Rossbrook House is open every day 24 hours! Children and youth are welcome to drop-in. Meals are provided twice each day. Video game stations and computer stations are open for distance learning school-work and recreation. Some programs and activities, such as open gym and Learning Always are happening in small groups with physical distancing required.. Check the posters inside the doors or check with any of the staff! Face masks are mandatory and will be provided.
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Tuesday December 1 is Giving Tuesday and Rossbrook House is happy to once again be participating in this national movement dedicated to giving back. Last year donors helped to gas up the Rossbrook House vans, this year we’re asking for your help to raise $10,000 towards the purchase of a new van. * Click here to help Rossbrook purchase a new van Rossbrook House vans are used to take participants on outings and to ensure they get home safely each evening. Outings include trips to the beach in the summer and checking out Christmas lights in the winter. Cecillia,
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Rossbrook House presents the 2020 Virtual Scholarship Awards Celebration. Please join us as we celebrate the students who are receiving scholarships from Rossbrook House. This annual event is virtual this year and we are happy to award several hard-working students with post-secondary education scholarship awards. Thank you for celebrating with these deserving students. Congratulations to: Monique Desjarlais Nicole Fontaine Sonja Fontaine Julie Missyabit Alicia Spence April Spence Click the photo to watch the full video Thank you to everyone who makes these scholarship awards possible! Please note that some of the images used in the video are
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For those of who may not have had an opportunity to visit Rossbrook House, please stop by anytime with this virtual visit! Staff member Mackaylah will take you behind the scenes of Rossbrook House. Click the link to watch when you are ready to visit: Virtual Tour Please note that some of the photos and video content are from our files and may not represent the current situation with COVID-19 precautions in place.
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Written by Sydney Hildebrandt Community Journalist – The Times, Sydney Hildebrandt is the community journalist for The Times. Years ago, Vern Anderson sat in the audience at WE Day, an annual youth empowerment event organized by WE Charity, learning about the humanitarian aid the organization provided, primarily in Africa. “And then I’m thinking like, ‘How the hell can I do something local?’” Anderson recalled his epiphany. Vern Anderson, a Charleswood resident, collects aluminum cans and cashes them in for money which he donates to Rossbrook House. The 57-year-old has a long track record of community involvement, for which he
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Take a virtual tour of Rossbrook House. The United Way of Winnipeg recently toured Rossbrook House with Executive Director, Phil Chiappetta, as their tour guide. The result is a beautiful video. Please feel free to have a look when you have a few minutes. Click here to watch it on our YouTube channel.
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