Kelford Youth Services Inc
PO Box 209 K7C 3P4 Carleton Place, ON, Canada

We invite you to join CFUW Perth & District this coming Monday for an informative session on youth homelessness Lanark County.

Alex is reunited with his biological brother after 14 years apart and it is very emotional! Their foster care story is like so many others - they were split up ...in the foster care system and adopted out separately. This is an emotional reunion, but I am so happy these bio brothers reunited! Follow Crazy Pieces for more videos! See more

Join us online for Cornerstone Landing's Annual General Meeting. It will be taking place by Zoom Tuesday August 11th at 4:30pm. Send us an email and we will sen...d you a link to the meeting. [email protected] We will be: 1. Sharing the results of a COVID19 survey we completed with our youth; 2. Providing data on the number of youth we supported; 3. Sharing our financial information; and 4. Talking about our fundraising activities both past and future. We look forward to having you join us!

We are getting such a good response to our COVID Community Check-in survey - keep it up and keep sharing as it helps us get a better understanding of our commun...itys needs! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/X226GYM _ Community Employment Services - Algonquin College, Perth Lanark Transportation Food For Thought Big Brothers Big Sisters of Lanark County Smiths Falls Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic North Lanark Community Health Centre Perth Enrichment Program for Older Adults Lanark County Food Bank Smiths Falls Police Service Lanark County Community Justice RNJ Youth Services YAK Youth Services The Perth and District Community Foundation Mississippi Mills Lanark County Interval House Kelford Youth Services Inc Lanark County Mental Health Carebridge Community Support Open Doors for Lanark Children and Youth Carleton Place Public Library

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Get the full results of our survey at our AGM - August 11th at 4:30pm. Send us an email at [email protected] and we will send you a link to join our virtual meeting.

Kelford Youth Services is hiring: 20 hours per week to work with a young person in a foster home outside Smiths Falls until the end of August. Send resume to [email protected]

May 14th is Youth in Care Day in Ontario and we are standing with young people in and from care! Will you? Join us 11:50AM-1:30PM. Share the live event! Have wa...tch parties! Last year we had over 1.5K watch the event. Can Children and Youth in/from care get even more love this year? #YICD2020 11:50AM DJ Dyegone, DJ from care will start the party! Lets show love to Dj Dyegone! 12:00PM Spoken Word banger provided by member of Cheers Mentorship 12:05PM-1:15PM Interviewers and panelists/speakers from care: Ontario Childrens Advocacy Coalition Adopt4Life - Ontarios Adoptive Parents Association Panel: Member of Voyagers (Toronto) Adoption Council of Canada/Conseil dadoption du Canada (Ottawa) Youth Steering Committee member, OACAS Youth Council member and Youth Opportunity Strategist, Peel Childrens Aid [Questions from audience - If you have a question, it may be asked! Send us your question! Let us know which part of Ontario you are from] 1:15PM Poetry piece by member of Ontario Childrens Advocacy Coalition -Wrap Up Ontarios children may have lost their provincial advocate, but Ontarios childrens voices are here to stay!

This #givingtuesday May 5th consider a donation to Cornerstone Landing as we support young people through this challenging time. We have been handing out gift ...cards to help with basic needs, hygiene supplies, hand sanitizer, cleaning supplies etc. But one of the most important things we do is provide rent supplements for young people and your donations help us do this! Help us help a young person secure housing, find employment and graduate school! Find the Canada Helps button on our website for donations.

Week #3 Craft Activity with our Foster Families. Amazing.

We started a weekly art / window decorating competition in all of our KYS foster homes with the kids! Take a look at these beautiful master pieces!

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#COVID19 resources for homeless-serving organizations: A response framework by CNH3 Guidance for service providers by the Government of Canada Managing ...COVID-19 in shelters by the Homelessness Policy Directorate (HPD) A policies & procedures guide for isolation sites by the Inner City Health Associates, City of Toronto - Your Local Government And more! Find them all here: https://bit.ly/2UHhCDn

Hey folks, I totally respect the recommendations to socially isolate and stock up on some supplies, but please be aware that not everyone has the income to stoc...k up for 2-3 weeks on food and supplies. Please consider donations to the local food banks or other services that support folks of lower incomes. We support young moms through Cornerstone Landing and they are worried food like meat will be in short supply as they cant afford to buy 3 weeks of food at a time. Please think about your neighbours. See more

Really excited to be speaking about youth homelessness at this event hosted by the Canadian Federation of University Women! Also happy to be joined by our Housi...ng Case Worker, Elle Halladay! Although we will be speaking about youth homelessness much of what we talk about applies to adults as well. The approach we have taken to addressing youth homelessness can also be applied to adults, so come out and join us on Monday, March 16th at 7pm at the Perth Legion. This event is open to the public.

So you keep having them and well keep raising them. This congressman spoke about the family hes built with his husband of 28 years in this emotional testimony against the Trump admins anti-LGBTQ+ adoption policies

We are just under 5 weeks away from Coldest Night of the Year 2020. We have walkers and teams registering already and we know that most of the activity doesnt... heat up until 2 weeks before the event. But if you havent considered it yet, round up a team or register yourself as a walker, download a pledge sheet and help us out this year. Register at: https://cnoy.org/location/smithsfallslanark We will have: Hats for everyone; Hot food and drinks; Live Music; A presentation of our current projects; Dinosaurs; AND We are serving hot chocolate from our TINY HOME on the route this year! So fun. Dont miss this event. It is one of the most important fundraisers for Cornerstone Landing each year as we fight to put roofs over the heads of young people.

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Another example of the pitiful consequences for sexually abusing children. 6 months in exchange for fondling a 10 year old boy! And the idea that because their wasnt penetration, the sentence should be less is ridiculous. This was a person who was in a position of authority and took advantage of that in the worst way. My thoughts are with the victims who have had to endure so much in their young lives. Courage exemplified. https://www.recorder.ca//foster-dad-gets-5%c2%bd-years-for

Its that time of year again...COLDEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR 2020...taking place Saturday, February 22 in Smiths Falls from the Youth Arena. We will have guest spea...kers, hot food, hot drinks, music, a DINOSAUR and more. ...and this year we will be serving HOT CHOCOLATE FROM OUR TINY HOME on the route! If you want to get involved, here is what you need to do: 1. Round up a team: Could be your friends from school, your colleagues from work, a group of neighbours, community agency or you could join our team at Cornerstone Landing. 2. Register your team and walkers at www.cnoy.org 3. Download your pledge sheet or pay a registration fee. 4. Start fundraising. 5. Challenge a team: If you know another group that may be interested in participating, challenge them online with a video. Its always fun to see who can raise the most. 6. Check the cnoy website often to see how your team is doing! We also need VOLUNTEERS. Send me an email at [email protected] if you can help. REMEMBER: You are helping Cornerstone Landing Youth Services support 75-85 young people every year. Help us help them! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qsCW7jxRZE

What is needed is an approach that allows practitioners to approach trauma with a fresh lens that promotes a holistic view of healing from traumatic experiences and environments. One approach is called healing-centered, as opposed to trauma-informed. A healing centered approach is holistic involving culture, spirituality, civic action and collective healing. A healing-centered approach views trauma not simply as an individual isolated experience, but rather highlights the ways in which trauma and healing are experienced collectively. The term healing-centered engagement expands how we think about responses to trauma and offers more holistic approach to fostering well-being. https://medium.com//the-future-of-healing-shifting-from-tr

Heartbreaking. https://www.thestar.com//let-amy-owens-legacy-be-the-safeg

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