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Please join me in my ZOOM ROOM at NOON May 21 st


I am missing you and want to know you are OK .... anyone else feeling this way ? Grab your lunch and we shall share a meal together - virtually.
COVID-19 Helpful Links and Resources

You can get up-to-date information and advice on the coronavirus at these trusted links:



To all front line responders: Our community cares about you!

During this difficult time, we recognize your courage, sacrifice, and the many challenges that you or your family may be facing. We want you to know that we care and truly recognize the demands that you are, and have been, facing.

The agencies forming the Hills of Headwaters Collaborative—CMHA Peel Dufferin, DCAFS, Dufferin Area Family Health Team, Family Transition Place, SHIP and Hospice Dufferin— have joined together to provide mental health ...therapists/counsellors; representing our Dufferin community, for you. We would like to help—even in a small way. If you need emotional support, encouragement, or just someone to talk to about your well-being or your concerns—we are here for you.

Please visit https://dcafs.on.ca/ and click the green 'Book Appointment’ button and follow the prompts. A trained mental health professional will call you at the number you provide. This is a confidential service available to health care workers and support staff (including kitchen, admin, cleaning, and other staff) in hospitals, long-term rare, retirement homes, group homes, and shelters.

You matter, and your well-being matters! Please reach out.

Dufferin Food Share has a new delivery service.
Check the WEBSITE for the fillable form.
Check out the Food Share video


Dufferin County Equity Collaborative
DCEC
Find out what the DCEC accomplished in 2019
Local job finding site launches early to deal with increased demand from job seekers

The Covid-19 crisis has led to a large increase in people looking for work and that has resulted in the early launch of a local job finding website.  Findyourjob.ca is the result of a partnership between local municipal, county and regional partners along with the Workforce Planning Board. It was originally scheduled to launch in the fall but has already launched to help local job seekers find the positions that are available now. The website pulls jobs from a variety of provincial, national and local sites and collects them all in one place. The site features a job board, a job mapping function and includes resources to support job seekers, such as childcare and school locations, Employment Ontario sites, transit routes, as well as information to support job seekers as they search in this physical distancing environment.

Twice a week you can receive the latest postings to findyourjob.ca by joining the mailing list. You can click here to register.

The Findyourjob.ca initiative is a partnership between The Workforce Planning Board of Waterloo Wellington Dufferin, Dufferin County, Wellington County, City of Guelph and Region of Waterloo
Resource Sharing
These Organisations have something they need to
GET
Furniture for their new location 4 desks, 3 office chairs, 20 waiting room chairs.
If you have any of these items please contact administration@orangevillefoodbank.org
Homeless Youth in Dufferin County Need Your Help:
CHOICES Youth Shelter in Urgent Need of Donations
 
CHOICES Youth Shelter is a non-profit organization providing temporary supportive accommodations and services for youth 16-24 years of age who are experiencing homelessness. Since 2001, CHOICES has kept our most vulnerable youth safe while helping them to transition to a brighter future. CHOICES offers the only emergency shelter for youth in Dufferin County.

COVID-19 Response
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, CHOICES has implemented several changes to continue providing a safe environment for youth experiencing homelessness and the hard-working, dedicated frontline staff who support them: 
· Increased operating times and staffing levels to keep the shelter open 24/7 with staff onsite
· Readjusted accommodations in accordance with Public Health guidance 
· Repurposed space for isolation and quarantine rooms
· Purchased Personal Protective Equipment for staff
· Significantly increased cleaning and health-related expenses

We need your help
These changes, while necessary, have further exacerbated our existing funding shortfall as donations have fallen over the last year and puts the shelter’s continued operations in jeopardy. While Dufferin County generously provides significant funding, CHOICES depends on Grants and Community donations for over 50% of our budget. CHOICES is reaching out to our supporters and friends in a special appeal for donations to help us address these challenges. 

How the donations will be used 
All proceeds raised go directly to shelter operations such as paying front line staff and purchasing extra protective equipment and supplies, making a positive impact on both residents and staff. 
 
How you can help
Please donate today to help keep youth experiencing homelessness in Dufferin County safe. Any amount of support would be greatly appreciated.

Funds can be donated via our GoFundMe page.

Thank you to our community, friends and Dufferin County for your continued support.                                                                  

In Gratitude,
Choices Board, Staff, Volunteers and Residents.
Hockey fans, your Headwaters Health Heroes need your help!

Some of you may know Dr. Donaldson, who works in the Emergency Room here at Headwaters Health Care Centre. Dr. Donaldson along with Joe Busillo played starring roles with the Oshawa Generals under Sherwood Bassin (General Manager) when they became the 1990 Memorial Cup Champions. Together, they wanted to gather their teams again to give back.
Hockey for Health Heroes is a virtual community event fundraiser stickhandled by Sherwood Bassin and Joe Busillo in honour Dr. Craig Donaldson. They are looking for your help to fund critical, surge-related COVID-19 equipment needs, specifically Smart IV Pumps here at Headwaters Health Care Centre. Each IV Pump costs $2,100.

We are here for you, close to home. We are grateful that you continue to be there for us as well. We are One Community, Caring Together. 
These Organisations have something to GIVE
Mental Health Commission of Canada launches free online crisis training for essential workers during COVID-19

Crisis Response training - Caring for Yourself  (2 hours) - Participants will be introduced to the Mental Health Continuum and the Big 4 Coping Strategies, to help learn how to better understand their own mental wellness, notice if they might be moving into unwell areas, use practical actions to help with stress, and know when to reach out to get professional help.

Crisis Response training - Caring for your Team  (3 hours) - Participants will be introduced to the Mental Health Continuum, the Big 4 Coping Strategies, and Ad Hoc Incident Review to help learn how to better understand their own and their team's mental wellness, notice if they might be moving into unwell areas, use practical actions to help with stress, know when to reach out to get professional help and learn tips to support team members

Crisis Response Training - Caring for Others  (2 hours) - will focus on how to create a safe space to have conversations about mental health and/or substance use problems. This training will prepare participants to have conversations confidently about mental health during a crisis, with their family, friends, communities, and workplaces. Participants will also be taught the skills required to respond to a mental health crisis until professional help arrives.
Registration for these courses will be on a first-come, first-serve basis and will be available at no-cost for essential workers as defined by the Government of Canada   here .
Capacity Canada is happy to present, in partnership with Innoweave , the following complimentary session, Social Finance Prep for Boards , with Tim Jackson and Hugh Munro. This webinar is on Monday, May 25th from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm ET. 
Wednesday May 20, 2020 1:00 pm ET
Mr. Carter practices in the area of charity and not-for-profit law.
Author, speaker and counsel on legal issues involving charities and not-for-profit organizations. Carters, Orangeville, Ontario.
Webinar Materials and On Demand/Replay after webinar