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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.11.5 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:17:42 GMT--><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>about us</title><subtitle>about us</subtitle><id>http://www.gccrc.ca/about-us/</id><link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml" href="http://www.gccrc.ca/about-us/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.gccrc.ca/about-us/atom.xml"/><updated>2010-06-09T14:52:39Z</updated><generator uri="http://www.squarespace.com/" version="Squarespace Site Server v5.11.5 (http://www.squarespace.com/)">Squarespace</generator><entry><title>Glen Cairn Community Resource Centres Mission, Vision, and Values</title><id>http://www.gccrc.ca/about-us/2010/6/9/glen-cairn-community-resource-centres-mission-vision-and-val.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.gccrc.ca/about-us/2010/6/9/glen-cairn-community-resource-centres-mission-vision-and-val.html"/><author><name>Executive Editor</name></author><published>2010-06-09T14:49:27Z</published><updated>2010-06-09T14:49:27Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>MISSION:</p>
<p>We work together with community members<span style="color: #ff9900;"> </span>and partners, to offer quality, innovative services, activities and care to the young, the young at heart and everyone in between.</p>
<p>VISION:</p>
<p>A healthy, happy, vibrant and welcoming community.</p>
<p>VALUES:</p>
<p>1. We are committed to engaging the dreams, strengths, talents and energy of our neighbours fostering new links between them and working collaboratively towards our vision.</p>
<p>2. We are committed to fostering neighbourhood participation, community action and voluntarism.</p>
<p>3. We believe the best investment for reducing the need for intrusive, expensive service intervention is prevention at the earliest possible time.</p>
<p>4. We are committed to applying resources prudently and efficiently, to services that respond to community need and demonstrate best possible outcomes.</p>
<p>5. We are committed to providing services that are accessible, affordable, inclusive, and flexible so they may be adjusted to meet changing needs.</p>
<p>6. We are committed to focusing on the future while upholding our community&rsquo;s heritage, and diversity.</p>
<p>﻿</p>]]></content></entry><entry><title>About our Centre</title><id>http://www.gccrc.ca/about-us/2009/10/7/about-our-centre.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.gccrc.ca/about-us/2009/10/7/about-our-centre.html"/><author><name>Executive Editor</name></author><published>2009-10-07T16:54:54Z</published><updated>2009-10-07T16:54:54Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p><span class="full-image-float-left ssNonEditable"><img style="width: 250px;" src="http://www.gccrc.ca/storage/gccrcfront.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1254073207501" alt="" /></span><span style="font-size: 140%;">We are a neighbourhood-based, multi-service, non-profit  organization that offers a wide range of programs and services in the Glen  Cairn/Pond Mills community of South East London.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 130%;">We work with families and service partners to  build community capacity that helps ad</span><span class="full-image-float-right ssNonEditable"><span><img style="width: 150px;" src="../../storage/Boy%20in%20GCCRC.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1254073457646" alt="" /></span></span><span style="font-size: 130%;">dress issues such as poverty, hunger, unemployment,  family crisis and isolation. On average, 230 </span><span style="font-size: 130%;">people per day access o</span><span style="font-size: 130%;">ur programs and services. In order to reach as many  families as possible, we offer programs at several community locations in  addition to our mai</span><span style="font-size: 130%;">n Centre at 150 King  Edward Ave.</span></p>
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