Announcements

WATERLOO, January 4, 2012 - Lutherwood 's ACCESS program is now accepting applications. ACCESS is designed to help individuals with learning and behavioural challenges between the ages of 15 and 30, find and maintain employment.

WATERLOO, ONTARIO – Federal and provincial representatives joined Lutherwood staff and clients today to officially open and celebrate their transformed Children’s Mental Health Centre.

New Employment Seminars in Cambridge/Guelph

Lutherwood is hosting its first employment focused speakers series in Cambridge and Guelph this fall. The Get Hired Speakers Series will focus on the impact social media and career transitions can have on your job search. Let our own experts guide you through new tools that can transform your job search. Our series will include:

October 14, 2011 — With Guelph’s 4.3 percent unemployment rate considerably better than the provincial rate, Lutherwood is hosting a Job Fair to help connect an anticipated 250 job seekers about 15 local employers that are hiring.

Cambridge, ON - With Waterloo Region’s 6.7 percent unemployment rate bettering the provincial rate, Lutherwood is hosting a Job Fair to help connect between 250-500 job seekers with 20 local employers that are hiring.

Waterloo, October 4, 2011 – Tickets are selling fast for Lutherwood's special evening performance of Drayton Entertainment’s Blood Brothers at the St. Jacobs Country Playhouse on October 12, 2011. Tickets purchased directly through Lutherwood Child and Family Foundation will entitle guests to a special event that guests will not soon forget.Waterloo, October 4, 2011 – Tickets are selling fast for Lutherwood's special evening performance of Drayton Entertainment’s Blood Brothers at the St. Jacobs Country Playhouse on October 12, 2011. Tickets purchased directly through Lutherwood Child and Family Foundation will entitle guests to a special event that guests will not soon forget.

Waterloo, September 30, 2011 — RBC today announced that Lutherwood is one of 108 organizations from across the country to receive an RBC Children’s Mental Health Grant. Lutherwood will receive $20,000 to help expand their Children’s Mental Health Centre to accommodate specialized treatment programs. RBC’s donation is part of a larger $1.5 million commitment to Children’s Mental Health programs across Ontario South West.

September 26, 2011 - The fall seminars in our mental health speakers’ series will debut in our newly renovated Children's Mental Health Centre in Waterloo this month. Shh… It’s Mental Health - our popular four seminar series - features our own experts and partners in the community as we support family, friends and neighbours who want to help teens dealing with mental health issues.

Today Lutherwood announced a new employment training service that will help youth in treatment at its Children’s Mental Health Centre.

September 9, 2011 - Lutherwood staff will try their hand at restaurant work (bussing tables, assisting the hostess, kitchen clean up, table service, greeting guests) to earn a donation from Terry Voulcaridis of Country Boy Restaurant. Terry has offered to donate all the proceeds of his sales to Lutherwood’s children’s mental health programs. Our goal is to fill all 267 seats and raise between $3,000 and $4,000.

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