CHILDREN’S MENTAL HEALTH WEEK – MAY 6TH TO MAY 12TH, 2012

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Board Members Wanted…

New Path Youth and Family Services and New Path Foundation will be hosting a Board Information Night on Tuesday May 8th at 7:00 p.m. at the new Orillia Common Roof.  Click Recruitment Ad for more details.  Please rsvp your attendance to Maureen Armstrong (705-733-2654, ext 2228 /marmstrong@newpath.ca).

 

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Save the Date!

New Path Youth & Family Services and New Path Foundation will be holding their Annual General Meeting on Tuesday June 19th at 6:30 p.m. at the Barrie Country Club.  This event will once again be hosted by our wonderful youth.  Please mark this date in your calendar.  If you are interested in attending, please RSVP to Maureen Armstrong (705-733-2654 ext 2228 / marmstrong@newpath.ca

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Mark your Calendar for our upcoming Jazz 2012 Fundraiser…

New Path Foundation will once again be hosting it’s Annual “Not Just Jazz” Fundraiser on Friday June 1st, 2012 at Southshore Community Centre on Barrie’s waterfront.  You don’t want to miss this Spectacular Event with live music, gourmet food, fine wines,  silent auction, a mystery draw, and much more for the same price as last year of $75 per ticket.

Click here to view the poster with more details of the event.

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The Community Foundation of Orillia Supports Orillia Common Roof

New Path Foundation would like to thank the Community Foundation of Orillia and area for their support of the newly opened, in October 2012, Orillia Common Roof, with funds for teaching/resource kitchen equipment.

The application for Ontario Endowment for Children and Youth in Recreation Fund and funds were distributed in the spring of 2010 and were utilized March 2012 to purchase plates, bowls, cups and utensils with the help of the CAPC program staff.  The new dishes and utensils will serve clients of both in-house programs by Catulpa Community Support Services, CAP-C and New Path Youth and Family Services ACT Program as well as other agencies and their affiliates for seminars, meetings and info sessions directed to agency reps, clients and the public for many years to come.

Showing off the new hardware is (left to right) Darlene Elder (Chair Community Foundation Board), Nancy Hastings (Catulpa Community Support Services CAP-C), Laurie Herd (New Path Foundation, Orillia Common Roof Project Supervisor), Kent Boehme (New Path Youth and Family Services ACT Program for Families)and Heather Code-Burrell (CAP-C Food Worker and Orillia Community Kitchen Resource Group Rep).

*photos* photo credit, Frank Matys, Orillia Today

Submitted by Laurie Herd

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Thanks to Everyone for a Successful Grand Opening of the Orillia Common Roof

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Orillia Common Roof Open House

Common Roof open house ‘impressive’ to health unit

ORILLIA – Staff and administration of the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit had a chance to rub elbows with the staff of other agencies in the Common Roof in Orillia at the facility’s open house on Thursday.

Several hundred supporters and clients of the agencies in the Common Roof packed the Front Street building to tour the facilities and learn what services are available.

“It was an impressive event, and the number of people who showed up indicates just how much interest there has been in the Common Roof in Orillia,” said Ellen Hartwick, who oversaw the health unit’s move into the new location. “It gave our staff a chance to really understand the potential of the services the Common Roof now offers. I have to tip my hat to Laurie Herd, the Common Roof coordinator, for all the work she did to put this event together.”

The health unit had three prime objectives in mind when it began searching for a new home: a good location, the ability to strengthen partnerships in the community, and a site where shared space created economies, said Medical Officer of Health Dr. Charles Gardner.

“Over the last 25 or 30 years we have been located at four other sites in the downtown. Throughout those moves, our staff has devoted itself to the city and its needs; a number of our employees have served in virtually every one of those offices,” Dr. Gardner said. “The Common Roof truly is a beautiful facility that will help us cement our relationship with the city in new ways, establish new partnerships with the other agencies in the building and provide even better service to the people of Orillia.”

Orillia Councillor Linda Murray, who sits on the board of health, said the Common Roof will have long lasting benefits for the city. “Having the health unit as one of the lead tenants will help the Common Roof reach its full potential,” she said. “I know that our families, young adults, health professionals and food services – they’re all finding the new location convenient and helpful.”

New Path Foundation board members and staff were pleased with the interest of local agency representatives, human-service providers and community members as indicated by the 200 plus people in attendance. “The Orillia Common Roof is an exceptional example of a multi-tenant non-profit centre that provides long term sustainability for vital community based human services and I am absolutely thrilled to see this successful culmination of collaborative planning by so many Orillia agencies and community citizens”, said Glen Newby, President and CEO of New Path Foundation, which developed, owns, and manages the Orillia Common Roof.

Orillia’s Common Roof facility currently has nine tenants, with the Orillia Central Preschool soon to open two classes as well. The in-house agencies of New Path Foundation and New Path Youth and Family Services, Catulpa Community Support Services, the Orillia Housing Resource Centre, Alzheimer Society of North East Simcoe County, Catholic Family Services of Simcoe County, the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit and newcomer Welcome Centre Immigrant Services showcased their available resources and programs in the facility’s 2nd floor space. These displays were further enhanced by visitors, Committee Advocating for People with Special needs (CAPS) who plan to partner with New Path Foundationand expand facilities on adjacent property.

Boardrooms, Meeting rooms, waiting and resource areas as well as the kitchen on the main floor came alive with interactive program displays hosted by Catulpa’s CAPC, New Path Services for Tele-psychiatry and Observation room resources, Health Unit Clinic and Health Connection space and Endaad Native Non-Profit Homes for First Nations Traditions. Visitors from the Orillia Community Kitchen Resource Group prepared soup from Good Food Box supplies and local artists Brant Mawdsley and Shawn Ledouceur displayed their family themed art.

Plaques to commemorate Funds generated at the 2011Orillia Winter Carnival’s Polar Bear dip for shared resource areas in the Orillia Common Roof and the exquisite wall quilt by Textile Artist Marilyn Lippert in tribute to the 10 founding Orillia Common Roof agencies were installed.

Congratulations were extended by municipal, county, provincial and federal representatives.

New Path Foundation Board Chair Paul Pratt (left), Orillia Mayor Angelo Orsi and New Path Foundation President & CEO Glen Newby at the Orillia Common Roof Grand Opening

The Grand Opening was a culmination of work that began over 3-years ago. “The collaborative sharing, cooperation, and working together, evidenced by the Common Roof facility, represents a new, integrated business model for non-profit human service organizations, that will ensure their sustainability and mission fulfillment well into the future, while at the same time contributing to neighborhood revitalization and economic growth”, said Newby, “this truly is  a win-win situation all around”.

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The Orillia Common Roof will be Holding it’s Official Grand Opening on Thursday February 16th.

Textile artist Marilyn Lippert  presents the ‘Circle of Friends’ quilt to New Path Foundation President and CEO Glen Newby in preparation for the Orillia Common Roof’s Grand Opening set to take place on Thursday, February 16, 2012 at the newly opened co-location human service facility located at 169 Front Street South in Orillia.

The wall quilt depicts a variety of local flowers representing the 9 founding tenant agencies and took Lippert over 200 hours to  make. The quilt is now hanging in the Orillia Common Roof lobby for everyone’s enjoyment and will later be installed  in  the 1st floor atrium to make space for the Living Wall.

The Grand Opening festivities, themed to celebrate families, will begin at 1:30 p.m. and will include greetings from local dignitaries, plaque installations, plus  building tours starting at 3:00 p.m. to showcase  tenant programs, an art work display, community kitchen cooking, and native drumming.

The New Path Foundation  event is open to the public and invites community members to attend in anticipation of the Family Day Holiday later in the week.

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Orillia Common Roof Seeks Sponsorship for a Living Wall

New Path Foundation with the development of the Common Roof Project is excited to be part of the significant growth presently occurring in Orillia. With the expertise and support of many local building and business professionals New Path is proud of the beautiful functional building located at 169 Front Street South in Orillia. It is currently home to eight non-profit human service organizations; soon to be ten with room for more, all which address the basic but vital needs of our families in the community through counseling, support services, access to resources and group therapy programs.

The showpiece and exciting addition to the entrance of the newly retrofitted 36,000 square foot building will be a living wall, the first of its kind in Orillia. The Living Wall is a vertical hydroponic green wall of plants that will be installed in the lobby of the building, providing clean air while bringing the outdoors in.

Currently, New Path Foundation is looking for support through the Orillia Common Roof Living Wall Fund of which the funding campaign will be chaired by local Real Estate Broker Bob Johnson.

“New Path Foundation has been a client of mine for over 5 years. I believe in the Common Roof philosophy and this Living Wall project will provide a healthy, clean and calming environment for clients as well as those who work and visit the Common Roof. It is very exciting to be involved in a project that will be a first for Orillia.”

The Nedlaw System, with the Active Living Wall, has been selected for the design and installation in the Orillia Common Roof. Nedlaw Living Walls can enhance the value and performance of buildings with clean air, naturally while providing many health and energy benefits.

The goal is to raise $50,000 for the fund to cover the installation of the wall as well as two years of maintenance. Several levels of sponsorship are available and recognition will be prominently displayed in the building’s lobby.

Neville Twine, Vice President of New Path Foundation accepts cheque from Bob Johnson

Johnson feels so strongly about the Common Roof Living Wall project he has injected the fund with a $5000 contribution while at the same time volunteering to work on the campaign.  “After a five year association with New Path I thought it time to provide them with some ‘sweat equity’ for a very worthwhile undertaking.”             

To support the Living Wall Fund please contact Bob Johnson, Living Wall Fundraising Chairperson at 705-330-7115

Alternatively, you are invited to contact Project Supervisor Laurie Herd at 705-259-7663 ext. 3264 or lherd@thecommonroof.ca

Please click on the following links to view more information on the Living Wall:

Living Wall (Page 1)
Living Wall (Page 2)

 

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Orillia Common Roof Welcome to Staff

The Orillia Common Roof officially opened it doors in October 2011.  A welcoming lunch was held for all staff in the building on November 23rd, hosted by New Path Foundation.  Glen Newby, President and CEO of New Path Foundation, along with Paul Pratt, Board Chair, welcomed the staff of the various agencies to their new home.  Each staff was presented with a welcome letter and small gift.

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