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2nd Annual Family Fun Day

debr — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:44:33 +0000

Thank you to all of those who came out and joined in the fun festivities of the 2st Annual Network 4 Change Family Fun Day.

All proceeds from the Carnival Games and Concession Stand are going towards the Breakfast for Learning Program at Beausejour Early Years School. See the rest of the great pictures from that event in our 2nd Annual Family Fun Day Gallery.

THANK YOU TO OUR DONORS AND VOLUNTEERS …

YOUR GENEROSITY MADE THIS DAY ALL IT COULD BE!

2008 Graduation

debr — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:30:10 +0000

Our 2008 high school graduates.

2008 Graduate Gallery pictures

2007 Graduates

debr — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:22:50 +0000

2007 saw some of our students work towards and complete their high school diploma. Adult students can receive one-on-one assistance with school work as they work towards their high school diploma or other academic goals.

2007 Graduation Gallery

Exceptional Needs Programs

debr — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:59:55 +0000

A variety of programs offered to those with special needs and their families.

Time 2 Play

Stone Soup

Advocacy

Counselling/Support

Kids on the Block was a program presented at local schools to help increase the awareness and acceptance of special needs children in our society.

2009 Fall/Winter Mothers & Daughters in Touch (for 9-11 year olds)

debr — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:38:27 +0000

Created by Youville Centre and approved by Healthy Child Manitoba, Mothers and Daughters In Touch is some dedicated time just for Moms with their girls. The program is offered in two varieties: 9-11 year old daughters and 12-14 year old daughters. The program runs for eight weeks with a focus on communication, self awareness, healthy self esteem, and most of all FUN! Network 4 Change will run two rounds of program per year (fall and spring) accepting a maximum of 8 mother/daughter pairs in each age group.

Registration is FREE, but space is limited.

Mothers and Daughters in Touch for daughters aged 9-11 years is being offered again this year. The sessions are held Monday evenings from 6 - 8 pm, beginning October 19, 2009, and ending December 7, 2009 at the Network 4 Change office: 17-31 First Street South in Beausejour.

Pre-registration is required, so sign up now!

Fall/Winter 2009 Session (for daugthers aged 9-11 years)

Monday, October 19 - Monday, December 7, 2009

(Monday evenings) from 6 - 8 pm

Network 4 Change Resource Centre, 17-31 First St. South, Beausejour

Kids on the Block

debr — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:37:09 +0000

The Kids on the Block, internationally acclaimed for its educational puppet shows, has developed over 40 different programs addressing various disabilities, educational and medical differences and social concerns. Each topic is thoroughly researched and field-tested before it becomes available to schools, community service organizations, hospitals and special interest groups. A complete curriculum accompanies each topic area including scripts, answers to questions children ask, background information on the topic, character biographies, resource materials, follow-up information, and continued support from the KOB National Office.

Viewing a Kids on the Block performance is an unforgettable educational experience. The “kids” (puppets) vividly and effectively model relationships between people, both with and without disabilities, by using frank and often humorous communication of facts and feeling between the puppet characters and the audience.

The Kids on the Block puppet show gave two presentations on October 8, 2009 at both Gillis School in Tyndall and Beausejour Early Years School in Beausejour. The presentations were very well received.

2009 Winter S.A.G.E. Session

debr — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:33:45 +0000

S.A.G.E. is a positive peer mentorship group for girls. Senior girls are 15-19 years old and junior girls are grades 4-6. S.A.G.E. focuses on having fun and has the girls participate in activities that celebrate the “Whole You”. The program is FREE, though registration is required.

Our 2009 Winter Session is on right now. We have 10 junior girls and 9 senior girls signed up and having a blast.

Mothers and Daughters In Touch

cheryl — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:25:53 +0000

Pre-registration is required, so sign up now!

Fall/Winter 2009 Session (for daugthers aged 9-11 years)

Monday, October 19 - Monday, December 7, 2009

(Monday evenings) from 6 - 8 pm

Network 4 Change Resource Centre, 17-31 First St. South, Beausejour

COMMITTEE CONNECTIONS

cheryl — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:00:35 +0000

THIS SECTION IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

PROJECT & PROGRAM PARTNERS

cheryl — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:56:21 +0000

FUNDERS

cheryl — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:47:26 +0000

ADULT

cheryl — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:33:14 +0000

Programs, resources and supports for community members 18 and older:

Road 2 Success
Adult Academic Supports
Stone Soup - support group for adults supporting those with exceptional needs

Parenting Programs

Donations Accepted

cheryl — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:51:39 +0000

Your donations are accepted with gratitude and much appreciation. Thank you for your support

Stone Soup - Special Needs Support Group

debr — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:48:18 +0000

Someone in your family has exceptional needs - either cognitive, physical, developmental and/or social-emotional challenges. Whether they are an adult or child, funded or not, you have concerns to deal with and input to offer. We would like to hear yours.

Together we can:

Discover how our community can better support our excpetional needs citizens
Find solutions to common concerns: finding respite workers, alternative schooling, community programs, etc.
Form a support net of parents/caregivers where we can share our experiences, support and advice.

We would truly value your input

in discussing how our community can better serve the needs of our exceptional needs citizens.

We want this to be useful, to truly help the lives of our exceptional needs families be the best they can be.

Please join us

for our next meeting:

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

6:30 - 8:00 pm

Network 4 Change Community Resource Centre

17-31 First Street South (Hew Building)

Beausejour

For more information, or to let us know you’re coming,

please contact Cheryl or Deb (both mothers of children with exceptional needs) @ 268-2506.

Why “Stone Soup”?

There is a very old story of two monks who arrive at a village during a time of great famine. They have been traveling for days and are very hungry. They knock on the doors of the village houses but all the villagers say they don’t have anything to give - that they barely have enough food for themselves.

The young monk sits near the village well and tells the older monk that he thinks they and everyone else in the village will soon starve to death. The older, wise monk begins to build a fire. He asks the younger monk to find some nice round stones and to place them in the pot. Once the stones are found, he puts them in the pot and stirs and fusses over the pot.

The villagers become curious about what the monks are doing. When one bold child finally asks, the old monk says they are cooking “stone soup”, the best, most wonderful soup there is. The villagers want to know how to make soup from nothing so they begin to ask more questions. The old monk mentions that certain ingredients make stone soup taste better - potatoes, carrots, etc. Gradually the villagers begin to offer what they have to add to the soup - a few potatoes from one, some cabbage from another. They find a larger pot, and all the villagers, one by one, add what they have, until finally there is enough for everyone.

All had something to offer and all were able to benefit from it. That was the magic of stone soup.

MIDDLE YEARS FOCUS

cheryl — Thu, 14 May 2009 21:04:54 +0000

Programs, resources and events focused on Ages 7-12. These include:

S.A.G.E. - Strong Active Girls Encouraged
Mothers and Daughters in Touch
Making Connections
Breakfast for Learning
Time to Play
H.O.P.E. - Helping Out Parents Early Outreach
Parenting Programs: Triple P and Nobody’s Perfect

Wiggle, Giggle & Munch

debr — Fri, 08 May 2009 15:35:12 +0000

A time for parents and children to have fun together through active play, games & a healthy snack.

All parents and their children, ages 1 - 4 years old, are invited to this drop-in program.

Location: Sunova Room @ the SunGro Centre

Day & Time: Tuesday mornings from 10:30 - 11:30 am

Dates: May 19, May 26,

June 2, June 9, June 16, June 23

Call Kelly @ 268-2506 for more information.

Nobody’s Perfect Parenting Group

debr — Fri, 01 May 2009 16:18:32 +0000

Come be part of a program that has been helping parents for over 20 years. Come join us for coffee and snacks and discuss issues and questions about parenting your newborn to 5 year old. Nobody’s Perfect groups encourage group support in a fun and comfortable environment.

Free: on-site child minding, transportation, and snacks and drinks for each session.

More free stuff: Every parent who is part of the group receives a set of 5 parenting resource books free. These bookscan help you quickly find answers to some of the most common parenting questions about behaviour, safety, development, emotions/feelings, etc.

When: Friday, May 8 - Friday, June 26, 2009 (Friday mornings for 6 weeks)
Time: 10:00 - 11:30 am

Where: Network 4 Change Resource Centre, 17-31 1st Street South, Beausejour

Space is limited to 10 so sign up soon! Call Deb @ 268-2506 to register.

Voices

debr — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:05:44 +0000

Writings and other contributions from the youth connected to Network 4 Change.

Poetry

debr — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:22:13 +0000

From the Outside
They say “don’t judge a book by its cover”

What about people looking at each other?

It may be skin, but a heart always lies inside,

So everyone, please don’t judge from the outside.

Chris Brass

2007

Hour Glass

Life is like a hour glass

with every moment another chance,

to have your dreams untold.

Chris Brass

2007

Madison Turns One!

debr — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:21:03 +0000

Little Madison turned one year old last week. We all sang Happy Birthday and she got her first taste of birthday cake. Check out some of the photos.