ANKORS - (West Kootenay & Boundary Aids Network, Outreach & Support So

ANKORS works on the behalf of those who are living with or affected by HIV or AIDS. Our services are available throughout the West Kootenay and Boundary region. ANKORS Staff are able to provide the following: Prevention and Education programs, Community Care Team development, Care, Treatment, Support and Advocacy services. The Needle Exchange has fixed sites in Nelson and Trail and we provide a mobile service Monday to Thursday. Please call for the schedule.

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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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BC Paraplegic Association

Rehab Services: transition and community support; Peer Program; Advocacy; Information and referral services; Outreach Education; Bridges to the Future - transition support for youth with disabiities

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Beaver Valley Baptist Church

We are an independent fundamentalist baptist church, committed to Godly standards, music that is not worldly, but rather gives praise to God, bibical teaching and preaching, King James Version (not NKJV, NIV, ASV, RSV, etc...) of the Bible, and many outreach ministries.

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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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Friendship Outreach Clubhouse

The clubhouse provides a space for adults with long-term mental illness to get together for mutual support and opportunities for socialization in an atmosphere of acceptance. It is member run and operated with staff support. No referral is required - the Clubhouse attempts to reach out to those in the community beyond the ""service network."". Funded by the Ministry of Health, Mental Health Division.

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Gay and lesbian association of the Peace

Resources, Youth support and youth group. Coffee night, everyone welcome! Drop in centre. gain support and safe Space

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Home Help Service

Anyone requiring assistance with housekeeping, cooking and general outdoor work.

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Interior Health - HealthLink

Interior Health is very proud to announce that the HealthLink online directory is now available in YOUR community!

HealthLink is a comprehensive on-line directory for locating information on health-related services, programs and facilities. Included in the directory are phone numbers, addresses, contact information, and a brief description of services for programs, and organizations located in your community.

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Kootenai Freestyle Jiu-Jitsu

Kootenai FreeStyle Jiu-Jitsu is predomanently a "Grappling (Submission Wrestling)" style of Martial Art. However, we also incorporate Muay Thai (Thai Kick Boxing), Judo, NinJitsu & of coarse Jiu-Jitsu.

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