Awards and Recognition
Marilyn R. Peers Distinguished Service Award 2017
(Photo – Shauna Burgess (Office Administrator), Marilyn R. Peers, Rose Race (Vice President, Halifax Region Children’s Aid Foundation), Wade Johnston (Executive Director), Tamsyn Brennan (Director of Clinical Services), Jane Landry (Executive Director, Halifax Region Children’s Aid Foundation), Becca Levick (LINKS Program Manager), Gary Landry (Board Member, Chisholm Services for Children).
Chisholm Services for Children was recognized by the Halifax Region Children’s Aid Foundation as the recipient of the Marilyn R. Peers Distinguished Service Award 2017. This award is presented to a person, organization or business who has consistently gone above and beyond to support the work of the Foundation. Over the past 6 years, Chisholm Services for Children has partnered with the Halifax Region Children’s Aid Foundation to bridge some very important gaps for children in care and at risk in the community. The award was presented at the Halifax Region Children’s Aid Foundation AGM where they were recognizing their 20th anniversary with the “Celebrating 20 Years With Us” event (June 14th, 7:00 – 9:30 PM. St. Mary’s Boat Club). All at Chisholm are very honoured to receive the award and are deeply thankful for the community partnership we hold with the Halifax Region Children’s Aid Foundation as we improve services to children of our community.
RECREATION NOVA SCOTIA APPLAUDS CHISHOLM SERVICES FOR CHILDREN
At the Recreation Nova Scotia Awards Dinner and Ceremony on October 25th, Chisholm Services for Children was presented with the 2012 HIGH FIVE® Nova Scotia Achievement Award for the organization’s commitment to recreation, wellness, and overall healthy child development.
“We were thrilled to have registered as a HIGH FIVE® Organization earlier this year, and are humbled to have now been recognized for the work our staff and supervisors have done to incorporate the HIGH FIVE® principles into our programming,” said Wade Johnston, Executive Director of Chisholm Services for Children. “In addition to our staff’s dedication, I would like to also thank the TELUS Atlantic Canada Community Board for their generous support of this initiative.”
The TELUS Atlantic Canada Community Board awarded a grant to Chisholm that provided the funding necessary to train its team members and to implement HIGH FIVE® in Chisholm’s residential program for children. Chisholm has already trained two supervisors as HIGH FIVE® Trainers this year as well as approximately 80% of their youth care workers in the Principles of Healthy Child Development. The entire team and the children supported by Chisholm have been busy with sport and recreational activities on a daily basis, steered by the HIGH FIVE® Principles of Healthy Child Development.
“The HIGH FIVE® Principles of Healthy Child Development support Chisholm’s child-centered care philosophy, and we are committed to training all of our front line staff in the Principles,” said Stacy McRae, Director of Clinical Services at Chisholm Services for Children. “We are delighted to be building programs for our children that will meet and hopefully exceed the HIGH FIVE® Standard of Quality.”
(Photo – Suzy Edwards (Supervisor), Heidi Vere-Holloway (Youth Care Worker), Stacy McRae (Director of Clinical Services), Sean Clarke (Supervisor), Wade Johnston (Executive Director).
