Thank You to Red River Co-op for supporting the Healthy Kitchen program at Rossbrook House. With the on-going support- of Red River Co-op, Rossbrook House continues to provide 2 meals a day to children and youth who drop-in after school and on weekends. Red River Coop has been a supporter of Rossbrook House for many years. We are grateful for all that they do for the children and youth of Rossbrook House!
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Another year has gone by and Rossbrook House remains open every day for children and youth. For the last 46 years, Rossbrook House has been a safe place for children and youth to belong, play, learn and become… While we aren’t having a party due to the COVID pandemic, we are celebrating this special day. Since 1976, Rossbrook House has been a part of the community, providing programming, jobs, and so much more for children and youth. What started all those years ago as a place for older teens to hang out is now a place for ages 6 to 24,
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This will be my last opportunity to write and offer my deepest gratitude to you for stepping up to support the children and youth of Rossbrook House during this special season. I have been fortunate to celebrate over forty seasons at Rossbrook House witnessing the goodness in people and the effect it has in creating joy as well as healing, empathy, and justice. We are recovering from the pandemic and ready to move ahead in bold ways in 2022. We need your support to make this transition in a dynamic way. Donating is easy to do. Just click here.
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Hiring from Within A long-standing tradition at Rossbrook House is hiring our staff from within. Many of our Junior Staff are participants first. We’re proud to be able to give so many young people in our community their first job! One of the most recent Junior Staff hires is Dale. He started dropping-in to Rossbrook House in 2017 when he was 9 years old. He and his younger siblings would walk directly after school. At that time, he shared that he had been to other community centres and other programs in the city and preferred the programs and staff at
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Rossbrook House held a special event for participants on September 30. All in attendance, mostly children and youth, learned about the meaning behind the orange shirt from knowledge keepers on #OrangeShirtDay and the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Angie Cote says she prefers to be called a helper- rather than knowledge keeper. Together with Sheldon Cote and Shannon Allard, they helped the participants learn more about residential schools. Click to view our short video A prayer was shared by Sheldon as he explained that the tobacco smoke from his pipe will rise up, bringing his prayers
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Rossbrook House is open every day for children and youth ages 6-24. Open 24 hours weekends and all school holidays. Children and youth, ages 6-24, can drop-in, weekdays after 3;30pm. Rossbrook House will continue its current COVID-19 safety protocols and require the use of face masks while inside the building. For those who don’t have a mask, we will provide one. Weekdays: Rossbrook House is open until midnight. Children ages 6-11 are driven home by 8:30pm Weekends 24 hours and all school holidays: Rossbrook House is open 24 hours Please call ahead to make an appointment if you have
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Summer 2021 is underway. Children and youth are having #summerfun with outings and activities. Summer programming is in full swing at Rossbrook House. Rossbrook House will continue its current COVID-19 safety protocols and require the use of face masks while inside the building. For those who don’t have a mask, we will provide one. The Play Room is open every day from 11am. There are activities and outings planned each week for children and youth. Beach Days are happening each week and the youth had a blast at the Camp Maskwa day outings. There are also outings to the Zoo, Kid
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Our 2020/2021 reports are online and ready for you to view anytime. Rossbrook House is grateful for the generous support from all of our supporters like you. Rossbrook House Annual Report for 20/21 includes: financial information attendance stats donor list. You can download it by clicking here. Foundation Community Report includes: activities from the 20/21 year greetings from the Foundation Chair. You can download it by clicking here.
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The Class of 2021! We are pleased to share that there are 12 students graduating grade 12 from Rising Sun for 2021! Autumn Batangan has worked hard this year to graduate despite COVID-19 restrictions and working at Rossbrook House. She has been a pleasure to work with and we wish her all the best in her future endeavors. Leo Beam has been at Rising Sun for the last two years and we enjoyed getting to know him and his great artistic talent! We wish Leo all the best in his post-secondary classes, where he will be taking classes to
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The Great Canadian Giving Challenge can make a big impact. Every $1* donated in June is a chance for Rossbrook House to win $20,000! Summer weather brings with it the opportunity for the safe return of Rossbrook House programs and outings for our participants. Participants are buzzing with anticipation for the safe return of summer programming and outings, as public health restrictions allow… Including trips to parks, playgrounds and beaches, and opportunities to be crafty through tie-dye and slime. Throughout the month of June, every $1 donated to Rossbrook (on gifts $3+) is an automatic entry for us to win
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