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Thursday, November 19, 2009
Community Services Council Newfoundland and Labrador
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Campaign 2000 Report Card on Poverty to be released
with screening of
Four Feet Up, a documentary portraying child poverty in Canada
Each year, CSC and partners across Canada mark the 1989 all party motion to eradicate child poverty. Twenty years later, we have not nearly attained that goal. At noon on November 24th at the MacMorran Community Centre, Penelope Rowe will release Campaign 2000's 2009 National Report Card on Child and Family Poverty, prior to a screening of the documentary Four Feet Up.

Directed by award-winning filmmaker Nance Ackerman, Four Feet Up is an intimate portrayal of child poverty in Canada told from the perspective of 8-year old Isaiah, who is trying hard to grow up healthy, smart and well-adjusted despite the odds stacked against him. Join Vibrant Communities St. John's for a screening of this touching experience of child poverty in one of the richest countries in the world. The film will begin at 12:30pm.

For more information on the film and the 2009 National Report Card please visit enVision.ca.
 
Peer Mentoring in the Charitable Sector

The Atlantic Charities Learning Exchange ACLE is recruiting mentors in the charitable sector - persons or organizations willing to assist other charities with annual reporting to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). ACLE was designed by CSC and its partners throughout Atlantic Canada to raise awareness among small and rural Atlantic charities of compliance problem areas under the Income Tax Act.

The session will:

  • Examine whether mentoring is possible
  • Discuss how to mentor
  • Consider how to recruit mentors
  • Examine the resources mentors need.

The St. John's session on November 26 is one of five Atlantic Canada planning meetings in November 2009 among small and rural registered charities. The sessions will focus on what kind of mentoring is possible among or between small charities.

For more information or to register, please visit www.atlanticcharities.ca.

Cabot Loop Volunteer Fair

Roger Fitzgerald, MHA for Bonavista South District and Speaker of the House of Assembly, addresses the attendees of the fair		 

On November 14th the Cabot Loop Voluntary Clusters Project held a Volunteer Fair in Catalina to bring voluntary, nonprofit groups out to promote their activities and volunteer opportunities to the general public, creating community awareness and helping to recruit new volunteers. Members of organizations and other Cabot Loop residents, as well as several government representatives, turned out to learn more about volunteering in the region, had the opportunity to network, and sang along with 'The Cabot Loop Crew' - a song dedicated to the great work of volunteers and community groups.

"It doesn't matter where we live,
we're all from Newfoundland
We will work together,
for our communities we will stand
We each can make a difference,
no matter what we do
If we share the gifts we have,
from the Cabot Loop Crew"

- from The Cabot Loop Crew by Eliza Swyers

 
 Singing along to 'The Cabot Loop Crew' in Catalina

Check out the latest Cabot Loop Voluntary Clusters news at www.envision.ca/clusters/cabot

News Highlights

Memorial University offering public presentation on healthy aging research
Join Dr. Wendy Young, Canada Research Chair in Healthy Aging, and Dr. Sharon Buehler, honorary research professor from the Division of Community Health and Humanities for Aging Gracefully: Plugging into Health Research on December 6.

Report shows disparities in chronic disease among Canada's low-income populations
A report recently released by the BC Provincial Health Services Authority shows variations in the major chronic disease risks among low-income populations, by province of residence. British Columbia is the healthiest province overall but not in terms of its low-income residents, while Quebec's low-income residents are at the least risk for major chronic diseases.

Government of Newfoundland and Labrador Launches Youth Retention and Attraction Strategy
Creating a Province of Choice - A Youth Retention and Attraction Strategy for Newfoundland and Labrador hopes to counter the impacts of out-migration, strengthen the labour market and support economic development. Action items include support for the Advancing Non-Profit and Voluntary Investments in Learning (ANVIL) program, designed to promote "work-term opportunities for co-operative education students while providing support to non-profit and voluntary groups that continue to invest in the social, cultural and economic base of Newfoundland and Labrador."

Building Community Enterprise in Newfoundland and Labrador
Nonprofit organizations in Canada sold $22 billion in goods and services in 2006, and in Newfoundland and Labrador they sold $191 million. Community enterprise is a big deal, and it's getting bigger every year, thanks to the efforts of the many nonprofits that are selling products and services to achieve or contribute to their community goals.

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