News & Stories
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“You do only what you can:” Florchita Bautista on exercising at CNH
After decades of work supporting labourers as a nun, Florchita Bautista is taking her time focusing on her well-being through programs at CNH.
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Applications open for the 2023 Early Childhood Education Scholarship
The Collingwood Neighbourhood House (CNH) Board of Directors is proud to provide a scholarship of $750.00 in honour of a long-term staff Nina Vacca. Nina passed away in 2021. Nina arrived to Canada as a refugee and was a lifelong learner; she pursued her Early Childhood Education Certificate later in life. Nina worked at CNH […]
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Going beyond with settlement services at CNH
Twenty-year-old Aliyah landed in Canada in May 2021 to reunite with her parents. Stepping into a new country, Aliyah could not speak English. She also had minimal literacy in Chinese due to reading difficulties. With so many challenges, her circle was limited to her home and parents. In September 2021, Aliyah met Helen Su, a […]
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Celebrating a CNH volunteer’s drive to create and share art to the community
April 16-22 is National Volunteer Week! We recently celebrated CNH’s volunteers at our Volunteer Appreciation Event at CNH to thank and honour them for their continued generosity in contributing to and building an interconnected community. This year’s theme is “Volunteering Weaves us Together,” and this couldn’t ring more true to the hundreds of folks who […]
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From program participant to volunteer: celebrating Alan Widdows’ passion for volunteering
April 16-22 is National Volunteer Week! We recently celebrated CNH’s volunteers at our Volunteer Appreciation Event at CNH to thank and honour them for their continued generosity in contributing to and building an interconnected community. This year’s theme is “Volunteer Weaves us Together,” and this couldn’t ring more true to the hundreds of folks who […]
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Supporting the improvement of health services through volunteering
April 16-22 is National Volunteer Week! We recently celebrated CNH’s volunteers at our Volunteer Appreciation Event at CNH to thank and honour them for their continued generosity in contributing to and building an interconnected community. This year’s theme is “Volunteering Weaves us Together,” and this couldn’t ring more true to the hundreds of folks who […]
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Youth finds community in volunteering
April 16-22 is National Volunteer Week! We recently celebrated CNH’s volunteers at our Volunteer Appreciation Event at CNH to thank and honour them for their continued generosity in contributing to and building an interconnected community. This year’s theme is “Volunteering Weaves us Together,” and this couldn’t ring more true to the hundreds of folks who […]
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A ‘behind-the-scenes all-star’: Celebrating Charis Chu, CNH Volunterer
April 16-22 is National Volunteer Week! We recently celebrated CNH’s volunteers at our Volunteer Appreciation Event at CNH to thank and honour them for their continued generosity in contributing to and building an interconnected community. This year’s theme is “Volunteer Weaves us Together,” and this couldn’t ring more true to the hundreds of folks who […]
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What is Community Development? The Theory of Change
The Community Development team offers a variety of food, art and cultural programs at CNH. Learn more about what this work means to them!
