ACM 2025
June 27, 2025
Annual Community Meeting 2025 was held on June 26 at Rossbrook House.
Thank you to all who attended and joined...
Another summer weekend is upon us. We hope yours is safe and fun! Rossbrook House remains open, 24 hours, for children and youth to drop in for programs, activities, outings and daily meals.
If you’d like to support summer programming, donations are gratefully accepted. rossbrookhouse.ca/summer-support-25/
Donate today to help make this summer fun and safe for children and youth!
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We are now accepting applications for Rossbrook House scholarships, presented at the Open House in November. Rossbrook House scholarships are intended to support the hopes and dreams of our community.
Are you enrolled in a post-secondary program of any kind? If you are a present/former participant or student of one of the Rossbrook House schools, a Rossbrook House staff, or parent of a participant, you may be eligible to receive a scholarship.
Download the official Rossbrook House application and apply before August 22.
rossbrookhouse.ca/scholarships-2025/
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#tbt We're busy prepping for camp. This is a long-standing tradition at Rossbrook House and soon we will be taking two separate groups of teens to Camp Maskwa. They will spend a week having fun like this- plus fishing, lots of delicious food, and time to rest and relax... It will be a wonderful couple of weeks for staff and youth.
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Summer fun, so far, has included a trip to the beach, an ice cream outing, making slime, van rides and more. Plus daily meals.
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#TBT Thank you to all who attended the Annual Community Meeting a couple of weeks ago.
Patty Mainville shared news about the past year and thanked the staff for all they do for the children and youth of Rossbrook House.
“Creating a strong sense of belonging for young people at Rossbrook House is embedded in all we do. The range of programming continues, from hosting off-campus school programs, to providing youth with their first jobs, developing the skills and confidence they need to thrive and become who they are meant to be is the groundwork we continue after 49 years.”
Larry McIntosh, Chair of Rossbrook House Foundation, shared a report about the past year’s activities and the wonderful news of the Foundation having raised a million dollars for Rossbrook House programs and operations. You can read more about the Foundation’s activities for the past fiscal year on our website in the 2024-25 community report. We also thanked departing board member Bruce Henderson for nine years with the Foundation board.
“Our Foundation is all about raising funds so Rossbrook House can keep doing its amazing, often life-changing, work. Every time I talk about what Rossbrook House does, I realize just how hard it is to boil it down into a quick pitch. The variety of programs and the safe space it provides for both participants and our community are simply too rich to summarize in just a few sentences.”
We also heard from Board members Gil Grenier & Leslie Galloway and Rossbrook House Board President, Karen Cook. We also thanked retiring board members John Burchill and Janine Hargreaves.
Read more: rossbrookhouse.ca/acm-2025/
You can also access our donor list and financial statements on our website under publications. rossbrookhouse.ca/publications/
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It took a crew to load in this generous donation from Price Industries that included toys, clothing and freezies. A few participants were happy to help, too. Thank you Price for the donation of cool treats! Children and youth will definitely enjoy the freezies during these hot days. ☀️🥵❤️👏
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At the 2025 Annual Community Meeting we celebrated volunteers, staff and participants.
Congratulations to Autumn on her 10-year work anniversary! Autumn was once a Junior Staff and today is a Supervisor. She also attended Rossbrook House since the age of 6, so you can say she grew up at Rossbrook House!
Congratulations to Justine (Operations/Program Manager) and Cheyenne (Youth Worker) who both completed 5 years with Rossbrook House- although they have both been a part of Rossbrook House for much longer. Both Cheyenne and Justine have family connections and were once participants themselves.
Each year at the ACM two youth receive very special and meaningful awards. The staff nominate regular participants and vote on these awards. They are the Andy Rupert Memorial and Sister Gerry MacNamara awards. Congratulations to Haven Twovoice who received the Andy Rupert award and to Jade Miles who received the Sister Gerry award.
We also thanked long-time volunteer Claudette Durocher who prepares the meals for the youth at Camp Maskwa for two weeks each July, taking holidays from her job to do so. Claudette received the Leslie Galloway Volunteer Award.
The Leslie Galloway Volunteer award was created two years ago in honour of long-time (since 1976) volunteer Leslie Galloway. Leslie is still a volunteer at Rossbrook House- she reads with children during Learning Always and sits on both boards.
Read more about the ACM here: rossbrookhouse.ca/acm-2025/
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While Rossbrook House remains open 24 hours all summer, the kitchen is serving up two meals a day. Children and youth who drop in can have brunch in the mornings as well as a filling late afternoon meal. Outings like beach days include a picnic lunch!
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Six youth from Rossbrook House went with staff to the Roseau River Anishinabe First Nation Pow Wow last month. They camped for the weekend and went hiking and swimming as well as watching the Pow Wow throughout the weekend.
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Thank you United Way Winnipeg for sharing our summer hours. Rossbrook House is proud and grateful to be a Unitwd Way agency!Rossbrook House, a donor-supported inner-city youth centre, announced it will be expanding its operations to be open 24 hours from June 27 until August 30.
Committed to providing a safe, accepting environment with programming and daily meals for up to 80 children and youth a day, Rossbrook House is dedicated to ensuring that every child has a place to go, day or night, where they are safe and welcome.
rossbrookhouse.ca/summer-fun-2025/
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We are now accepting applications for Rossbrook House scholarships, presented at the Open House in November. Rossbrook House scholarships are intended to support the hopes and dreams of our community.
Are you enrolled in a post-secondary program of any kind? If you are a present/former participant or student of one of the Rossbrook House schools, a Rossbrook House staff, or parent of a participant, you may be eligible to receive a scholarship.
Download the official Rossbrook House application and apply before August 22.
rossbrookhouse.ca/scholarships-2025/
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Rossbrook House is grateful to the Rossbrook House Foundation for all that these dedicated volunteers do for the children and youth, year after year. Without fanfare, they work to fundraise for programs and operations and also help spread the word about Rossbrook House.
2024/25 Foundation Board of Directors
Larry McIntosh • Chair
Shona Connelly • Secretary
Bruce Henderson • Treasurer
Karen Cook
Braeden Cornick
Joe Fiorentino
Leslie Galloway
Tracy Graham
Kim Keating
Robert Riel
Chantel St. Germaine
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A really great read from United Way Winnipeg on the importance of safe spaces, like Rossbrook House, for children and youth.
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We are now accepting applications for Rossbrook House scholarships, presented at the Open House in November. Rossbrook House scholarships are intended to support the hopes and dreams of our community.
Are you enrolled in a post-secondary program of any kind? If you are a present/former participant or student of one of the Rossbrook House schools, a Rossbrook House staff, or parent of a participant, you may be eligible to receive a scholarship.
Download the official Rossbrook House application and apply before August 22.
rossbrookhouse.ca/scholarships-2025/
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#tbt The children and youth practice for weeks before each annual Rossbrook House Pow Wow. They were thrilled to share their culture and what they learned with the community at the Pow Wow on June 12. Thank you to all who attended.
It was nice to see so many community leaders walk in the Grand Entry and all the dancers, young and old. This year, the teepee that was hand painted by the participants and students was proudly displayed.
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