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The WCSS Re-Use-It Centre will be accepting small appliances for recycling effective October 1, 2011. To see what is accepted refer to www.unpluggedrecycling.ca
The WCSS Food Bank is now projecting a $50,000 defecit for 2011 due to extremely heavy usage of the program this spring. You can help by making a donation at your Re-Use-It and Re-Build-It Centre or at the offices in Spruce Grove.
Help the hungry in your community by running a local food drive in your neigborhood, with your group or with friends. To find out how contact Sara Jennings foodbank@mywcss.org for ideas and advice!
Check out 2 episodes of SHAW TV 'The Express' for a glimpse into the Re Use It Centre and other WCSS programs on the March 14-20 episode around the 10 min. mark. Also, view the March 28-April 3 to learn about the Contemporary Cuisine 55+
http://www.youtube.com/user/WhistlerShaw
TUESDAY, APRIL 28
Tax Assist Clinic http://www.mywcss.org/tax-assist
Past News & Events:
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6:
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9TH & 23RD:
Community Kitchens for Whistler Residents 55+
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17:
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29TH:
Trivial Pursuit of Sex and Drugs:
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7TH:
Come to the Whistler Public Library for a for a FREE screening for DEPRESSION! For more information on this event see www.heretohelp.bc.ca or call 1-866-917-HOPE.
Saturday, October 2nd (10AM-1PM): FOOD BANK FUNDRAISER
VOLUNTEER TO HELP CHOP WOOD ON SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 18TH FROM 9AM TO 1PM. Bring a chainsaw, gloves and ear protection if you have them, wood splitters provided to prepare the wood for sale day! REFRESHMENTS WILL BE PROVIDED.
$100 A PICKUP TRUCK LOAD
$50 FOR HOME DELIVERY IN WHISTLER. ALL PROCEEDS TO THE FOOD BANK. For further details contact Sara at 604-935-7717 or foodbank@mywcss.org
FAMILY DINNER MARKS HUNGER AWARENESS DAY
And raises money and donations for the Whistler WCSS Food Bank! THANK YOU TO JOERN RHODES FOR THE GREAT PHOTOGRAPHY!
December 21st, 2010
Parent/Infant drop in will now be taking place on Thursdays from 11:00am-12:30pm at the Whistler Public Library.
November 30th, 2010
WCSS announces the opening of the Re-Build-It Centre in Function Junction. Please click here for more information.
The Community Greenhouse Program was renamed on Wednesday, September 22 to the Jim Cook Community Greenhouse Program. WCSS wishes to honour Jim's many years of program development and volunteerism.
Buy the new poster Whistler Passage at the RE-USE-IT Centre in Function for $10. All proceeds go to support the programs and services of WCSS.
Rod Rhoda presents WCSS with a $9,000 cheque to fund both the Food Bank ($5,000) and SNOW ($4,000).
The American Friends of Whistler (AFOW) has donated $9,000 to WCSS, $5,000 to the Food Bank and $4,000 to become the title sponsor for the Support Network of Whistler (S.N.O.W.)
The Whistler Blackcomb Foundation has donated $10,000 to the Food Bank in Whistler! This makes them a title sponsor for this program!
The Whistler Blackcomb Foundation has commited $10,000 to the Whistler Food Bank. The Foundation is a Title Sponsor for KidSport and has been a regular contributor to the Food Bank since 1996.
The Whistler Question and GVIC Cmmunications Corp have donated their yearly client gift budget of $500 to the Food Bank in Whistler. The WCSS food bank has seen increased demand this year over last. Tessa Sweeny and Catherine Power-Chartrand state in the Question advertisement announcing this "This season has been a tough one for many residents of Whistler and it is our hope that this donation will encourage others to give."
Thank You to the Virani Foundation & Kids at Risk for donating $12,000 to the Youth Outreach & School Based Drug & Alcohol Prevention Program in Whistler!!!
Dec 23, 2009 The WCSS Youth Outreach Program has received a $12,000 grant from the Vancouver's Virani Foundatin "Kids at Risk" program to help continue to fund Youth Outreach and school-based drug and alcohol education in Whistler. The Amir & Yasmin Virani Foundation stated about the WCSS Outreach Program "The Board was both impressed and inspired by breadth and quality of your programs".
"This funding helps ensure that we can continue to assist youth and yound adults in Whistler with issues that arise in their lives." stated Lorna Van Straaten, Administrator. The Youth Outreach program in Whistler makes a wide variety of referrals to diffeerent community resources throughout the sea to sky corridor. It is also responsible for the School Based Drug & Alcohol Education program, Peer Educators and the popular Welcome Week. Last year the program serviced 2,638 individuals in the community. volunteers donated 63,210 hours of their time to the program while 551 students received classes in Drugh & Alcohol education.
The Amir and Yasmin Virani Family foundation is a private charitable family foundation. The Foundation was developed to support community based organizations that target disadvantaged or marinalized children and youth in British Columbia who do not have the same opportunities as their peers to develop to their fullest potential. It is hoped that with early intervention, various forms of assistance and positive role models, these young people will complete their education and/or develop positive life skills that enable them to become contributing members of the community in which they live and work.
THANK YOU TO THE STU ARCHER MEMORIAL GOLF TOURNAMENT & DINNER FOR DONATING $10,000 TO KIDSPORT WHISTLER!!
CTV News tells the story of the Re-Use-It Centre in Whistler...
http://watch.ctv.ca/news/top-picks/big-savings/#clip238061
WCSS Takes on School Based Drug & Alcohol Prevention Program
September 16, 2009;
Whistler Community Services Society (WCSS) is pleased to announce that it will be adopting the School-Based Drug & Alcohol Prevention Program formerly offered by Sea to Sky Community Services. A reduction in funding for the school based Drug & Alcohol program run by Sea to Sky Community Services forced that agency to cancel the program effective this fall.
Although looking for funding to cover program costs, WCSS is capable of carrying the program financially for the time being. “This program is simply too important to the youth of Whistler to lose it,” stated WCSS Administrator Lorna Van Straaten, “The minute we heard that the program was going to be cancelled, we started exploring options that would allow us to pick up the program and run it. As well, we have been granted the rights to use the existing curriculum, and have been able to hire the present school program provider, Jackie Dickinson. Those two components will ensure success of the program.”
“The addition of the School Based D & A program is a natural fit with the Youth Outreach program,” commented Davin Moore, Youth Outreach Worker. In 2008-9 the School based Alcohol & Drug Prevention Program taught over 92 classes to over 533 students in the 3 schools. As well, the program partnered to teach 19 Peer Educators from the high school additional information in conjunction with the WCSS Youth Outreach Program. Trained Peer Educators in the high school volunteered over 1500 hours of their time to help provide resource information to their peers on drug & alcohol education, healthy sexuality, crisis intervention, community resources, relationship violence, professional boundaries, self care and tobacco reduction.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23
What's Happening at WCSS
SATURDAY, APRIL 23 11AM-6PM
The Re-Use-It Centre would like to invite you to celebrate the Easter weekend with us by giving you 50% off our entire store: skis $15, ski & snowboard boots $15, “Make your own bargain bag”- 15 items for $5, free toys and books for kids! Take the #2 Bus to Function Junction. For more details call 604-932-1121 or email reuseit@mywcss.org.
SATURDAY, APRIL 23 11AM-6PM
The Re-Use-It Centre would like to invite you to celebrate the Easter weekend with us by giving you 50% off our entire store: skis $15, ski & snowboard boots $15, “Make your own bargain bag”- 15 items for $5, free toys and books for kids! Take the #2 Bus to Function Junction. For more information, please call 604-932-1121 or email reuseit@mywcss.org
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