Lighthouse[1]
- 1. Address: Group members: 1008 Bathurst Street Shuyi Cen Toronto, ON M5R Lili Chen 3G7 Aiseosa Enehizena Between DuPont Tamana Qazzizadah St. and Bloor St. Margarette Samaroo
- 2. HISTORY and MANDATE In 1968, started by a church, as a Boys and Girls Club for teens, and was called Christian Reform Inner City Ministry. In 1978, started as helping with refugee Mission: helping all people Our vision: changing lives Mandate: The Lighthouse demonstrates God's love by offering unconditional hospitality, by sharing our resources and by helping people in need. We offer an atmosphere of respect, dignity and
- 3. SERVICES OFFERED Counseling Immigrant Settlement/Refugee/Newcomers Children's Programs – Summer Camps – Vietnamese, Hispanic and Chinese Family Camps- Entire family (Vietnamese, Hispanic and Chinese) Language – ESL classes Parenting Workshop -Parenting skills
- 4. SERVICES MOST NEEDED What circumstances bring people to the Lighthouse : -Being a refugee -New comers -Counselling -Children’s Aid Society sends people -Children Programs -Food Bank It is hard to say what services are most needed. However, it might be the Food
- 5. AFTER RECEIVING HELP FROM THE PROGRAM Some people: - return as sponsors of the program -return as volunteers -Some become settled and move o -are lost track of
- 6. CHALLENGE Language Bias: Clients are from different countries Funding: Donations come from individuals, churches and businesses. This, however, is not enough. The Government does not give any support to this organization. They need approximately $321,000 to operate
- 7. DREAMS -If funding was not an issue, a dream would be to build many Lighthouses around the city. -To serve over 2000 people