Green Bay Association for Community Living Update by Adam Hull

Green Bay Community has been given the opportunity to offer the Green Bay North and South areas a Community Access Program. The Community Access Program which will be offered is a 34 week programs which initiatives are to promote inclusion to the areas constituents. The program is divided into three components a Community Kitchen, a Technology Crash Course and a self-care program called My Health, My Body My Mind. The Community Kitchen is an opportunity for members of the community to have access to the opportunity to cook healthy food for them twice a week free of charge. The goal of the community kitchen is to improve the quality of life of the disenfranchised members of the community. This will be done by teaching them the skills necessary to cook a healthy meal which will meet the standards of Canada’s food guide. Members of our staff will help teach clients how to cook healthy meals such as soups, stews, roasted turkey, chicken and other various meals which they may take home at the end of the session.

Our second program will be a technology crash course called Innovative Technology. This course will help members of the community struggling with how to use different aspects of technology and the various technology related questions which people may have. One thing Covid - 19 has highlighted has been the ability technology has to keep us connected with others even when government restrictions put a barrier to people’s ability to socialize. Here at GBCEC we believe that regardless of government restriction it is vital for us as humans to have connections with other people in some way shape or form. To ensure that everyone feels a genuine connection to their community and family regardless of Covid-19, GBCEC implemented the Innovative Technology program so that those who need to be taught how to use government websites, pay bills, collect EI, set up Vax pass or any technology related questions which members of the community may want to be educated on and can be given instructions on how these services can be used and taken advantage of.

Finally, “My Health My Body My Mind” will be a program dedicated to people’s wellbeing on physical and mental health. Exercise and informational sessions will be offered in partnership with different organizations in the Green Bay North and South areas.

GBCEC feels strongly about the importance of inclusion for all. Our organization wants to try our hardest to reduce the effects of Covid -19 on the social atmosphere within the Green Bay North and South areas for all members of society. We hope that by offering our Community Access Program that we can touch the lives and make a difference in the lives of individuals within our area. This program is funded by Easter Seals, and our host office GBCEC.

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