the opportunity to gymnastics programming, providing touchpoints to healthy activity, social opportunities, mentorship, and more.
Regional Food Distribution Association Essential Skills in Food Service Program The Essential Skills in Food Service Program at the RFDA will provide training on the basic skills needed for entry level positions in the food service industry. The program will help vulnerable or marginalized individuals who face employment barriers, build the necessary skills to gain employment in the food service industry in Thunder Bay and area,
Shkoday Feeding Our Children Shkoday's Feeding Our Children program aims to establish a strong foundation for Indigenous children to be healthy, vibrant and proud of their Indigenous background. The program seeks to meet youth's nutritional and psychological needs, as well as help to make sure they have a head start regarding learning and education.
St. Andrew Soup Kitchen Inc. Dignified Food Access This program ensures that St. Andrew Soup Kitchen can operate their sit-down, hot meal program to individuals who are seeking to access food and reduce social isolation.
St. Andrew Soup Kitchen Inc. Everyone Deserves a Good Meal This program ensures that St. Andrew Soup Kitchen can continue to add healthy, nutritious options to their take-home lunches.
St. Andrew Soup Kitchen Inc. Meal Enhancement Program 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.
St. Andrew Soup Kitchen Inc. Senior Food Hamper Program The Senior Food Hamper Program provides vulnerable seniors in our community a weekly food hamper to help with food insecurity and access.
Thunder Bay and Area Victim Services Grab and Go Bags for Victims of Crime This program provides quick response Grab and Go Bags to help victims in the immediate aftermath of a violent or serious crime.
Thunder Bay Counselling Psychosocial Counselling Program The Psychosocial Counselling Program provides 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.
Thunder Bay Counselling Youth Life Skills Program Thunder Bay Counselling offers an array of programming for youth and is uniquely positioned to see gaps for youth around their need for ongoing support and inability to access age-appropriate services as they transition from childhood.
Thunder Bay Counselling Family Violence Program The Family Violence Program provides individual, couple and family counselling to people who are at risk of or are experiencing intimate partner violence, the impacts of gender-based violence, or domestic violence.
Thunder Bay Counselling Financial Counselling The Financial Counselling Program exists to assist individuals, couples, and families across the lifespan to understand their use of money, to assist them with challenges related to their financial situation and to support them to establish and meet goals related to their personal financial situation.
Thunder Bay Emergency Shelter Inc. Social Navigator/Case Management Program This program aims towards bridging problematic gaps in services that clients receive, allowing them to access vital wrap-around supports required to transition successfully to independent living.
Thunder Bay Food Bank Thunder Bay Food Provision The Thunder Bay Food Bank acquires, organizes and distributes food to people in need within our community.
Thunder Bay Literacy Group Small Group Program The Small Group program provides initial and on-going assessment, training plan development, literacy and numeracy instructions in a setting where individuals can work independently and in a group.
Thunder Bay Public Library TBPL Community Cupboard The Thunder Bay Public Library Community Cupboard program will provide essential items to community members from vulnerable populations. In an effort to eliminate as many barriers as possible, all items will be available free of charge, no questions asked, and many of the items will even be available outside of library hours.
ORGANIZATION PROJECT NAME DESCRIPTION
Catholic Family Development Centre Clinical Counselling The Clinical Counselling Program provides transitional clinical counselling from their initial intake until 3 months after they have secured meaningful employment, education and training. Post-employment supports will help significantly with retention, and re-enforcing the positive steps in their clinical journey will allow the client to sustain employment, education and training.
Community Clothing Assistance Referral Program The Referral Program program provides identified individuals with free, immediate, good quality clothing. This program provides people in crisis a sense of dignity, offering anonymity when using clothing bank services, and responds to provide clothing to families in times of crisis.
Elizabeth Fry Society of Northwestern Ontario Breaking Down Barries and Building Community Connections This program provides a continuum of care and support services to women in conflict with the law in Thunder Bay. The program assists women by facilitating communication with lawyers, providing court support, assisting with grievances while incarcerated and helping develop robust release plans. The program also connects women with key resources in the community such as housing, food, clothing, counseling, treatment, education, training, and cultural programs.
Evergreen A United Neighbourhood Strong Neighbourhood The Evergreen Strong Neighbourhood program will connect the children, youth, and families in the Simpson-Ogden neighbourhood to inclusive community programming. This program provides supports for individuals with seamless, no cost, easy to access, culturally appropriate and welcoming programming to help build a connected community.
Evergreen A United Neighbourhood Evergreen Feeding Program The Evergreen Feeding Program offers a meal to-go twice a week to support individuals and families to ensure all have their basic needs met.
Hope Air Medical Care Access Travel The purpose of the program is to help low-income Thunder Bay residents to access medical care far from home. While the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre provides essential care for Thunder Bay residents, patients with complex medical conditions frequently require medical expertise elsewhere. Program participants are low-income Thunder Bay patients that are vulnerable due to other factors that need resources to access vital medical programs.
John Howard Society of Thunder Bay & District Community Integration Program The purpose of the Community Integration Program is to assist individuals with healthy and sustainable re-integration into the community; provide safety and security through transitional/supportive housing; assist in the development of life skills; provide connection to specialized community resources; support individuals build skills for independent living; develop skills to create positive coping mechanisms; assist and support individuals while they address the underlying factors that increase their risk for recidivism or homelessness; and help foster a sense of belonging within the community.
John Howard Society of Thunder Bay & District Panhandling Pilot Program The Panhandling Diversion Pilot Project provides an alternative for individuals that routinely engage in panhandling. This project would aim to create opportunities for these vulnerable individuals to be redirected to complete volunteer work (meaningful work) and be compensated for their work. The compensation would be direct cash to the individual in hopes that they would be deterred from further engaging in panhandling through meeting the need of generating income in a safer way.
Lakehead Social Planning Council 211 Northern Region 211 Northern Region provides information and referral services by telephone, online chat, email and text. 211 contacts are responded to by highly trained and certified Community Resource Specialists who help individuals connect with the wide range of government, community, health and social services in Northern Ontario. Additional roles of 211 consist of advocacy and follow-up and the management of specialty lines.
March of Dimes Virtual Connections Program The Virtual Connections Program connects volunteers with program participants so they can engage in virtual visits over the course of three months. During this time, the volunteer will engage in friendly conversation and activities that will help reduce feelings of social isolation, as well as provide information and resources that will be helpful to the participant.
New Directions Speakers School New Directions Speakers School The New Directions Speakers’ School Program is a free public speaking and self-advocacy course that develops public speaking and leadership skills and raises awareness of 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 The Thunder Bay Good Food Box is a non-profit, volunteer powered, community based, food security program. Our 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.
NorthWind Family Ministries Lifebuild LifeBuild is a program developed to meet the needs of individuals who struggle to maintain basic life essentials, such as employment, education, food security, and more. Each LifeBuild session consists of group sessions, held for four to six weeks, that focus on topics such as personal safety, addiction, grief care, communication, conflict resolution, boundary setting, anxiety, depression, and isolation.
NorthWind Family Ministries Next-Steps Next Steps will build on the successes of a previously-funded United Way project to assist those desiring change beyond the initial point of contact and relationship building and guide them through building and implementing a plan for success. The program focuses on finding permanent solutions to marginalized residents who are housing insecure and food insecure.
Our Kids Count Food Security Access The purpose of Our Kids Count Food Security Program is to provide participants with access to affordable nutritious food and to help alleviate and reduce the impacts of poverty for the individuals, children and families we serve. The Food Security Programs includes an emergency food cupboard; however, our programs are designed to increase the participants' knowledge and skills around nutrition, food preparation and managing food insecurity.
Our Kids Count Big Brothers Big Sisters The Big Brothers Big Sisters mentoring program aims to "ignite the power and potential of young people in our community" and provides boys, girls, young men & young women with a role 1:1 model to talk to and share the experiences of growing up with.
Roots to Harvest Roots Community Food Centre The Roots Community Food Centre will include a dining room that will focus on meals for seniors and elders, including a once a month traditional food meal, in partnership with the Thunder Bay Indigenous Friendship Centre. The Roots Community Food Centre will also bring the Community Food Market model to Roots to Harvest's location to have more avenues for people to purchase fresh fruit and vegetables at whole sale costs.
Shkoday Abinojiiwak Obimiwedoon Shkoday - Feeding Our Children Shkoday’s program, Feed our Children, ensures that children participating in the Aboriginal Head Start and Biwaase'aa progrmas are physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually nourished. The program addresses food security, offers recreational outings, and promote the spiritual aspect through special events such as powwow’s, educational and cultural training.
St. Andrew's Soup Kitchen Inc. Nutrition Mission The Nutrition Mission Program allows the Dew Drop Inn to continue to offer a substantial take-home lunch for patrons. The program provides resources to purchase water bottles, fresh bread, and fruit and vegetables.
St. Andrew's Soup Kitchen Inc. Take Home Container Costs This program ensures that the Dew Drop Inn has the resources necessary to continue to provide take-home meals during the uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Thunder Bay and Area Victim Services I Have a Voice The I Have a Voice program provides pay-as-you-go minutes and SIM cards for victims of crimes to allow for empowerment and independence to fight for their rights, needs, and safety by connecting to assist in enabling access to important services like health care and employment, and personal or family networks.
Thunder Bay Boys and Girls Club Windsor Unit Program The Windsor Unit Program is a place where Thunder Bay youth can access a variety of skill building opportunities through programming at the Thunder Bay Boys and Girls Club Windsor Street location. The program is highly geared towards low-income, single-parent families and Indigenous families. Children are greeted by caring individuals that help them foster new skills, build new friendships and help them with their confidence.
Thunder Bay Boys and Girls Club Vale Unit Program The Vale Unit Program offers recreational. literacy, cultural, nutritional and healthy active living programs for children and youth that are deemed "at risk" at the Thunder Bay Boys and Girls Club Vale Unit location.
Thunder Bay Boys and Girls Club Breakfast Program The purpose of the Breakfast Program is to provide children and youth access to a healthy breakfast prior to the school day in a safe, supervised space. who don't have any.
Thunder Bay Counselling Centre Family Violence The Family Violence Program provides individual, couple and family counselling to people who are at risk of or are experiencing intimate partner violence, the impacts of gender-based violence, or domestic violence.
Thunder Bay Counselling Centre Financial Counselling The Financial Counselling Program exists to assist individuals, couples, and families across the lifespan to understand their use of money, to assist them with challenges related to their financial situation and to support them to establish and meet goals related to their personal financial situation.
Thunder Bay Counselling Centre Psychosocial Counselling Thunder Bay Counselling receives funding to provide counselling to women who have or are experiencing violence under its Violence Against Women (VAW) program. The VAW program is specific to women, and does not include service provision to men, couples, or families. The United Way's support of the Family Violence program addresses this gap in services for men and families in Thunder Bay.
Thunder Bay Counselling Centre Youth Life Skills Programming under Youth Life Skills is broken into three components: CHOICES Program, Youth Well-Being Group, and Youth Life Skills Supports. The three programs work with young people to think and act positively, build self-esteem, and learn healthy coping strategies in a safe environment with peers, and improve overall well-being.
Thunder Bay Emergency Shelter Inc. Social Navigator Pilot Program The Thunder Bay Emergency Shelter's Social Navigator pilot program aims to bridge the gaps in services that clients receive to help them access the wrap-around supports they require to transition to successful independent living. The program will features a Case Manager and a Social Navigator working collaboratively to ensure patrons can access community supports.
Thunder Bay Food Bank Meeting Basic Needs This program ensures that individuals and families accessing the Thunder Bay Food Bank have access to plentiful and nutritious food.
Thunder Bay Literacy Group Small Group Thunder Bay Literacy Group's Small Group program develops a training plan and provides literacy and numeracy instruction to adults in a setting where individuals can work independently and in a group.

Our Response to COVID-19

In response to COVID-19, the United Way of Thunder Bay delivered several programs. Thanks to your donations, we provided extraordinary unrestricted grants to help maintain the stability of frontline service providers during the pandemic.

In partnership with the Thunder Bay Community Foundation, we also launched the Thunder Bay COVID-19 Community Relief Fund to help meet the basic needs of individuals, children, families and seniors affected by COVID-19.

Additionally, the United Way of Thunder Bay delivered support for seniors in our region through the New Horizons for Seniors fund.

We also collaborated with the Thunder Bay Community Foundation to administer a vital first round investment of $985,308 from the Government of Canada for critical services for vulnerable people in our region through the Emergency Community Support Fund.

Learn more about the specific initiatives below: