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WINTER/SPRING 2013 CHILLIWACK LEISURE GUIDE
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Chilliwack Community Services
Central Gateway Family
Literacy Program
Location: Chilliwack Central
Elementary Community School
Tel: 604 792-1631, ext 3
• Adult education including: Math and
English upgrading with UFV instructor
and Parenting Program.
• Quality care and programming for
children under 5 while parents attend
the program on site.
• Cost: Free
Nobody’s Perfect
Parenting Program
Location: Chilliwack Central Elementary
Community School
Tel: 604 792-1631 ext. 1
• Free, six week parenting course for
parents with young children.
• On-site child care is available.
Families in Motion
Location: McCammon Traditional
School
Tel: 604 792-1631, ext 3
• Adult education, parenting and
workplace literacy.
• Quality care and programming for
children under 5 while parents attend
the program on site.
• Cost: Free
better beginnings
Location: Downtown Family Place
Tel: 604 792-1631, ext 2
• Pre and post natal support program
• Weekly meal and education class
• Dads welcome too!
young Parent better
beginnings
Location: Downtown Family Place
Community School
Tel: 604 792-1631, ext 2
• Pre and post natal support program
• Weekly meal and education class
• Dads welcome too!
Nurturing Fathers
Location: Downtown Family Place
Tel: 604 793-7228
• A group “just for Dads”…find support
talking with other fathers. Get
information and learn new skills to help
you as a father.
Families First
Location: Chilliwack Central Elementary
Community School
Tel: 604 793-7225
Contact: Sandy Seib, Coordinator
• Open to parents and caregivers with
children ages birth to adolescence.
• 10 weeks of workshops instruction
together with Individual Counselling
Support.
• Helps parents and children build
healthy connections to each other.
• Nurtures a parenting style that is more
reflective and less reactive.
youth Services
Location: 8937 School Street
Tel: 604 792-6632
Hours: Mon - Fri 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
• Variety of free recreation and leisure
programs for youth aged 12 - 18 (in
partnership with the City of Chilliwack)
• Youth Reconnect (Street Outreach)
• Youth and Family Counselling
• Youth Support: one-to-one support
towards independence and life skill
development.
• R.E.A.L. Program (an Alternate
Education Program)
• Free shower and washer/dryer usage
for youth
• Clothes closet
• Food hampers (Food Bank satellite
distribution point)
• The Village: Supported housing program
for homeless or at risk of homelessness
youth to transition to permanent housing
solutions.
Child Care
resource & referral
Location: 7112 Vedder Road
Tel: 604 847-2237
Hours: Mon – Thurs 9:00 am – 1:00
pm, or by appointment
Web Address:
• “Your BEST source of childcare
information and resources.”
• Services to parents: referrals to
screened childcare providers,
information on choosing quality child
care, and assistance with child care
subsidy applications.
• Services to childcare providers:
registration, referrals to parents,
training, resource library, information
and support.
WorkbC employment
Services Centre (Sardis)
Location: 5658 Vedder Road
Tel: 604 858-5472
Hours: 8:15 am – 4:30 pm; Thursdays
closed at 3:45 pm
The Sardis WorkBC Employment
Services Centre is open to all
unemployed who are eligible to work in
BC. All services are free.
The integrated services and supports
include:
• Job search resources, including
computer workstations, public
telephones, fax machine, photocopy
services.
• Personal employment planning to
help build a plan that will identify what
clients need to find a job, and lay out
the steps to help clients get there.
• Workshops and training for people
interested in finding out more about
getting ready for work and finding a
job.
• Specialized services that can help
clients with unique situations.
For more information, visit our website at