North Frontenac Food Bank

Calendars are on sale until Christmas at Mike Deans Grocery. All Proceeds go to the North Frontenac Food Bank. Stop by and get your 2021 Calendar.

Thank you Sharbot Lake Pharmacy

2020 Festival Update: Given the current challenges with covid the traditional Festival of Trees will not be taking place. We are however working on holiday event that we hope will help brighten the Christmas season. More news once our plan is in place.

Pandemic Halloween planning is in full swing. Your help is needed to make this Halloween special for kids throughout our communities

"Clothes for Kids Rural Frontenac Community Services wants all children aged 0-18 in Rural Frontenac to have a warm coat for the winter. Clothes for Kids is int...ended to support families who are unable to purchase snow boots and snowsuits. Families must be referred to Rural Frontenac Community Services to receive snow boots or snowsuits from this program. Referrals may come from your children’s school, doctor, church, or other organization. Warm Feet Project Rural Frontenac Community Services receives funding from United Way to provide boots for children in rural Frontenac. Rural Frontenac Community Services cannot guarantee enough boots for all requests, but will work hard to fill all requests. Families will be notified when boots are ready for pick-up. Snowsuits Corus provides snowsuits for children up to the age of 13 between newborn to size 16 youth. For school aged children please contact the child’s school to order snowsuits. . We understand that this leaves a gap for youth ages 13-18 and for youth not within the size range. Rural Frontenac Community Services through donations works to provide children over age 13 or above youth sizing with winter coats. Rural Frontenac Community Services cannot guarantee enough funds for snowsuits will be raised, but will work hard to fill all requests. The size you order will be the size you receive. Please review the chart attached to ensure you request the proper size. Rural Frontenac Community Services is unable to fulfill requests of colour and style. Younger sizes (up to size 2) are limited to one piece suits. Families will be notified when snowsuits are available for pick up."

Flu Shot Clinic

GREC Parent Council "believes that with your help, Halloween can be done safely, and be saved! Although details are still being worked out, we're hoping to te...am up with a few local organizations to create a small safe Halloween experience for children on October 31, 2020. This will include a map with safe outdoor locations where children can go to collect treats" See more

Trick or Treat at The Child Centre. Come get your free Halloween Activity Kit. Kits available starting today until October 30th or while supplies last. The office is open from 8:30-4:00 Mon-Friday.

UPDATE: The flu shot clinic on Saturday November 14th is CANCELLED due to short supply. Thank you for your understanding.

Christmas gift?? Buy your ticket!

Please visit www.rfcs.ca for more details. Requests due October 7th.

October EarlyOn schedule!

Happy Thanksgiving to all!

EarlyOn has a new sign in system! Please register for KEyON and find our schedule and register there!

Congratulations Marcie!!

This week’s EarlyOn schedule! Please remember to pre-register!

This year,the North Frontenac Food Bank will be donating Halloween treats to the GREC Parents Council for their Halloween Night fun! As per KFLA guidelines the Food bank will not be open on Halloween to give out candy. We will miss seeing all the children in their costumes.

Grateful to Dr Bell and all the staff at Sharbot Lake Medical Centre for setting COVID testing hours. Thanks to you we’ll be able to avoid lengthy drives to testing centres as well as long wait times.

The majority of claimants receiving CERB through Service Canada who are eligible for EI will be automatically transitioned. No matter what their situation is, S...ervice Canada will contact EI clients to confirm whether they need to reapply or not. Clients can also verify the status of their claim in My Service Canada Account Canada.ca/msca

The railway will instead donate to food banks along the route and host virtual concerts.

Indoor programming!

Find more information here: http://rfcs.ca/services/youth-programs-2/

Kingston’s Nighttime Santa Claus Parade has been cancelled this year due to COVID-19.

EarlyON will be moving to a new online registration and sign in system called KEyON effective October 1 2020. KEyON is a digital sign in system that provides pa...rents a quick and simple way to sign in at EarlyON Centres across Ontario and the information collected by the centre helps them better serve you! As of Oct 1, registration for ALL EarlyON programs is required using KEyON. To be ready to register for programs, please create an account now at www.keyon.ca. Click Become a Member. See more

The vans are packed and ready to go. Come meet the EarlyOn team at Kennebec Recreation Park in Arden or McMullen Park in Verona! We will be there at 10, don’t forget to pre-register by calling 613-279-3151 ext 307, texting 613-720-0351, or emailing [email protected]

Please Support the United Way!

Ontario has a ban on commercial evictions, but not for homes. Canada has rent relief for businesses, but not for families. Tell your MPP: unless they act on ren...t relief now, we'll be facing an (even bigger) food bank and homelessness crisis soon. https://feedontario.ca/rent-relief

Precarious, low-wage work means that having a job no longer protects you from being hungry. There's been a 27% increase in employed people using food banks sinc...e 2017. Ontario must improve its labour laws so jobs are safe, quality, and secure. #HungerActionMonth #AdvocateWeek

We need to provide immediate assistance to those most impacted by the economic shutdown: Implement immediate rent relief to assist tenants facing eviction ...Continue providing the COVID-19 top-up to social assistance recipients #HungerActionMonth #AdvocateWeek

Almost a million people receive Ontario Works or ODSP. Yet the way they're designed from rules discouraging savings to benefits that don't even cover rent ...leave many stuck in a cycle of poverty. We need to overhaul social assistance. #HungerActionMonth #AdvocacyWeek

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