Food, Funds or Free Time!
Danielle McIntyre , Executive Director - Interfaith Food Bank
Thursday, October 5, 2023 12:00 PM
Lethbridge Senior Citizens Organization
Interfaith Food Bank is on the front lines of addressing food security issues in our community, and is an organization that has had to grow and adapt to the ever-evolving food security crisis in order to meet community needs. Food banks in Alberta experienced a 73% increase from 2019 – 2022 and in just the last year, local need has increased again by 30%. This presentation will discuss the rise in food insecurity and how community members can lend support by offering food, funds or free time to food security initiatives.
It Takes a Community: Why community needs to take action on child abuse
Kristine Cassie ,
Thursday, October 12, 2023 12:00 PM
Lethbridge Senior Citizens Organization
Each year the Government of Alberta acknowledges October as Child Abuse Prevention Month. Recently the Chinook Sexual Assault Centre renovated space in downtown Lethbridge to accommodate the needs of the Chinook Child and Youth Advocacy Centre – a program that provides coordinated, multidisciplinary approach in a safe, comfortable environment to address the needs of abused children, youth and their families. The talk will explore the prevalence of child sexual abuse, long standing implications of abuse when left unaddressed, and why it is important, as a community, to take action.
Developing a collaborative climate resiliency and adaptation plan.
Tristan Walker , Municipal Energy Project Lead for the Town & Municipal District of Pincher Creek
Thursday, October 19, 2023 12:00 PM
Lethbridge Senior Citizens Organization
In October 2022, the Town and MD of Pincher Creek collaborated with the Piikani Nation land department to begin developing a Climate Resiliency and Adaptation plan. This process was enabled due to funding provided by the Municipal Climate Change Action Center. The plan development focused on a stakeholder-driven methodology to identify key climate risks in the region and develop plans to adapt to those risks within a changing environment. The project was led by a team consisting of members from the Town, MD, regional emergency management organization, and Piikani Nation.