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Author: Walter Sendzik

Fitzgerald Neighbours Community Group

Fitzgerald Neighbours Community Group

Fitzgerald Neighbours are a residents group located close to downtown St. Catharines. With the goal to foster a vibrant and inclusive community for all. Learning from neighbouring communities in Hamilton, London, Kitchener and beyond, lifelong friends Caleb and Suzanne, were inspired to start a neighbourhood association in their own backyards. Starting with an Easter Egg Hunt […]

Falcons Food Drive

Falcons Food Drive

Thank you to the members of the AA Major Peewee Falcons hockey team who for the past month have been purchasing and gathering items for the The Salvation Army Booth Centre – St. Catharines. These donations will make a difference to their clients this Christmas. These young boys took the initiative to help others during the […]

Giving Tuesday – The Toolbox Project

Giving Tuesday – The Toolbox Project

Very appropriate to share this story on Giving Tuesday Canada – Thorold resident James Symons is helping homeless men with the assistance of Start Me Up Niagara through his ‘tool box’ project. Help James as he spreads warmth and compassion by donating items such as – underwear, shaving cream, hats, deodorant and something fun i.e. cards, games etc. Donations […]

 St. Catharines Museum & Welland Canals Centre Mitten Tree

 St. Catharines Museum & Welland Canals Centre Mitten Tree

Give the gift of warmth this season. Staff at the St. Catharines Museum & Welland Canals Centre will be collecting mittens, hats, scarves, socks and other gently used winter clothing for families and children as part of their annual Mitten Tree Campaign. All donations go to Community Care of St. Catharines and Thorold and Out of the Cold. It […]

#NationalHousingDay

#NationalHousingDay

Today, on #NationalHousingDay, I was proud to attend a groundbreaking ceremony for an innovative new affordable housing project in downtown St. Catharines by Bethlehem Housing and Support Services in partnership with Penn Terra and FirstOntario Credit Union. This project brings together the private sector and service agencies with government support to create much needed new affordable housing for families […]

Welland Canal Fallen Workers Memorial Unveiled

Welland Canal Fallen Workers Memorial Unveiled

On November 12, 2017, our community fulfilled a long-forgotten promise to honour 137 fallen workers – the fathers, brothers, sons, uncles, veterans and newcomers to Canada who died building the Welland Canal, a project that continues to shape our community and national economy. Thank you to our partners at the St. Catharines Standard for helping capture the […]

Niagara Region Native Centre Partnership

Niagara Region Native Centre Partnership

St. Catharines city council is moving to create a formal partnership with the Niagara Regional Native Center to advise the City on implementation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action. St. Catharines has taken a different approach to Canada’s 150th by focusing on renewing relations with our First Nations Through the Celebration of Nations / Célébration […]

The Upstream Project

The Upstream Project

The RAFT recently completed a pilot to address youth homelessness in Niagara called “The Upstream Project”. The project is a first in Canada (adopted from a model in Australia) to identify students who are at risk and connect them with supports they need to continue their education in safe, stable housing. RAFT has partnered with […]