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Essex Community Services is recognized as a leading community resource identifying needs, coordinating solutions and offering accessible, dynamic programs through multiple access points in the Greater Municipality of Essex.We are a registered charitable organization providing community services to the residents of the Town of Essex and neighbouring municipalities in the County of Essex since 1975. Our agency is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors. Approximately 100 volunteers participate on committees or assist with direct service each year. Our clients include men, women, children, families, frail elderly, low income individuals of all ages, disabled persons, as well as the unemployed and under-employed.

It was then that the late Gordon Thorp, a skilled nurseryman, emigrated from Europe upon hearing the exceptional growing conditions of the Okanaga Valley. His son, John, became one of the largest vegetable seed producers in the area and later expanded into the tree-fruit industry. The family is still in the fruit orchard industry today.

For any additional information about the foundation, please visit www.wecf.ca or our Facebook page.Hope you have a great summer!Executive Director to retire at year endJune 17th, 2014Windsor, Ontario, June 17, 2014– Glenn Stresman, the Community Foundation's Executive Director, announced today that he will retire as of Dec. 31 2014.Glenn has been in his current position with the Community Foundation since March, 2009. In that same time period, the Community Foundation has implemented two high profile community programs, the annual Random Act of Kindness Day in November and the community report, Vital Signs®.'It has been a privilege to work with the Community Foundation's Board of Directors; their commitment to building our community through philanthropy ensures the success of our organization' said Stresman.Glenn and his wife Debbie plan on making the Windsor area their retirement home.Marty Solcz, Chair of the Community Foundation's Board of Directors said: 'On behalf of the Community Foundation's Board of Directors, I would like to thank Glenn for his hard work, service and commitment to the growth of the Foundation.