We are very excited to announce the Region 5 Grocery Card Support Program for the month of February 2023.

We are so proud to offer this program to our Métis citizens of Region 5 💙There are a limited number of grocery card supports to be distributed. This program can allot one grocery card per household pending the allocation of funds.

Deadline To Apply: Friday,

February 17, 2023, at 4:00 pm



No late applications will be accepted.

We are so delighted to be able to offer a 𝗢𝗡𝗘 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘 𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗨𝗧𝗜𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗦𝗨𝗣𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧 𝗦𝗨𝗣𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 for the month of February 2023💡⚡💧

We are so proud to offer this program to our Métis citizens of Region 5 ထ

There are a limited number of one-time utility relief support supplements to be distributed. This program can allot a one-time utility relief support amount per household.

Deadline To Apply: Friday,

February 17, 2023, at 4:00 pm



No late applications will be accepted.

NEW WEEKLY YOUTH GROUP

We are proud to announce a new Weekly Youth Group for all of our local Metis Youth in our region!

The Weekly Youth Group will take place every Friday evening, starting at 6:00 pm at the Region 5 Office in Slave Lake. It is free to attend and drop in! There's no need to register for the Weekly Youth Group activities that are on Fridays. There will be fun, activities, food, arts, crafts, and even prizes to be won! Supper, snacks, and drinks will always be served.

We will be posting each Friday's planned activity on our social media pages, and creating a Facebook Event that you can follow for details.



FEBRUARY'S WEEKLY YOUTH GROUP EVENTS

Click to Learn More about the events in the images below.



All Region 5 Métis Youth are invited to join us in learning Metis Dot Art Painting with Jamie Chalifoux as he guides us into creating our own Valentine's Day Cards. This event will be taking place online virtually over zoom. All materials will be provided in this free event and mailed out to all eligible applicants.



Deadline To Apply:

Thursday, Feb. 02, 2023



MEET THE TEAM: BRENDA

We are so excited to take the opportunity to begin introducing our amazing team behind the scenes that keep our programs and services running at the Region 5 Office.

Introducing our fabulous Executive Director Brenda Genaille 💙 When Brenda first joined the Region 5 team in January of 2021, she was the Covid 19 Resource Worker and added our citizens with any support and services we could to make it through those trying times. In August of 2021, Brenda became our Executive Director and we couldn't be happier.

In her fundamental role, Brenda assists in many of our Region 5 programs and services in various ways. She writes funding proposals, helps create, establish, and deliver new programs with our team to our citizens, maintains our financial accounting system, attends Regional Council Meetings, completes much of office correspondence, is hands on with our citizens at our events, often is the amazing cook behind our event meals, makes some delicous bannock, and much more!

When working, Brenda says there is nothing better than meeting the Métis citizens of our region one-on-one, and working with the awesome Region 5 team! If you happen to catch her outside of work, you could probably find her spending time with her family and pets, quadding, swimming, hiking, going to the gym, or baking. Brenda is truly a community builder, helper, and a integral part of our team. Say "Hi" next time you see her 👋🏽

Would you be interested in attending an Indigenous Prenatal Workshop for Métis Women?

Our team has created a brand new Facebook page that is continually updated with our current programs, services, contests, giveaways, and events. Be sure to Like and Follow our new page by clicking here.

Be sure to invite your friends and family too!



Take a look at some of our favorite photos from this last month featured on our Facebook and Instagram accounts. Click on the images below to View Larger and Read Captions on our social media.



The images below are each a different program, service, or support for all Métis citizens from the Métis Nation of Alberta (MNA). Click on the images below to Learn More about each one.