Project Report
| Dec 23, 2022
King George School Literacy Program/Gwyneth & Dr. Frank Purdie Literacy Fund
By Barb Brown | Admin Assistant
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King George School Literacy Program
In 2006, Dr. Purdie established the Gwyneth and Frank Purdie Family Endowment Fund with Brandon Area Community Foundation in memory of his late wife, Gwyneth. The Gwyneth and Frank Purdie Family Endowment Fund supports the children of King George School early years literacy.
This reading recovery program is an early intervention program for grade 1 students. This program is designed to provide the extra support in reading and writing that some young children require to jump start their literacy learning. Children selected for the program receive reading/writing lessons for 30 minutes each day with a teacher specifically trained in early literacy deveopment.
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Sep 7, 2022
YMCA of Brandon Dood Cristall Expansion
By Laura Kempthorne | Executive Director
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The YMCA of Brandon is a charitable association dedicated to providing quality programs and services for all individuals in the development of spirit, mind and body. We are a charity dedicated to strengthening the foundations of communities. We do this by nurturing the potential of children, teens and young adults; promoting healthy living; and fostering social responsibility.
The YMCA focuses on individuals of all ages in Brandon and Westman. One of the main focuses of the YMCA of Brandon is child care. There is a huge shortage of child care spaces in our community, particularly infant and toddler spots. The Y is dedicated to helping address this need.
The Dood Cristall Family YMCA will be expanded will also accommodate 34 new childcare spaces. Currently, the YMCA of Brandon operates 6 licensed child care centres serving over 500 children and their families daily, in addition to 500 unlicensed spaces in our Before & After School Program.
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May 12, 2022
Western Manitoba Women's Resource Centre Inc.
By Laura Kempthorne | Executive Director
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The Women's Resource Centre
Connecting from a Distance: Women in Brandon and southwestern Manitoba!
The Women’s Resource Centre (TWRC) provides programs, services, and counselling on issues affecting women and children, including family violence while encouraging respect, diversity and equality with a feminist perspective. TWRC is an organization dedicated to providing support and mentoring for all women and their families.
The Women's Resource Centre (TWRC) aims to evolve programming and drop-in centre space to adequately meet the needs of women and children in Brandon and southwestern Manitoba.
TWRC needs the financial help to provide their much needed services while respecting social distancing rules and group gatherings limits in a way that will promote overall well-being, family enrichment activities, and social-emotional connections that have been negatively impacted by quarantine/isolation measures.
With the support from the Brandon Area Community Foundation, The Women's Resource Centre has been able to continue to provide the women with education and counselling on domestic violence in Brandon and southwestern Manitoba.
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