Annual Christmas Crafts & Local Entertainment

Annual not for profit Christmas event.

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Arrow & Slocan Lakes Community Services

Community Action Program for Children- individual support and group activities to benefit community members and families. Group support for parents and their children. All the services provided by CAP C are free to participants.

Parenting Programs: Success by 6, Nobody’s Perfect, Ready or Not, Mother Goose to provide support and information to parents and their children

Child and Youth Mental Health, Sexual Abuse Intervention Program, Children Who Witness Abuse: These programs together provide crisis intervention, assessment, counselling and referrals for children and youth.

The Home Support Program: Community Health Workers do personal care, medication check in visits, respite, meal prep for special diets and palliative care work.

Safe Home Program: Volunteers are trained to provide on-call services for crisis situations. Safe Home providers also receive support and skill development in Safe Home procedures and crisis management. Many of the referrals to the Safe Home Program come from three main sources, the Arrow Lakes Hospital, the local Police Station, and the Ministry for Human Resources.

Senior’s Community Activity Program “New Horizons” which has a Program Mandate to function as a Community Activation Day Program targeted mainly for seniors where social events are developed and advertised.

EAS (Employment Assistance Services) has had a program mandate to provide community based employment services to residents of Nakusp, New Denver, Silverton, Edgewood, Fauquier, Burton and Trout Lake in order for them to find and keep employment. These services include assistance with resume development and job search, skills development and training packages, access to computers with Internet, fax and telephone for employment purposes. Outreach continues to serve approximately 4000 clients in the Nakusp and New Denver areas through in person or telephone contacts per contract year.

Targeted Wage Subsidy has had a program mandate to assist unemployed, Employment Insurance eligible individuals experiencing difficulty in finding work to benefit from on-the-job work experience.

Training for Jobs assists employable individuals referred by Ministry of Employment and Income Asssistance by providing assessment, training, career development and work placements towards an outcome of ongoing employment.

Women’s Counselling Programs: Stopping the Violence (STV), assists women who have experienced violence by providing counselling, group work and referrals.

Volunteer Drivers: Finds rides for people to go to medical appointments.

Meals on Wheels & Frozen Meals are volunteer led programs that assure that community members are getting a good nutritious meal.

Food Bank: The agency operates the food bank on donations.

Club House: Terra Pondera mental health consumers club house provides space for meetings, training, support, networking and generally as a resource for mental health service providers, consumers and their families.

Transit has a program mandate to operate regional bus service Nakusp to Nelson, Slocan to Nelson, Salmo to Nelson, Kaslo to Nelson and to operate HandiDart internal to Nakusp, Kaslo, and Nelson and area. Starting Feb 06 new runs provide service from Nelson to Castlegar with connections to the Trail Regional Hospital.

Youth Coordinator: To provide coordination for the Nakusp Youth Centre and to assess community needs for youth activities.

Skills Link: A Federally funded youth project to assist youth with employability skills and work experience.

AIM: Adults Instructing and Mentoring provides interaction between seniors and youth to foster intergenerational connections for skills acquisition and recreational activities.

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Canadian Cancer Society (West Kootenay office)

Important information on local programs and services available including financial assistance (after assessment) and one to one emotional support by a screened and trained volunteer who has experienced the cancer journey. Also videos, print material and free internet access at our office.

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Circle of Habondia Lending Society

We work with the Kootenay Savings Credit Union to create financial support for women and families. We offer micro-loans to local women & provide a vehicle for people to invest in their community. Habondia is part of the community economic development network in which communities around the globe are empowering themselves to create local economic sustainability.

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Community Futures Development Corp of Central Kootenay

Small business assistance through commercial loans, the Self-Employment Program, business management training workshops and other business related resources.

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D.R. Curry and Associates

Provide Business Planning, Financial Administration, Human resources and Policy Development Services.
All aspects of business needs.
Write grant proposals

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Grand Forks B.C. Community Website

Community website for Grand Forks - Arts and Culture.

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Kootenay Barter

Kootenay Barter is a non-profit organization sponsored by the West Kootenay Community EcoSociety. It's purpose is to promote local trading and strengthen the local economy through the use of Kootenay HOURs, or barter bucks as they are also called. Kootenay Barter prints a directory of those businesses and individuals who accept barter bucks.

There are now more than $40,000 HOURS in circulation since it started in 1994. The advantage to using barter bucks is that the money stays here.

Every time you spend a barter buck you are hiring a neighbour. Listing in the bi-monthly directory costs $6. In exchange, initial participants receive 4 HOURS ($40 worth) in barter bucks. This is the way the bank slowly increases the money supply in the area. All are welcome to participate. For more information, please call Suzy Hamilton, 354-1909. We welcome your input.

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Kootenay Home Business Association

The KHBA is a non-profit organization which promotes and assists home based business in the Kootenay region. We facilitate workshops and meetings, publish newsletters, assist with business plans, financial consultation and marketing tips. Also network with other businesses throughout the country on behalf of our members.

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Nelson and District Chamber of Commerce

Membership benefits include a monthly newsletter, member directory, directory of goods and services, eligibility for preferred financial services, medical benefits packages. The Chamber is non partisan and speaks for all members on affairs of the community. Also offered is free information and business relocation packages. Call for more information. Meetings are held the fourth Wednesday of every month on the second floor of the Chamber of Commerce building.

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