The mandate of Transition House Foundation is to raise money to support projects and programs of Cape Breton Transition House (a safe haven for abused women and their children), to acquire money or furnishings and goods for use in Cape Breton Transition H
The kitchen functions with hired and volunteer help. The kitchen has one Executive director, one cook and one part-time cook - the rest are volunteers.There is a volunteer board and approximately 40 volunteers (but we always welcome more!)
I've volunteered as a member of a local service group...at Loaves and Fishes of and on for years prepping meals,,,serving meals and doing clean-up afterwards. The staff ( esp Marguerite) and volunteers are amazing.Read more
The word Eskasoni is derived from a Mi'kmaq word ''We'kwistoqnik.'' Literally translated, this word means ''where the fir trees are plentiful''. Eskasoni was first charted by the Surveyor-General of Cape Breton in 1832. At that time, there were very few famil