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Sunnydale Community Centre Moves

The Sunnydale Community Centre in Waterloo, one of House of Friendship's Family Services programs has been relocated to a larger unit within the Sunnydale housing complex operated by Waterloo Region Housing. On July 3, 2008 the centre moved from unit 514C, where it has been located since 1999, to unit 508H, a larger unit. The new unit will provide more space for this growing program.

House of Friendship provides staffing and program assistance to this community centre that is operated in partnership with the Sunnydale Community Association and Waterloo Region Housing. The centre also receives funding from the United Way of Kitchener-Waterloo and Area, the Wallenstein Feed Foundation and the City of Waterloo. A variety of programs for community residents of all ages are offered through the centre.

An open house to celebrate the new location will be held in September on a date yet to be determined.

Community Foundation grants boost Family Services

House of Friendship gratefully acknowledges receiving several grants from the Kitchener and Waterloo Community Foundation that will greatly assist its Family Services Programs.

A $10,000 grant from the Westmount Golf Tournament Charity Fund will help provide furnishings and equipment and cover moving expenses associated with the relocation of the Sunnydale Community Centre. The centre has moved to a larger unit in the Sunnydale housing complex operated by Waterloo Region Housing.

Two $1050 grants from the Waterloo Region Record – Lyle S. Hallman Foundation Kids to Camp Flow-through Fund will be allocated to the Sunnydale Summer Playground (day camp) program and the Courtland Shelley Summer Playground (day camp) program. These day camps provide constructive summer activities for children of these multi-cultural neighbourhoods located in Waterloo and Kitchener.

Grants from the Youth in Recreation Fund will support After-School Programs at four community centres. These are: $7,000 for the Chandler Mowat Community Centre in Kitchener; $6,500 for Courtland Shelley Community Centre in Kitchener; $3,000 for the Kingsdale Community Centre in Kitchener; and $3,000 for the Sunnydale Community Centre in Waterloo. These grants help provide constructive educational and recreational after-school programs for children in these diverse neighbourhoods.

A grant of $750 from the Thelma Emmerton Fund for general purposes is also gratefully acknowledged.

House of Friendship thanks the Kitchener and Waterloo Community Foundation and the donors to these funds for this generous assistance.