To provide services primarily, but not exclusively, to Aboriginal offenders and ex-offenders that will facilitate their reintegration back in to the community as constructive and law abiding citizens.The Native Clan Organization, Inc. (NCO) established in 1972, is a uniquenon-profit community support agency. A simple mission statement offers; to provide services primarily but not exclusively to aboriginal offenders and ex offenders that will facilitate their re-integration back into the community as constructive and law abiding citizens.A private, non-profit organization, the Native Clan operates on a fee-for-service basis via yearly, renewable contracts with the Federal and Provincial governments.Through the decades the agency has fostered a determination to evolve many programs which generated various impacts. NCO created much opportunity for the community through the many volunteer board of directors and staff tenures. They came to provide their generous contributions of time and ideas and move on in their own life journeys.
Folklorama is the largest and longest-running multicultural festival of its kind in the world, as determined by the International Council of Organizations of Folklore Festivals and Folk Arts. Folklorama began in 1970 as a one-time celebration of Manitoba's centennial, and has since grown to an annual two-week Festival of global culture and entertainment that takes place the first two weeks in August. Partnering with diverse ethno-cultural communities, the Folklorama Festival attracts over 400,000 visits every year.Throughout the year, Folklorama is sustained by three business divisions that were created as a result of the success of the Festival: Travel, Talent, and Teachings.
Welcome to Knowles Centre. We are a non-profit treatment centre for children and adolescents with emotional and behavioral difficulties.Knowles Centre began as an orphanage for boys in 1907. Today, Knowles Centre provides group care treatment, day treatment, sexual abuse treatment, treatment foster care, and independent living programs to both boys and girls and their families from Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario.
Manitoba Association of Retired Government EmployeesSince 1972, the Manitoba Association of Retired Government Employees (MARGE) has successfully represented Manitoba Civil Service Superannuation plan retirees & beneficiaries and worked to ensure its members receive benefit improvements from pension surpluses (regardless of their retirement date).MARGE is a volunteer-run association that serves to inform members and represent their interests.Why you should join MARGERepresentationAs a retiree ita^€TMs important your Civil Service Pension keeps pace with the cost of living and that you receive benefits from any pension insurance plan surpluses. MARGE represents retirees in negotiations with the Province on pension and life insurance improvements that may result from these surpluses.MARGE representatives sit on the Civil Service Superannuation Board (CSSB) Liaison Committee and MARGE continues to lobby for permanent CSSB representation. MARGE representatives on the Liaison Retiree Committee also meet regularly with management of Manitoba Blue Cross to deal with issues pertaining to group health care, ambulance and dental benefits for pension recipients.BenefitsMARGE members receive discounts on a six-month or one-year City of Winnipeg Fitness Pass (spring and fall each year) and members in Portage receive a reduced rate to work out at the PCU Centre