AIDS Support Chatham-Kent

Provides support and education services for people at risk of living with, or affected by, HIV/AIDS
Link: www.aidschatham.org
Contact: Karyn O’Neil – 519-352-2121

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Chatham-Kent

Recruitment and support for adult volunteers who mentor local boys and girls and develop healthy relationships through role modeling
Link: www.bigbrothersbigsistersofchatham-kent.com
Contact: Nan Stuckey – 519-351-1582

Brain Injury Association of Chatham-Kent

Provides support and advocacy services for survivors of acquired brain injury and their families, as well as delivery of community education programs
Link: www.biack.com
Contact: Lori Gall – 519-351-0297

Canadian Hearing Society

Provides services to enhance the independence of deaf, deafened and hard of hearing people, and education to prevent hearing loss
Link: www.chs.ca/offices/windsor/chatham/index.html
Contact: Gail Baker – 519-354-9347

Canadian Mental Health Association, Chatham-Kent Branch

Provides education, prevention and advocacy to build resilience, recovery and maximum function for people experiencing mental illness
Link: www.cmhakent.com
Contact: Hilary Henley – 519-436-6100

CNIB

Provides specialized services for those who are blind or visually impaired
Link: www.cnib.ca
Contact: Shauna Boghean – 1-800-465-4444

Canadian Red Cross Society

Provides first aid training and support, home health care equipment loan cupboard, disaster relief and international service Link: www.redcross.ca
Contact: Janet Brunschot – 519-352-2510

Chatham-Kent Block Parent Program Inc.

Recruitment and support for safe and caring strangers who volunteer to display a window sign or decal, offering assistance from their homes or businesses
Link: www.blockparent.on.ca
Contact: Ruth Bossence – 519-354-0430 Ext 235

Chatham-Kent Children’s Services

United Way funding supports the Power of Youth Program, designed specifically for children in elementary schools to strengthen peer relationships, develop self-reliance and learn coping techniques to deal with stressful situations
Link: www.ckics.com
Contact: Nicole Leger – 519-358-4596

Chatham-Kent Family Y.M.C.A

Provides childcare, aquatics, sports and fitness, youth leadership programs and activities for older adults – all designed to build strong kids, strong families and strong communities
Link: www.ckymca.com
Contact: Kim Bentley-MacDonald – 519-352-0950

Chatham-Kent Student Nutrition Program

Provides non-discriminatory nutrition programs for elementary and secondary school students to ensure a healthy start to their school day
Contact: Elaine Lewis – 519-352-7270 x 2602

Epilepsy Support Centre

Supporting individuals and families living with epilepsy and educating the community so that people living with seizures are safe.
Link: www.epilepsysupportcentre.com
Contact: Christine Canniff – 1-866-374-5377

Family Service Kent

Provides family and individual counselling, credit counselling, KIDS Team, CHAP for seniors, advocacy and protective service work, trusteeships and specialized treatment groups
Link: www.famskent.ca
Contact: Brad Davis-519-354-6221

Good Neighbours

Provides Operation Cover-Up (used winter coats), BackPacks for Kids (backpacks and school supplies to families)
Link: www.unitedway.chatham-kent.on.ca
Contact: Deryl Hall Giera – 519-354-0430 ext. 213

Learning Disabilities Association of Chatham-Kent

Provides advocacy, research, education and services to advance the full participation of children, youth and adults who have a learning disability
Link: www.ldchatham-kent.org
Contact: Dawn Babkirk – 519-352-2024

Restorative Justice Chatham-Kent

Restorative Justice conferencing involves victims, offenders and the community in restoring broken relationships, focusing on non-violent young offenders
Link: www.rjck.org
Contact: Gloria Ross – 519-380-0931

Sidestreets Optimist Youth Centre

Provides a place for youth, aged 7 to 18, to meet, socialize, and be involved in programs designed to help them grow into positive, productive and motivated adults
Link: www3.sympatico.ca/sidestreets/VP.doc
Contact: Lori Ouellette – 519-683-2153

The Solid Rock Café Youth Centre

Provides drop-in activities and structured programs for youth in Tilbury, designed to build self-esteem and self-worth
Contact: Ken McCorkle – 519-682-0625

Tilbury Information and H.E.L.P. Centre

Provides food bank services, non-medical transportation services, CAP site, advocacy, cooking classes, budgeting assistance, information and referral, community building and partnership development
Link: www.unitedway.chatham-kent.on.ca
Contact: Rose-Anne Mayor- 519-682-2268

Victorian Order of Nurses Chatham-Kent

United Way funding supports the KIDS Circle Program, designed to assist children, under 18 years of age, who are dealing with either their own personal lifethreatening illness or that of a loved one
Link: www.von.ca
Contact: Nicole Hunter – 519-352-4462

Volunteer and Information Chatham-Kent

Provides in-person and on-line matching service for community volunteers, collection, maintenance, dissemination and on-line posting of community service information, mediated information and referral, advocacy and intervention
Link: www.unitedway.chatham-kent.on.ca
Contact: Patricia Weiler – 519-354-0430 ext. 208

Wallaceburg Information and H.E.L.P. Centre

Provides mediated information and referral services, CAP site, labour programs, services and Union Counselling (through-out Chatham-Kent), community building and partnership development
Link: www.unitedway.chatham-kent.on.ca
Contact: Brian Armitage – 519-628-5456