major donors

The following donors made significant donations ($5,000+) in the last year, which helped provide us with the means to support our essential programs. Fortunately, with these significant contributions, and through emergency support provided by all levels of government, our services continued to flourish and grow.

THANK YOU TO:

Airlie Foundation

Allen, Heidi and Bergen, Mark

Camilla-Hockley Valley Women’s Institute

E. Hofmann Plastics Canada Inc.

Hope Fund (The)

And three anonymous donors.

Klein-Panneton Foundation (The)

Morrell, Sarah and Wade

Morningview Foundation (The)

Murphy, Linda

Wishart, Ken and Shelley

We respect the wishes of all of our donors and use donated funds responsibly. These significant donations—along with many more through the generosity of our community—have resulted in an unexpected year-end surplus. This surplus will be added to our Special Projects Fund to support our goal of increasing affordable housing options for the women and children we serve.

We couldn’t do what we do without the support of our volunteers. Since the onset of the pandemic, our direct service volunteer program has been on hold, but we have been fortunate to maintain the support of volunteers through their work on our board, governance and finance committees, as well as through program development and our annual fundraising events. The commitment of these volunteers to the safety of the women and children we serve and the preservation of our essential programs and services throughout this crisis has been remarkable. We are truly grateful to all who have done what they could to support us in these different areas of our work. The names highlighted below received milestoneservice awards this year.

Sharyn Ayliffe

Adrian Bita

Meghan Bond

Carissa Burton

Laura Cameron

Steve Cavell

Kristy Fearon

Katie Greenley

Nicole Hambleton

Carter Hepburn

Denyse Horner

Ryan Hornseth

Rapinder Kaur - 5 years

Sarah Koeslag

Priyanka Kumar

Lisa Lahue

Brenda Laird - 10 years

Tony Maxwell

Sara May

Beckie Morris

Linda Murphy

Dana Ness

Lenora Netzke - 20 years

Alethia O’Hara-Stephenson

Bob Palmateer

Dan Palmieri

Adriana Roche

Sheralyn Roman - 5 years

Brian Rooney

Melissa Shea

Colin Simmons

Kiran Sohal

Josh Solecky

Andrea Stewart

Judi Sullivan

Gillian Vanderburgh

Kimberly Van Ryn

Debbie Van Wyck

Jim Waddington

Karen Webster - 10 years

Tabitha Wells

Emily Wickens

Nicole Wickens

Christina Zurowski

FTP is proud to participate on many committees and sits at multiple collaboration and planning tables in our community. Some key examples are:

Hills Of Headwaters Collaborative Ontario Health Team

The Hills of Headwaters Collaborative Ontario Health Team (OHT) is a partnership of health and community organizations and providers working together to unify and improve the health and social care of Dufferin-Caledon residents. FTP, as a funded agency of Ontario Health, has been one of the partner agencies involved in the creation and implementation of the OHT in Dufferin-Caledon from its inception. FTP participates in the Collaborative Council, the Anchor Council, and in multiple committees of the Mental Health Working Group.

THE COMMUNITY SAFETY AND WELL-BEING IMPLEMENTATION GROUP

This is a group made up of community services, police, and municipal government that is responsible for rolling out the legislated community safety and well-being plan. This plan has a focus on housing, mental health, addictions, violence prevention (with a focus on domestic violence) and equity/anti-racism.

THE COMMUNITY CRISIS INTEGRATED TEAM (CCIT)

The CCIT is a group of community social and health care providers who work together to respond to calls for help from people who are at risk of having, or who are having, a mental health or addictions crisis. Staff from each of the partner agencies hold regular meetings to decide what community supports and referrals individuals need, and meet clients in the community, at their home or by phone.

Sunrise Centre Sexual Assault Services

This is a long-standing collaboration between Headwaters Health Care Centre (HHCC), Dufferin Child and Family Services (DCAFS) and FTP to provide supports to those who have been victims of sexual violence. While HHCC provides the medical response through emergency department intake with specifically trained Sexual Assault Nurses, FTP and DCAFS provide the ongoing counselling support for both recent and historic assaults. FTP provides the support for adults while DCAFS is available to support children and youth. *Through new funding from the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services, the Lotus Centre was established at FTP and has expanded our ability to serve more people and provide education.

DUFFERIN CALEDON DOMESTIC ASSAULT REVIEW TEAM (DART)

DART is made up of a group of representatives from criminal justice, medical, child protection, and community service agencies. Each agency deals with domestic abuse—the victims, the children who have been exposed, or the perpetrators. Our purpose is to maintain a sensitive, effective service response to victims and children who have been exposed to abuse, while holding the perpetrators accountable for their behaviour and its effects. Our goal is to coordinate practice, review cases and provide training to address identified gaps.

Dufferin-Caledon Drug Strategy committee

The Dufferin-Caledon Drug Strategy Committee is a community group composed of like-minded agencies that are working together to support and coordinate the development and implementation of local, comprehensive, cross-sector strategies to reduce the harms related to substance use and/or addictive behaviours. This committee came together in 2017 after a number of local deaths by overdose affected several community partners who were working with those who were lost. The goals of this committee have always been to raise awareness about the resources available in the Dufferin and Caledon communities for those who are struggling with drug use; to honour International Overdose Awareness Day annually on (or around) August 31st; and to educate the Dufferin and Caledon communities about the stigmas associated with drug use.