May 31, 2013 - Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry

B.A. CYR - DR.EX. (WALSH) MAY 31, 2013
D.L. ROUSSIN - DR.EX. (WALSH)
S.E. TAYLOR - DR.EX. (WALSH)
D.M. KNOL - DR.EX. (WALSH)
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Ma Mawi, we have a very large volunteer program.
And
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again, you know, people come in the door because they need
a little bit of help with this or that or the other, but
they would rather volunteer their time or do the odd job
type thing in order to get the meal or to get that Pampers,
or whatever, versus just coming and saying, I need Pampers,
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like you know, versus just being given something.
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would rather earn it.
And, and so, and then, you know,
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that makes them feel good, they're building skills, they're
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building resume.
We do all kinds of training for people
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from food handlers to CPR, you know, all that stuff that
goes on a résumé that gets them in the door to employment.
And because they've been volunteering in our centres for so
long, you know, we get to know who they are and we can be
references for them and we refer on to our sister
organizations.
And then we're trying to build inroads, and the
one I'll mention in particular is like the City of
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Winnipeg.
We have a youth program with them where, you
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know, we're working as the community organization, we're
building the skills of the young people, working
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individually with the young because we do that well.
The
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city is doing some stuff internally to make sure that those
kids then have jobs within the city, like good paying jobs,
from animal services to the bylaw enforcement to you name
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