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North Renfrew Family Services (NRFS) is a non-profit
agency providing confidential counseling, advocacy and support to
individuals and families of all ages in north Renfrew since 1968.
NRFS is a community based and supported service, a member of Family
Service Ontario and the Deep River District United Way.
We are located in the Medical Building at the Deep River and District
Hospital.
The office is open Monday to Friday from 9 am to 4 pm. Call
613-584-3358 to arrange an appointment.
SERVICES & PROGRAMS & WORKSHOPS for families and individuals of all
ages in the North Renfrew Area (Chalk River to Deux Rivičres). Referrals
can be made by: self/family/friends, doctors/health care
professionals, churches, police, schools and other agencies.
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School is out but not for long. September is on its
way and children will be scrambling again to get
supplies for school. Keeping kids in school is
expensive and some families have difficulty making
sure that theirs are not left out of some of the
activities that every child should have the
privilege of participating in.
That of course is where the North Renfrew Family
Services (NRFS) comes in to hopefully level the
playing field for all the kids regardless of
economic inequalities. Of course that also takes
money so the Board decided to have a Penny Drive
during July and August.
The fact is that a lot of people have jars of
pennies around the house that are really only good
for door stops and will never get spent because they
are more trouble than they are worth to take to the
bank and too heavy to take shopping. Counting out
353 pennies for a tube of toothpaste also irritates
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The same is true of the paper Canadian Tire money.
How many bundles of that does the average household
have lying around, always forgotten when you go
shopping. They get too thick to keep in your wallet
and Canadian Tire is not offended if you never take
them back.
How will NRFS convert these inconvenient mounds of
metal and paper into useable currency? Well, how
else - Volunteers. We have people who are committed
to count and roll the pennies for transfer to the
bank. The Canadian Tire Money will also be sorted
and counted and though it is hard to believe, there
are buyers for those wads of paper known only to
NRFS staff.
So this is a fund raiser that will cost you nothing
and tidy up your living space. Take your pennies
and paper to the Bean House or to the NRFS office in
the Medical Building at 109 Banting Drive. Call 613
584 3358 if you have questions.
Let’s have a little contest. No rewards, just
bragging rights. Marg Rose has collected 7.5 kg of
pennies to donate. Anyone beat that?
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Last
week's Guitar Raffle was a great success and swelled
the coffers of the NRFS Emergency Fund by over $ 500.
Winners were:
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1st
prize, Epiphone Acoustic Guitar - Bill Ward;
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2nd
prize, Blaze Music Company guitar lessons - Deb Goss;
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3rd
prize, Bean House Cafe gift certificate - Shawn Gutzeit.
Our
thanks to Richard Blaze for donating the guitar and the
music lessons and to Mary Hitchcock and the Bean House Staff
for housing the raffle. Thanks also to members of the
community who supported us by selling tickets or buying
them.
In
other “news” our "Laughs and Crafts"
group linked to our NRFS Collective Kitchen is
looking for donations of sayelle and cotton yarn for
craft projects. If you're "weeding" out your closets just
drop off any unwanted yarns or craft supplies to the NRFS
office, 109 Banting Drive in the Medical Building.
If someone you know
needs a walker or bath seat, give NRFS a call at
613-584-3358. We might be able to match them up with
equipment being given away.
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DID YOU KNOW
UNITED WAY CAMPAIGN DONORS - are you aware
that you can specify that your contribution go to NRFS?
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