community initiAtiveS
obJective: improve the weLL-being of chiLDren, youth, ADuLtS, AnD SeniorS in orDer to buiLD Stronger AnD heALthier communitieS. reSuLt: over 45,000 peopLe benefitting from our community initiAtiveS.
A community village at the heart of diversity! With the transfer of its fitness services to the Cartierville Y centre, the Saint-Laurent Y centre focused on its four key community initiatives priorities: nutrition, youth, families, and seniors. Amongst others, the centre offers a day camp, daycare, several programs for seniors, hot meals for students at an elementary school, and a family resource centre which includes a toy library. It has also teamed up with the borough to offer aquatics programs to the community and is host to Club Gymslic.
the residence widens its scope With a decline in the number of requests from asylum-seekers, the Residence set out to broaden its client base. The result? During 2010, the Residence housed 200 Canadian citizens who were victims of the earthquake in Haiti and hosted a PRAIDA conference for 1,200 Haitian asylum-seekers. As well, the Residence signed an agreement with the Red Cross to provide temporary shelter to disaster victims. Since January 2010, as a result of an agreement with Immigration et Communautés culturelles Québec, the Y has directly welcomed over 2,000 refugees selected abroad at Pierre Elliott Trudeau Airport and provided them with the necessary support until they reached their final destination.
Diversion and La Boussole reach milestones In 2010, both the Diversion and La Boussole community programs celebrated anniversaries. For 35 years, Diversion and its related programs including Y-Pod and Succession, have been supporting the integration, development, and autonomy of youth. In 2010, the program reached 118 youth at the West Island Y centre. The La Boussole – Employment Services program offers inmates and former inmates free services at Montreal’s Bordeaux detention centre and at the Downtown Y centre to help them find work or go back to school. During its 25 years, La Boussole has helped at least 4,500 people. Well done!
The Pointe-Saint-Charles Y centre will oversee the entire Éco-quartier program for
the Southwest
borough for 2011-2013. For the past 11 years, the centre was already coordinating the Éco-quartier program for Pointe-Saint-Charles and Little Burgundy.
In order to consolidate our community development efforts in Québec City, the Alternative Suspension, Compensatory Work, and You Can Go programs, as well as the day camp management team, have all been brought together under one roof in the downtown neighbourhood of Saint-Roch.
This fall, The YMCAs of Québec was formally made part of
the Montreal
Hooked on School network; this is excellent news that positions us as one of the key players with regard to school success!
La Boussole – Participant recognition during the Semaine québécoise des adultes en formation
Welcoming refugees at the airport by the Residence team
In 1969, the Y created its first programs aimed at welcoming immigrants.
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