Submitted by Castlegar and District Community Services Society
The Castlegar and District Community Services Society Board of Directors is pleased to formally announce the recent appointment of Reidun Rosi as the organization’s new executive director.
Rosi joined CDCSS on June 1 and brings a wealth of non-profit experience and a passion for community building and housing initiatives, both of which align seamlessly with CDCSS’s values and goals.
“With her career abroad in international development and over eight years in Toronto’s supportive housing and homelessness sector, we are confident that Reidun Rosi will lead CDCSS to even greater heights in our mission to improve the quality of people’s lives and to work for social change in our community,” says the society.
This year marks a pivotal moment in the organization’s history as they embark on a new era of leadership, commitment, and innovation.
“We are looking forward to continuing to serve the community with renewed vision and energy,” says CDCSS.
There are currently seven board members who represent the diversity of the community and who bring a wide range of skills and expertise.
The 17 full- and part-time program employees and volunteers continue to deliver important, high quality services to the people of the community.
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“CDCSS says its strengths have always been, and remain, its responsiveness to emerging community needs and its multi-service approach, giving us the ability to reach people in need with a variety of services that can make an immediate difference.
Six of the organization’s programs and services are offered under contract with various provincial government ministries (Police-Based Victim Services, Safe Homes, Women’s Outreach, PEACE Children’s Counselling, STV Women’s Counselling, and Sexual Abuse Intervention Children’s Counselling) while seven programs are made possible through contribution agreements from a wide range of provincial, federal and local funders and donors (Better at Home Help for Seniors, W.K Volunteer Driver Program, Castlegar Youth Action Network, Housing Outreach Program, Rebuilding Lives Women’s Skill building Program, Community Volunteer Income Tax Program, and the Street Outreach and Connection Centre Projects).
CDCSS relies upon the generous and ongoing donations and contributions from local citizens, governments, and the corporate community to be able to respond to emerging community needs.
“With many in-kind contributions from CDCSS and other agencies, along with some essential funds from many generous donors and contributors to get the projects up and running, the Street Outreach and Connection Centre Projects have been hugely successful over the past five months in supporting unhoused individuals from harm, malnutrition, and even death,” says CDCSS.
The Connection Centre works to ensure people have access to nutritious food, harm reduction supplies, and a variety of other important supports and services.
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