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May 2025 Days of Significance thumbnail

May 2025 Days of Significance

Dear EAFWR Community, As we enter the month of May, we invite you to join us in reflecting, celebrating, and learning through several important observances: MMIWG2S Awareness Day, Community Living Month, Mental Health Awareness Month, and Asian and South Asian Heritage Month. May 5 – National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2-Spirit People […]

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

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

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

Join us for Walk-or-Wheel 2024, a fundraiser in support of EAFWR! thumbnail
Join us for Walk-or-Wheel 2024, a fundraiser in support of EAFWR! thumbnail

Join us for Walk-or-Wheel 2024, a fundraiser in support of EAFWR!

Believe in a community where everyone belongs? Join us at WALK-OR-WHEEL 2024, a fundraiser in support of Extend-A-Family Waterloo Region. Learn More and Register as a Team or Participant From September 21 – October 4, 2024, you are invited to participate in Walk-or-Wheel (WOW) 2024, an EAFWR event that will raise money and awareness to support the […]

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Posted by Extend-A-Family Waterloo Region, in Adult, Blog, Children, Community, News, Press & Releases, Youth

2023-24 Annual Report thumbnail
2023-24 Annual Report thumbnail

2023-24 Annual Report

Our 2023-24 Annual Report is here! This report is filled with stories put together by our team that share Extend-A-Family Waterloo Region’s impact over the past year. Some of these stories are about you and the people and families we support. Thank you to everyone who contributed to this year’s report! Read the 2023-24 Annual […]

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Posted by Extend-A-Family Waterloo Region, in Adult, Advocacy, Blog, Children, Community, Direct Support People, News, Press & Releases, Youth

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

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 […]

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

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Ball Hockey Tournament thumbnail

Ball Hockey Tournament

Get together with your friends and neighbours and face off at the Ball Hockey Tournament, brought to you by Stanley Park Community Association in partnership with Extend-A-Family Waterloo Region and the City of Kitchener! EVENT DETAILS: Date: Saturday, May 6, 2023 Time: 9 a.m., first ball drop at 9:30 a.m. Location: Franklin Public School – Parking […]

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Posted by Katy Boose, in Adult, Children, Community, Youth

Nominations now open for the fourth annual Maria de Boer Changemaker Award! thumbnail
Nominations now open for the fourth annual Maria de Boer Changemaker Award! thumbnail

Nominations now open for the fourth annual Maria de Boer Changemaker Award!

About the Award Maria de Boer had been the Executive Director of Extend-A-Family Waterloo Region (EAFWR) for nearly 35 years. She retired in October 2017. Maria worked hard to put inclusion and belonging first at EAFWR. She encouraged people to be curious and thoughtful. Maria asked questions like, “Who makes inclusion happen?” and “How do […]

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Posted by Extend-A-Family Waterloo Region, in Adult, Blog, Children, Community, News, Press & Releases, Youth

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You can support a community of connection, belonging and inclusion thumbnail

You can support a community of connection, belonging and inclusion

Dear friend of Extend-A-Family Waterloo Region, As 2021 comes to a close, we want to recognize you. Making it through the uncertainty, instability and stress of the last year has not been easy. I hope that you have felt the impact of our community coming together to support one another and that you have continued […]

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