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With your support, we can partner together to build a community where everyone is welcomed and valued thumbnail

December 2

With your support, we can partner together to build a community where everyone is welcomed and valued

Dear Friend, At Extend-A-Family Waterloo Region, we believe in a simple but powerful vision: a community where everyone belongs and is valued for their unique contributions. Thanks to your generosity, this vision is becoming reality every day. Your support has opened doors for individuals with developmental disabilities and their families—creating spaces where isolation turns into […]

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With your support, we can partner together to make change that matters in our community thumbnail

December 3

With your support, we can partner together to make change that matters in our community

Dear Friend of Extend-A-Family Waterloo Region, At Extend-A-Family Waterloo Region, we envision a community where everyone belongs and is valued for their contributions. With your partnership, we are making this vision a reality. Your support has provided equitable access to vital programs that help foster relationships, create belonging, and build community networks. Your donations led […]

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Request for Proposals: Financial Resilience Plan for KW Library of Things thumbnail

October 22

Request for Proposals: Financial Resilience Plan for KW Library of Things

Thank you for your interest in our RFP. Submissions are now closed. Extend-A-Family Waterloo Region is issuing a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a financial resilience plan for our social enterprise, the KW Library of Things. Background: EAFWR received a 2-year grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation to adapt and expand our previous employment project […]

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With your support, we can create more opportunities for belonging in our community thumbnail

December 6

With your support, we can create more opportunities for belonging in our community

Dear Friend of Extend-A-Family Waterloo Region, Thanks to your generosity, we have grown our Community Development Initiatives across Waterloo Region. Your donations demonstrate your partnership with Extend-A-Family Waterloo Region as together, we champion an inclusive community where everyone belongs and is valued for their contributions. Our organization identified a new set of values which […]

Posted by Extend-A-Family Waterloo Region, in Adult, Blog, Children, Community, Youth

You can support an inclusive community for all thumbnail

December 1

You can support an inclusive community for all

Dear friend of Extend-A-Family Waterloo Region, In January 2020, our Board of Directors approved new mission and vision statements for our organization. Through our new mission — Extend-A-Family Waterloo Region champions an inclusive community for all by working with people with disabilities, their networks and the broader community — we are working towards our new vision of a community where […]

Posted by Extend-A-Family Waterloo Region, in Adult, Blog, Children, Community, Direct Support People

The Magic of Building a Community Where Everyone Belongs Starts With You thumbnail

December 1

The Magic of Building a Community Where Everyone Belongs Starts With You

Dear friend of Extend-A-Family Waterloo Region, Extend-A-Family Waterloo Region (EAFWR) began as a way to build community, and that desire still fuels our work everyday. For over 30 years, under the leadership of Maria de Boer, EAFWR grew from a group of friends supporting each other, to an organization that now serves 2000 families […]

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