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Celebrating Volunteer Month: Facilitator Training Team Spotlight
“I thought, if I’m getting so much from this beautiful thing, I want to share it. I want to help others. I want others to experience the magic of WCC, the way it can touch your life. So when I was invited to…
From the heart: the measurable, immediate impact of WCC volunteer facilitators
“Volunteering with the WCC just brings me one step closer to the world I want to see!” ~ Mya Moniz, WCC facilitator One hundred percent of Writers Collective of Canada (WCC) arts-health programming is delivered by trained volunteer facilitators. Together with them, WCC…
Partner Spotlight: Living Long in the Distillery
Living Long in the Distillery (LLID) is a community organization working toward an integrated approach to support healthy ageing for older adults living in the community. This month, Jim Swafford from LLID shares his perspective on the significance of creative, community-based programs for older adults. JIM:…
Facilitator Spotlight: Martin Bryan
Martin Bryan is a Lead Community Health Worker at East End Community Health Centre (EECHC) in Toronto. For this month’s facilitator spotlight, we asked Martin to share his perspective as a recently-trained facilitator and community worker on the importance of low-barrier social prescriptions…
Donor Spotlight: Like flowers growing towards the light
WCC is proud and humbled to spotlight writer, senior, and donor Beth Cook. Beth is a developing writer who generally writes from Guelph or Toronto. During her career, she was employed in a wide variety of jobs, and at last has found her vocation:…