Operation Warm Feet put their best foot forward during COVID-19
KINGSTON-For more than 20 years, Operation Warm Feet (OWF) has been working to supply winter footwear to children and youth who need it, and this year was no exception. With the 2020 campaign facing unprecedented challenges posed by COVID- 19, OWF has so far distributed almost 500 pairs of boots to youth throughout Kingston.
OWF, a program run by Kingston Community Health Centres (KCHC), has been providing children up to the age of 18 from low-income households with winter boots and accessories since 1999. OWF gratefully receives knitted goods and monetary donations from local organizations, businesses, and individuals in the community. The United Way saw the need early on and became a huge supporter, providing 60% of the needed resources annually. Monetary donations are used to buy new boots at a reduced cost through long-time partner Downtown Giant Tiger (DT GT).
Submitted by Kingston Community Health Centres – December 16th
From face masks, to hand washing, new social distancing guidelines are changing the way we interact, making it more important than ever to prepare children with the tools to cope and manage stress.
Working towards this goal, the Self-Management Program of Southeastern Ontario (SMPSO), housed at the Kingston Community Health Centres (KCHC), is proud to announce that new funding received from the United Way of Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox & Addington in the second funding round of federal Emergency Community Support Fund will ensure that registration for the Kids Get Stressed Too (KGST) program will continue to be open for free to all children between the ages of 6- 12 in the KFL&A and South East regions. KGST is a six-week, virtual program which consists of strategies based on cognitive reframing, mindful breathing, visualization, yoga, dance, humour, and communication to help children understand stress and regulate the