Have your say on affordable housing!
Have you been frustrated with the lack of affordable (if any!) housing in our area? Let’s use our collective voices to send a message to Orangeville Council that affordable housing MUST be a priority! In partnership with the Orangeville Food Bank, Community Living...
Leave a Legacy Month
May is Leave a Legacy Month. Legacy giving—also known as planned giving—provides you with an opportunity to support a charity of your choice beyond your own lifetime, either directly or by memorializing someone through a bequest in their name. Legacy giving allows you...
A Thank You to Staff from FTP’s Board of Directors
To: The Entire Family Transition Place Team It goes without saying, this has been an eventful year. Certainly we know from our personal lives how drastically the pandemic has disrupted our normal routines, our social connections and sometimes, tragically, our health...
May is Sexual Assault Awareness Month in Ontario
May is Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) in Ontario. Sexual violence affects every community in Ontario. According to a study done by the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (2019), more than 52,000 sexual assault victims visited hospital clinics and emergency...
A letter to the community from the Congregate Care Settings Group of Dufferin and Caledon
AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO OUR COMMUNITY: We have all heard the tragic stories of the front lines of health care—we know of the unprecedented exhaustion, pressure and trauma that nurses, doctors, paramedics, environmental services staff and allied health professionals...
Gratitude contest winners!
Congratulations to the winners of our Gratitude contest! This contest was held by the educators in our Youth Education program, encouraging students to create a poster highlighting 2-4 things that they are grateful for in their life. We received close to 200...
FTP Board Recruitment
We believe strongly that when a Board represents a broad diversity of voices and experiences, all working together, we are better positioned to serve the unique needs of everyone in our community. We continue to view the world through a diversity lens and if you do...
Thank you for supporting our Phenomenal Women Campaign
In recognition of International Women’s Day this year, we invited our community to recognize, honour and celebrate the many PHENOMENAL women who have motivated, supported and inspired those around them. Through the support of our community and our generous...
Phenomenal Women Campaign: One final thought
Family Transition Place’s Executive Director, Norah Kennedy, wanted to share one final thought with you on our 2021 Phenomenal Women Campaign. Please have a read: I have to admit I have been having fun watching the response to the Phenomenal Woman Campaign by...
