Your Support Helps Children and Families Thrive

Every year, Starling Community Services helps to strengthen the lives of more than 14,000 individuals in our community and give them hope for their futures. Since the money to serve them is not fully provided by our government partners, the Starling Child and Family Foundation (formerly Lutherwood) cultivates relationships within our community to generate additional financial resources, raise awareness and develop facilities to better serve those supported by Starling.

Gifts to the foundation primarily support Starling’s children’s mental health services, which provide a range of preventative and therapeutic programs, to help children, youth and their families cope with social, emotional and behavioural challenges. Additionally, donations fund prevention services, such as Safe Haven Youth Services and Housing Services for families at risk of homelessness.

With your help we can make sure that all children and families are supported to achieve hopeful futures. An investment today can result in considerable savings for our community tomorrow.

How You Can Help

Join the Nest. Give Monthly, Change Lives.

Monthly gifts are the most powerful way to help. Your monthly donation provides the critical mental health care kids in our community need to heal. Like the starling building its nest twig by twig, our monthly donors create something strong and lasting: a safe, supportive space where young people can grow, recover, and thrive.
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Thank You for Stepping up for Kids!
Whether you walked, fundraised, donated, volunteered, sponsored or cheered others on — you made a real difference at this year’s Steps for Kids, raising more than $98,300 for Starling's vital mental health programs. From all of us at Starling Child and Family Foundation, thank you for showing up, stepping up, and standing with kids.
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Meeting People Where They Are
Last year, Lutherwood’s Brief Community Mental Health (BCMH) Services helped 364 children and youth who are struggling with their mental health but are not accessing mental health supports and whose needs are not identified as urgent. Working in partnership with local medical clinics, BCMH services offer short-term coaching and treatment support including coordination with other community services to help improve the mental wellness of children, youth and their families.
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Thank you Wagner, Livock & Associates!
On behalf of the Lutherwood Child and Family Foundation, thank you Wagner, Livock & Associates Financial Services Inc. and Heffner Motors LTD for helping us secure a new vehicle for our Children’s Mental Health Centre. Your generous support will help children and youth with transportation to medical appointments and community outings right here in the Waterloo Region!
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How your Gifts Help

Read our latest client success stories to learn how your donations are making an impact.
Success Stories

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Lutherwood Child & Family Foundation Registered Charity #: 10765 0194 RR 0001