KIK Picnic’s angel donor
Meet 2017 KIK Picnic’s angel donor! A Facebook video about foster children having to transport all their possessions in black garbage bags when they move to a new home was all it took to spur…
New research looks at how toxic stress can affect children`s health
Research has increasingly shown how ongoing stress during early childhood — from grinding poverty, neglect, parents’ substance abuse and other adversity — can smoulder beneath the skin, harming kids’ brains and other body systems. But…
Eastman conducts CFS training session with educators
Eastman conducts CFS information sessions with educators July 2017—Eastman CFS has spent the past several months taking presentations on child and family services on the road. The presentations are hoped to encourage positive and open…
KIK Picnic features lifelong volunteers
KIK Picnic features lifelong dedicated volunteers For some longtime volunteers at the KIK Picnic, it really doesn’t matter whether the day is beautiful and sunny, or grey and windy like it was this year—as long…
New shelter opens for women and children in Selkirk
A new emergency shelter for women and children has been opened in Selkirk. The shelter has 22 beds and four apartments to accommodate more women and children leaving domestic violence situations in the Interlake and…
Wendy’s Wonderful Kids aims to expand to every state by 2028
Great news from the Chronicle of Social Change: In February of 2016, the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption (DTFA) found out it was in line to become part of one of the biggest philanthropic investments…
Ontario passes new child welfare legislation
Ontario recently passed the Child, Youth and Family Services Act which raises the age of protection from 16 to 18 “to increase protection services for more vulnerable youth in unsafe living conditions, to support their education and…
New online campaign launched to prevent sextortion among teenaged boys
The Canadian Centre for Child Protection (C3P) has seen an 89 per cent increase over the past two years in online sextortion cases among teenage boys, prompting the centre to develop Canada’s an awareness and…
Today is International Missing Children’s Day
May 25, 2017 is International Missing Children’s Day. Each year, thousands of Canadian children go missing. The majority of those children are found safe, but families are reminded to keep a watchful eye on children…
Eastman wins Excellence in Service Award
Eastman team wins Excellence in Service Award Written by nominators Dan Knight and Sherri Rollins In April, 2017, the Rural and Northern Service team was awarded the Excellence in Service Award as part of the…