Information Sarnia Lambton

211 is here...

2011-12-16T06:28:00.000-08:00

211 is here. from CHOK Radio...

New Help Line

POSTED BY news on December 16th, 2011

Sarnia-Lambton residents will soon get all of their social services information from a single source. Ontario 2-1-1 is being expanded to seven regions including Lambton County, meaning the phone service will soon be available province wide. Sarnia-Lambton United Way Executive Director Dave Brown expects the service to be widely used…

The provincial government has spent more than 13-million dollars over four years to expand 2-1-1 service to all of Ontario including Sarnia-Lambton by next year.

2011 Senior Cruise

2011-06-23T05:15:00.000-07:00

Thanks to all the people that helped out at the Seniors Cruise this year, the weather was good.

CRUISE 2011

2011-05-14T06:36:00.000-07:00

SENIORS’ CRUISE CONTINUES

JUNE 22, 2011

Sarnia, Ontario has had Seniors’ Cruises on Duc D'Orleans for more than 25 years. Initially Peter Henderson got Jacques Beauchamp and Mary Mathers to help him organize the first cruise. He wanted people in the area to be able to enjoy the waterfront as much as those with private watercraft could.

No one needed their names out front as the ‘Seniors’ were to be the focus of the day. Those who have contributed through the years have done it for the sake of giving enjoyment to the participants. ‘The cost, Peter would say, is ‘just a smile’.

When you see the faces of those coming from the trip, you know the effort is well worth it. As many as 2000 people have enjoyed this event and a light lunch in one day.

If you would like to help out, please take your contribution to the Cruise, June 22, or show up anytime after 8 a.m. for an assignment. If you wish to contribute to the Cruise, call 519-344-9518 or go to 265 N. Front Street, Suite 411-1. Cruises start at 9 am, and go until everyone’s had a ride. Rain or shine.

Poster is on Information Sarnia Lambton web site, link on right hand side of this page.

Volunteer Fair and 211 article

2011-04-14T08:07:00.000-07:00

Went to Sarnia Gives Volunteer Fair this week, talked to a few people about 211 coming to Lambton County. Also thanks to Sarnia Observer for doing an article on it.

http://www.theobserver.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?archive=true&e=3064511

new 2011 book and cd out

2010-12-21T19:13:00.000-08:00

http://www.informationsarnialambton.org/
Our new 2011 book and CD is out , if you are a non profit group in the Sarnia-Lambton area, please look at your listing and make any changes necessary. It is free to be listed in the book and website. We have over 700 local organizations listed in the printed book or on computer cd. Book is $12.00 and CD is $5.00 . The book and CD is also available at Inn of Good Shepherd on John Street.

We are also looking for new Board Members and Volunteers to help updating our database.

(519) 542-1949 or go to our website.

Your listing may also be on www.211ontario.ca web site too.

Thanks

ISL needs help

2010-04-29T06:47:00.000-07:00

ISL used to be run by United Way, Chamber of Commerce and Senior VIP. It would be nice to be with another group again, as a offshoot. It does not cost much to run ISL and we are helping the public, especially when 211 gets here. Also when we do our shows, they are probably 15 hours a year, meetings would probably be 12 hours a year. Even though our book came out in January, we still need help, most of our volunteers have been here over 10 years each person. Like all groups, we need new people an ideas.

PS, we need volunteers and donations for Senior Cruise June 22.

Norm

Senior Cruise - June 22, 2010

2010-04-26T17:09:00.000-07:00

When you see the faces of those coming from the trip, you know the effort is well worth it. As many as 2000 people have enjoyed this event in one day.

Jacques provided the boat, and Mary set out to feed everyone. She went to service clubs, individuals and businesses alike. Cab companies donated pickles, service clubs donated fresh veggies, fruit and sandwiches, and everyone Mary and Peter contacted contributed something. Local restaurants provided their specialities, too.

211 for Woodstock

2010-04-26T06:31:00.000-07:00

Hopefully, Lambton County will get it soon.

WOODSTOCK — A 2-1-1 phone service should be active in Oxford by September.

Oxford County council approved an additional $17,150 from its reserves to ensure the projects moves forward so the three-digit, 24 hours a day, seven-day a week phone service can launch. The bigger picture includes a full launch of a county website — www.informationoxford.ca — that has been operational for some time but is now complete.
The website provides a one-stop referral for 4,100 business in addition to complete listings for social and government services within Oxford, along with a comprehensive event listing.

"Now that this work is done, our systems upgraded, it will make it so much easier going forward," United Way of Oxford executive director and project committee member Kelly Gilson said. "It's not just what's on the website, but what's behind the scenes where there's so much more to this project. The database in this project is the piece that will support 2-1-1 as well…

"There really is a bigger picture— information, marketing and the 2-1-1 piece. We want to reaffirm the two go together, they're not competing services. Each needs the other to be supportive."

When it comes to the phone service, the call centre for those in Oxford will be based in Windsor, where the service has been in place since November 2007. 211 Southwestern Ontario project manager Jennifer Tanner spelled out how the centre there would accommodate the call volumes from the added municipalities later this year.

The service would be able to provide, by phone, the information included in the Oxford-based website, as well as referral to other regional or provincial resources. Tanner said a translation service is also available for almost 150 languages, broadening the populations that can access the service.

Oxford is among the group of regions receiving 2-1-1 later this year as the service moves closer to provincewide implementation.

"We will do everything we can to support the local data work in this community in terms of the data quality issues and standards of data maintenance and building on that great resource that exists in this community," Tanner said.

Staff at the call centre would receive additional training on the lay of the land in Oxford prior to the hard launch in the fall, which Tanner said would take place through a series of test phone calls this summer.

"We're very impressed with what we see here. Council has a good vision of what this county should look like," 211 Ontario Corp. municipal consultant Roger Maloney said. "Staff have also really taken leadership and done an excellent job."

Bridges to Health

2010-04-12T08:32:00.000-07:00

ISL was at Bridges to Health on April 24 at Central United Church. Lots of people and good information there.

New 2010 book and CD out

2010-04-12T08:23:00.000-07:00

Information Sarnia Lambton's new 2010 Community Services Directory is out now. Over 700
groups from the area are in it, If you are a not for profit group in Sarnia or Lambton County, please go to our website and check your listing. It is available at the Inn of the Good Shepherd on John Street for $12.00 for the book or $5.00 for the CD. . For more information, go to www.informationsarnialambton.org or phone 519-542-1949. Also Senior Cruise is set for June 22, 2010.