Lakehead Social Planning Council
125 Syndicate Avenue South Unit 38, Victoriaville Centre P7E 6H8 Thunder Bay, ON, Canada

Family Food Bags will continue as long as school is still online. Tomorrow (Thursday, April 22) is another pickup day and we have added more bags at some of the... locations. If you are having trouble getting to a site, or the site has run out of bags, please reach out to 211 to get on a list for a food bank. There is a new location this week also with DIFFERENT TIMES - Kakabeka School will have bags from 4:30 - 5:30. Evergreen A United Neighbourhood, Isthmus - Thunder Bay, Thunder Bay Catholic District School Board, Lakehead Public Schools, Conseil scolaire de district catholique des Aurores boréales, Matawa Education & Care Centre - Mental Wellness, Lac des Mille Lacs Education Centre, Yip Thunder Bay, The District of Thunder Bay Social Services Administration Board, Kakabeka Falls Public School, Whitefish Valley Public School See more

MEDIA RELEASE: TBDSSAB Emergency Child Care Program for School-aged Children of Essential Services Workers April 16, 2021 The District of Thunder Bay Social S...ervices Administration Board (TBDSSAB) has applied to the Province of Ontario in consultation with the Thunder Bay District Health Unit to offer full-time child care for school-aged children of essential service workers with no other child care options. The application process for Emergency Child Care services will open on April 16, 2021 at 1pm. Emergency child care may be available as early as April 26, 2021. Eligible families can apply online at www.thunderbaychildcare.ca. TBDSSAB will contact eligible families when a space becomes available. Locations will be determined based on approval by the Ministry of Education. Child care hours and service options will vary by centre. With funding from the Province of Ontario, emergency child care services are available at no cost to eligible families. Emergency child care services are reserved exclusively for school-aged children of essential service workers who must report to a work location, as defined by the Province of Ontario. A complete list is available through the Ontario newsroom: https://bit.ly/3e7wMLM Priority will be given to essential service workers with no other child care options. Demand may exceed available spaces; TBDSSAB will work closely with the provincial government and community partners to determine how services may be expanded if needed. To support critical service workers who do not have other options, TBDSSAB and the Province of Ontario are making child care spaces available to ensure their children are safe and well looked after, says Lucy Kloosterhuis, Board Chair. Related announcements: April 15, 2021: Ontario Provides Emergency Child Care for Critical Frontline Workers. https://bit.ly/3e7wMLM

We are announcing 4 new cases of COVID-19 in the TBDHU region. There are currently 61 active cases with 15 more having resolved since yesterday. Read the full PSA: https://www.tbdhu.com//daily-update-on-status-of-covid-19-

You can now reach the 211 helpline by texting 211. Texting is available from Monday to Friday from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Online chat at www.211ontario.ca is availabl...e for the same hours. Our phone helpline reached by dialling 2-1-1 is available 24/7, every day of the week. 211 is a helpline for information on and referrals to community, social, health and government services in Ontario. We refer you to the supports or resources that exist to help you navigate some of life’s challenges or changes in circumstances that have thrown you off track. Community, health, government and social services here to help include: Food banks, food programs Supports during pandemic Supports for seniors Supports for people with disabilities Prenatal supports Health services and charities providing support Parenting supports Grocery shopping help and transportation Home health care services Apprenticeship programs and job retraining programs Government and other types of assistance Utility bill relief programs Emergency shelters and other types of supports across Ontario.

Family Food Bags head out tomorrow (Thursday) from 3-4:30 at the locations in the post! Thunder Bay Catholic District School Board, Lakehead Public Schools, Yip... Thunder Bay, Isthmus - Thunder Bay, Evergreen A United Neighbourhood, Conseil scolaire de district catholique des Aurores boréales, Matawa Education & Care Centre - Mental Wellness, Lac des Mille Lacs Education Centre See more

Take advantage of the Community Volunteer Income Tax Clinic provided by Lakehead Social Planning Council! Returns are completed using UFile software and are ele...ctronically-filed. PLUS - the program is accepting income taxes year-round and is able to complete up to 10 years at a time. Stress no more - taxes can now be completed with one of their volunteers over the phone. Call 624-1720 to get started today!

COVID-19 Outbreak Declared at Southbridge Roseview. Read the full media release: https://www.tbdhu.com//covid-19-outbreak-declared-at-south

Great Volunteer opportunity! Register now to be an Age Friendly Snow Angel!

For a second week in a row, we are reporting double-digit arrests connected to impaired driving incidents. Last week TPBS officers arrested 10 people due to imp...aired driving, our previous report featured 11 arrests. Of the 10 incidents last week, seven occured in evening or nighttime hours and three during daytime hours. Six motorists were impaired by drugs, four by alcohol. One incident involved a single motor-vehicle collision. Learn more at our dedicated Impaired Driving Checkup page on the Thunder Bay Police Service website here: https://www.thunderbaypolice.ca/impaired

We must never forget the painful lessons of the Holocaust, or the memories of those who lived through it. As our first-ever Special Envoy on Preserving Holocaus...t Remembrance and Combatting Antisemitism, Irwin Cotler will promote Holocaust education, remembrance, and research. In this role, Irwin will also continue working with partners across the country and around the world to fight hate, intolerance, and the recent rise in antisemitism. For more on the important work he’ll be doing, click here: https://bit.ly/3nNUBLQ

As we begin to prepare for the holiday season, I want to emphasize that the safest way to spend the holidays this year is by only celebrating in-person with those you live with & virtually with everyone else. These next few weeks will be critical to flatten the second wave.