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Planting For Others During the Pandemic: How One Business Is Thinking Beyond Profits, Using Skills & Passion to Help Others

May 10, 2022

Written by Abirah Chandraraj, Social Media Intern If you ever drove by the Comfort Night Mattress & Furniture, you may have noticed a plethora of plants in front of their…

How One Local Church is Aiming High in Donations to Support Their Local Food Bank

May 10, 2022

Tagan Mani, Marketing & Fund Development Coordinator connected with longtime supporter and donor of SCHC, Donald MacOdrum. Donald serves as the Chair of the Mission and Outreach Committee at the…

​On The FrontLines: How Staff Members’ Dedication Make SCHC’s Vaccine Clinic Possible

May 10, 2022

Written by Lori Beesley, Jason Posnansky, NP, Chris Pinto, RD, Joanne Fernandes, RPN, Kareema Nizar, NP-PHC The Hub being transformed into a vaccine clinic has received great praise from clients, staff,…

Senior Resilience Theatre Program: An Innovative and Expressive Program for Seniors

May 10, 2022

Can you tell me how you first got involved in with SCHC? Swetha: We first got involved with SCHC a few years ago when we were doing a tour of…

Volunteering: The Best Way to Learn Your Community

May 10, 2022

We had the opportunity to sit down with Jane Rumleskie, a volunteer board member of SCHC and we discuss her journey into SCHC and how this experience has helped her learn…

Learning to Live with the Circle of Life and Death

May 10, 2022

By Betty-Ann RutledgeVolunteers, Outreach & Training CommunityHospice Program & Friendly Visiting In June 2018, 32-year-old Novelette Munroe came to SCHC for grief support following multiple deaths in her life. She…

New & Innovative Ways of Addressing Inclusion & Accessibility at SCHC

May 10, 2022

By Dharshana Jayapathy, BA, BSW, MSW(c), RSWCoordinator, Tamil Seniors Health ProgramCaregiver Wellness Team 2020 has been a new experience for all of us, and the month of June was no…

Donor Story: Taking Good Steps Towards A Greater Cause

May 10, 2022

Interview by Rhea TonyMarketing and Communications InternSCHC Shye Zhang is a Toronto based artist who donated proceeds to SCHC from her fundraising auction held in June 2020 during the pandemic…

5 Steps Towards Advocacy Allyship

May 10, 2022

By Renee AllenChild and Youth Health Program FacilitatorHealth Promotion The deaths of George Floyd and Regis Korchinski-Paquet left people questioning how they can support the fight against police brutality and…

Systemic Racism & its Effects on Minority Healthcare

May 10, 2022

By Arifah YusufChild/Youth Health Program CoordinatorHealth Promotion After the tragic killing of George Floyd at the hands of police in Minnesota, people from across the world expressed their outrage and…