Today’s Featured Agency
Today's featured agency is Warden Woods Community Centre . "Warden Woods Community Centre began as a Mennonite Church response to the needs of residents in a new government housing project in southwest Scarborough. Built in the early 1960s to accommodate 347 families and 392 senior citizens, Warden Woods had no recreational facilities and few public amenities…Today, Warden Woods Community Centre is no longer run by the Mennonite Church or other external agencies. Since incorporation in 1985, it has been governed by a local board of directors, with continued financial assistance from the Mennonite Church, all three levels of government, the United Way, and others. This change reflects the strong conviction held by the Centre from the beginning; which is, the importance of "being with" the local people rather than "doing for" them…"
Programs and services fall under a variety of categories, viz.:
- Children's Programs
- Community Services
- Early Childhood
- HIV/IDU Outreach
- Homelessness
- Newcomers
- Seniors Services
- Youth Programs
The agency seeks local input, hires local residents, promotes local leadership, and carries out local decisions. Interdependent relationships are encouraged "based on mutual respect and a wholistic appreciation for each person's social, psychological, educational, cultural, physical and spiritual development."
For information on United Way agencies, please visit the United Way of Greater Toronto web site under "Who We Help" .
"Without you, there would be no way!"
Submitted by Jennifer Schmitt and John Puusa
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