Mission Statement To provide emergency food items to Markham residents in need. The Food Bank was founded in 1984. Jean Lee was concerned about people going hungry in the town. The founding directors were Sheila Spinks and Phylis Tyrie. Gladys Keeble joined a few months later.
Hospice Huronia is a community-based registered charity that strives to enhance the quality of life for people facing life-threatening illness and support family and friends. Our goal is to attend to our clients' emotional, social and spiritual needs in Penetanguishene. We provide bereavement support to anyone who has experienced the death of someone close to them. Please contact us today for more details.
A Meaningful Life: Relationships, Community, Well-Being.Our Values: Our beliefs and principles...the framework for deciding how we do thingsWe focus on customer satisfaction.Everyone at YSSN has a customer, whether that person is outside or inside the organization. We value our customers and measure their satisfaction to ensure we have it right.We are grounded in certain principles specific to the services we offer. They are choice, individualization, creativity and flexibility. We embrace the idea that YSSN does not have to be the entire answer, but an integrated part of what is collectively available to our external customers.We trust and respect.We hold the people we support, and those we work with, in high esteem. We treat everyone we encounter through our work with the same dignity and respect we ourselves expect.At YSSN we use our best judgement in any situation, and we trust each other to do so, just as we trust the people we support. Integrity is the foundation for trust. We work ethically and honestly, building trusting relationships with people inside and out.We talk to each other.We strive for transparency and for being fully informed