Easter Extravaganza MANITOUWADGE, ON – The community centre auditorium was a busy place to be April 2nd as parents, grandparents and children enjoyed the sights of Easter. Best Start and the Township of Manitouwadge Community Services Department have partnered for the past four years to [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Last week the Township of Manitouwadge Community Services and Manitouwadge Early Years Best Start Hub collaborated to host their annual Easter Extravaganza in the Recreation Centre. Admission was free for this fun, all ages, event which included a half dozen crafting [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – The Manitouwadge Best Start Hub held it’s annual Christmas Party this week and attendance was quite remarkable. Parents accompanied by their infants, toddlers and/or elementary school aged children enjoyed the opportunity, during what can be the most hectic time of [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – November 20th, as part of their celebrations recognizing the International Day of the Child, attendees and staff at the Manitouwadge Best Start Hub participated in a Bannock making workshop with Beverly Shawayahamish. For most, including Hub Program Coodinator Kristy [Read more]
MANITOUWADGE, ON – Wednesday, October 24th, the Manitouwadge Best Start Hub welcomed Early Literacy Facilitator Karin MacKenzie for a workshop about Infant Sign Language. Parents and caregivers learned about the benefits of pre-verbal communication, infant sign language basics, and fun songs [Read more]
Cooking Up Some Fun at the Hub MANITOUWADGE, ON – October 9th, the Best Start Hub hosted “Books are for Eating”, a cooking class where twelve children, between the ages of 5 and 10, enjoyed creating their own culinary creation – pizza! While there were a variety of [Read more]
Article by Best Start Hub & OntarioNewsNorth.com MANITOUWADGE, ON – The Township of Manitouwadge held its annual Easter Extravaganza yesterday evening (April 4th), at the Recreation Centre Auditorium, in partnership with the Family Place/Best Start Hub. More than one-hundred adults and [Read more]
Ladies’ Night at Manitouwadge Best Start Hub by Karina Hunter The Manitouwadge Best Start Hub held its monthly Ladies’ Night Out last Wednesday (April 28th) welcoming women to a casual social evening filled with plenty of laughs, snacks refreshments and friends. Linda Jetté, Program [Read more]
Community Easter Party by Karina Hunter Saturday, March 27th, the Manitouwadge Best Start Hub organized a Community Easter Party at the Rec Centre Auditorium as a fundraiser for the Brass Bell High School Bursary Fund which awards bursaries to High School Graduates entering a field involving [Read more]
PHN visits Best Start Hub by Karina Hunter Shirley Saasto-Stopyra, Public Heath Nurse for the Thunder Bay District Health Unit spoke at the Manitouwadge Best Start Hub today as part of her monthly visits there. A group of approximately eight Moms, with babies and their siblings, enjoyed [Read more]
Ladies’ night out – Why it’s important by Karina Hunter A dozen Moms and caregivers, clad in pajamas and fuzzy housecoats, gathered at the Manitouwadge Best Start Hub Wednesday, February 24th as Reene Warren hosted the Family Place’s monthly ‘Ladies’ Night Out’. These evenings [Read more]
Triple P winds up by Karina Hunter Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) Public Health Nurse (PHN) Jackie Jung and Kristie Nicholas, Mental Health and Addictions Counselor with North of Superior Programs (NOSP) wrapped up their three session Triple P Parenting Program seminar in [Read more]
Today is Family Literacy Day in Canada! by Karina Hunter Since 1999, every January 27th, Canadians have been celebrating Family Literacy Day when thousands take part in events and activities at schools, libraries and literacy organizations across the country. Literacy is more than books, there [Read more]
Parents’ programs progressing positively by Karina Hunter Practitioners with Manitouwadge’s Triple P Program Team, Jackie Jung, Public Health Nurse (PHN) Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) Kristie Nicholas, Mental Health and Addictions Counselor with North of Superior Programs (NOSP) [Read more]
Parenting program begins Wednesday by Karina Hunter The Ontario Early Years Centre (OEYC) – Manitouwadge Best Start HUB’s Triple P Program or Positive Parenting Program, begins Wednesday, January 20th, at the Family Place on Oshweeken at 7pm. Many parents have registered for the series [Read more]
