Reports - Regional: Prince Albert

Advocacy:

We have been able to bring exposure to our facility and programs by hosting ASIST Workshops and a variety of meetings within our facility. Our involvement with other CBO’s continues within the community. We continue to participate in trade shows throughout the year. This provides an opportunity to display information regarding our programs, including quilts designed and sewn by our clients as well as clothing from the As Good As New store. Positive results from the trade show are visible by sales of our quilts and some new customers in our store.

Education:

During Mental Health Week we will have our annual hotdog/hamburger sales in front of the store where we promote balance in our lives as well as positive mental health.

We encourage people to take part in our stress tests and hand out pamphlets to those interested. We will also host our annual Appreciation Dinner and Teddy Bear Auction. We look forward to a successful Mental Health Week.

For our clients we have taken many field trips: Saskatoon-Monster Truck Show, Regina-Roughrider’s Football game, Moose Jaw Tunnels and other activities around Prince Albert. We will continue to BBQ at the local parks with day trips to the many lakes around Prince Albert. We also have our annual weeklong camping trip that is always well attended.

Fundraising:

This year we are hosting the Annual General Meeting with a twist. We will be opening up the banquet portion to the public because an evening of entertainment is planned: highly skilled piano accompaniment while dining, a comedian, a local recording artist as well as a silent auction and cash bar. We hope everyone enjoys the evening.

Programming:






Services:

We continue to have our original 5 programs offered: Homestead Quilting,
As Good As New Store, Nest Drop In, Nest Lunch Program and Independent Living. Participation in the programs has remained steady.

The Art program that was introduced last year continues to be a popular choice so we are offering that again this year.

With the ASIST, Safe Talk, Life Model Development and Crisis Response Training we have taken, we are in a stronger position to offer services to the general public. We will be promoting these services within Prince Albert community and area.