Rainbows, an international organization, provides a bridge to emotional healing for children, adolescents, and adults confronting death, divorce or other painful family transition – “because it doesn’t need to hurt forever.”

Each year Rainbows provides training and curricula for 32,000 volunteers offering grief support services. Since Rainbows inception, nearly one million children and their families in 49 states and 17 countries have benefited. Youth and their families receive these service in churches, synagogues, schools and social service agencies regardless of age or religious affiliation.

What makes Rainbows unique among other support groups that address grief issues in children, adolescents and adults?

• International outreach, providing grief support services and curricula for two decades.
• Cost-effective, volunteer-driven delivery with no annual fee to providers and no cost to youth participants.
• Endorsed by educational and religious organizations, as well as many of the “helping” professions.
• Rainbows backs all of its volunteers with liability insurance covering training and curricula delivery.
• Quality control through site management and curriculum evaluation.
• Service includes extensive training, a toll free phone number and local site support.
• Curriculum tailored to age and loss circumstances.

YWCA Moncton will be offering the Rainbows program at Beaverbrook Middle School starting this January. Stay tuned for more information!

YWCA Resource Center Holiday Hours

December  2011:

Monday, December 26^th – Closed

Tuesday, December 27^th – Closed,

Wednesday, December 28^th- Closed

Thursday , December 29^th- Closed

Friday, December 30th - Closed

January 2012:

Monday, January 2nd - Closed

Common Cents and Baby $teps are ongoing financial literacy programs designed to assist women in becoming economically empowered through awareness, education and support.  Common Cents uses a practical everyday approach to making the most of money. Based on the SEDI (Social Enterprise Development Innovation) curriculum, this program walks participants through the topics of: Exploring our Relationship with Money, Budgeting, Savings, Banking, Consumerism, Credit / credit Cards, Debt, Credit Bureau/Credit Scores, and Investing Basics.

Baby $teps is an education savings initiative supported by the Government of Canada and delivered by YWCA Moncton in partnership with YWCA Halifax and is delivered via small group sessions or individually depending upon the needs of the participant.  This program’s goal is to help participants save for their child’s post-secondary education and access the many benefits available in RESPs through education savings incentives, such as free grants of $500.

Women on the Move is a six-week foundations course for women interested in exploring new career paths.  This program, which will be offered in the fall of 2011, will focus on defining a clear career vision with a tangible plan mapping out the various steps needed to achieve that goal.  This program will give participants the opportunity to examine their own interests and aptitudes while having a first-hand opportunity to visit education and pre-employability centres in the Greater Moncton Area.  By creating an opportunity to investigate and plan, women will be confident in selecting a career path that fits their individual preferences and needs.

The YWCA Moncton’s Family Law Information and Support and Rainbows are also part of the services offered at the Women’s Success Centre.

Common Cents and Baby $teps are ongoing financial literacy programs designed to assist women in becoming economically empowered through awareness, education and support.  Common Cents uses a practical everyday approach to making the most of money. Based on the SEDI (Social Enterprise Development Innovation) curriculum, this program walks participants through the topics of: Exploring our Relationship with Money, Budgeting, Savings, Banking, Consumerism, Credit / credit Cards, Debt, Credit Bureau/Credit Scores, and Investing Basics.

Baby $teps is an education savings initiative supported by the Government of Canada and delivered by YWCA Moncton in partnership with YWCA Halifax and is delivered via small group sessions or individually depending upon the needs of the participant.  This program’s goal is to help participants save for their child’s post-secondary education and access the many benefits available in RESPs through education savings incentives, such as free grants of $500.

Women on the Move is a six-week foundations course for women interested in exploring new career paths.  This program, which will be offered in the fall of 2011, will focus on defining a clear career vision with a tangible plan mapping out the various steps needed to achieve that goal.  This program will give participants the opportunity to examine their own interests and aptitudes while having a first-hand opportunity to visit education and pre-employability centres in the Greater Moncton Area.  By creating an opportunity to investigate and plan, women will be confident in selecting a career path that fits their individual preferences and needs.

The YWCA Moncton’s Family Law Information and Support and Rainbows are also part of the services offered at the Women’s Success Centre.

YWCA GirlSpace reaches out to girls with quality programming addressing key social issues facing young women. A signature Turning Point Program, GirlSpace fills the need for girl-only extra-curricular community programs, offering girls the opportunity to increase their awareness about violence and its root causes, while exploring self, personal achievements, and building on positive self-esteem.

YWCA Canada’s Rose Campaign to end violence against women and girls takes its name from the rose button created after 14 young women were murdered on December 6, 1989 and commemorates December 6 as Canada’s National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. The Rose Campaign works year-round to reduce violence against women, increase public awareness and prevent violence before it starts.

Violence against women is a $4 billion problem in Canada. Each year, violence and abuse drive over 100,000 women and children out of their homes and into shelters. They face an uncertain future with a high risk of homelessness and poverty.

You can take action to change their lives.

www.rosecampaign.ca

Rose Campaign to End Violence Against Women

YWCA Canada’s Rose Campaign to end violence against women and girls takes its name from the rose button created after 14 young women were murdered on December 6, 1989 and commemorates December 6 as Canada’s National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. The Rose Campaign works year-round to reduce violence against women, increase public awareness and prevent violence before it starts.

Violence against women is a $4 billion problem in Canada. Each year, violence and abuse drive over 100,000 women and children out of their homes and into shelters. They face an uncertain future with a high risk of homelessness and poverty.

You can take action to change their lives.

www.rosecampaign.ca