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Randy Barksey loves dishwashing job

Parry Sound North Star By Sarah Bissonette PARRY SOUND – Randy Barksey is the dishwasher at a downtown business. After years unemployed, Randy Barksey landed a job washing dishes at a local restaurant after contracting LINC. Randy returned to full-time employment after attending the Leading into New Careers (LINC) program, a program designed to assist those […]

The 2014 Community Living Bursary Recipient: Autumn Kozluk

Community Living Parry Sound offers a $150.00 Bursary award to the Parry Sound High School to be given out to a worthy student each year. Over the 15 years that the bursary has been awarded, CLPS has been proud of each recipient and this year is no exception. Autumn Kozluk was interviewed by Community Living […]

INCLUSION; How it Happens

Since starting work at Community Living Parry Sound in October of 2013, I have learned a lot and grown as a person. This article, adapted from “Including Kids: How it happens” from the Edward Smith School in N.Y. offers a great ‘cheat sheet’ for thinking about how to make inclusion happen. Tricia Bain INCLUSION means […]

Home Depot Parry Sound raises funds for Youth in Transition

Home Depot Parry Sound chose Community Living Parry Sound to be the non-profit organization to receive donations raised by their Orange Door fundraising Campaign. Parry Sound customers generously donated almost double the funds that were raised during last year’s fundraising efforts! Thanks go out to the Parry Sound community for helping to support youth in […]

Mayday

May is Community Living month in Parry Sound and it was full of interesting events, hard work and lots of community spirit. Community Living staff, family and representatives from the local Ministry of Natural Resources watched, with Mad Hatter’s coffee in hand, as Jamie McGarvey, Parry Sound’s Mayor, raised the flag on the first day […]

Ontario’s crisis of disabled adults, abandoned by the system

Sean Quinn’s diagnosis places him in the middle of a tangle called “developmental services.” And developmental services, in the province of Ontario, is a chronically underfunded, busted system. An estimated 21,000 people needing help – young people and adults with challenges ranging from autism and fetal alcohol syndrome to intellectual disabilities – languish on waiting […]

Breakfast with the Mayor event successfully launches Rebecca Jones video

Rebecca Jones video, “Standing Just Like You“, was launched locally at yesterday’s Community Living ‘Breakfast with the Mayor’ event. The event was hosted by Wellington`s Pub and Grill in Parry Sound. 100 people from all circles of our Parry Sound community enjoyed the fresh and delicious breakfast donated by Wellington’s. Each person present brought a unique perspective to the morning and many were […]

Golf Tournament was a Wonderful Day

Team Tudhope took home the trophy but people supported by Community Living are the biggest winners of the day. It takes community spirit, participation and generosity to make the golf tournament successful. Scotiabank, was our corporate sponsor, the Knights of Columbus made a generous donation, Parry Sound Fuels sponsored dinner and Parry Sound Insurance provided a delicious Oyster Bar. The […]

“Standing Just Like You: the Story of Rebecca Jones”

Community Living Parry Sound has partnered with Queen’s University and Starshine Video Productions to produce a moving success story about the effectiveness of Person Directed Planning, and to give voice to the powerful life story of Rebecca Jones. To watch the video and learn about Person Directed Planning click here.