Southern Frontenac Community Services Corporation (SFCSC)
4295 Stagecoach Road K0H 2T0 Sydenham, ON, Canada

Jimmy Hassan, CEO and Founder of Canadian Colours Kingston Foundation (CCKF) called and said, we want to help the McMullen Manor fire victims. This year CCKF launched its inaugural blanket drive and Jimmy (bottom left) and foundation member, Zermaan Khan (bottom right) dropped off 40 new blankets for the displaced residents. Melissa, our Volunteer Coordinator (top left) and Ellen, our Family Services Coordinator (top right) were pleased to accept the donation and all of us give a big thank you to CCKF for your generosity and being part of the emergency response efforts.

Bell Let’s Talk Day is a great initiative to support mental health initiatives, encourage open conversation about mental health, and remove the stigma associated with seeking help. #BellLetsTalk

It is natural to feel stressed, anxious, or fearful in response to COVID-19. We know it’s not easy but positive coping strategies can help you feel better in times of stress. http://ow.ly/Qxzr50DfxKz #COVID19KFLA

Play Gaming & Entertainment has been a valued community partner for many years. We are fortunate to have their support and grateful for their ongoing financial contributions that help us to deliver health support services throughout South Frontenac. #communitysupport #grateful

Take a look at our 2019-20 Annual Report. :-) https://fc4016be-9cfd-4814-b667-898c849cad28.filesusr.com/

Our Food Bank is open to anyone who needs assistance. It is confidential and no financial assessment is required. If you or someone you know needs help, please reach out to us. 613-376-6477 ext. 203

Some useful information to share - the Covid-19 assessment centre in Kingston is moving to the Beechgrove Complex at 51 Heakes Lane.

Play Gaming & Entertainment is a long-time community partner of ours and we are so fortunate to have their support. It is with their help that we are able to deliver health and social support services throughout South Frontenac. :-)

Thank you County of Frontenac staff for your generous donation of $630 for our Community Food Bank that was raised through Dress Down Fridays. We appreciate your support so much and it goes a long way to helping people in the community who turn to our Food Bank when they have a need. :-)

We started assembling a 2500 IG wet side tanker for South Frontenac Fire & Rescue on a Kenworth chassis as seen in the bottom left. Take a look at what else is ...going on in the shop for the week of Monday, September 21st! #firetrucks #firetruck #custompumpers #rescues #tankers #firefightingequipment #fortgarrytrucks #onetoughtruck #followback See more

Thank you so much for your support of our Community Food Bank Corp of Township of South Frontenac. :-)

The results are in... Congrats to Mia Craig, winner of the #SafeSummerInSF photo sharing contest! Mia will receive the prize pack full of local goodies, all items were bought right here in South Frontenac! Thank you to all that participated through the summer!

A grateful shout-out to the folks from the Bellrock Community Garden! All summer, they've been bringing us lovely vegetables for our Food Bank clients. We really appreciate your green thumbs and generous hearts! <3 :-)

Thank you Foodland Verona and everyone who took part in the Toonie for Tummies campaign. Your amazing generosity and support of our Community Food Bank goes a long way to helping people who may need some assistance making ends meet and putting food on the table. <3 :-)

Do you want to learn more about local farms and local food? Have you ever wanted to have a conversation with a real farmer and learn about what they do? Then j...oin us for Open Farms, a 4-week virtual event that starts now! Visit www.OpenFarms.ca today, and stay tuned right here for all kinds of local food and agriculture info coming your way. You’ll get to meet some of the folks behind these 14 local farms: Long Road Ecological Farm, Kitchen Table Seed House, Patchwork Gardens, Maple Ridge Farm, Frontenac County Plowmen's Association, New Leaf Farm, de Ruiter Beef, Root Radical CSA, The Rise Farm, Fat Chance Farmstead, Doublejay Farms, @Perry Farm, Freedom Farm and @Sonset Farm. Thanks to Destination Ontario, South Eastern Ontario and Frontenac Federation of Agriculture for their partnership and support on this event! #infrontenac #ygk #openfarms #wolfeisland #howeisland #southfrontenac #localfood #loveONTfood #farmlife National Farmers Union, Ontario Federation of Agriculture NFU Local 316 Visit Kingston Corp of Township of South Frontenac

Thank you Sunbury General Store for your generous donation of $716 worth of groceries for our Food Bank that you raised from raffling off a crate of fireworks! You are helping a lot of people in our community and we are very appreciative of your support. <3 :-)

We were so pleased to welcome Hugh Segal, OC, OOnt, CD to our AGM this morning as our keynote speaker. Mr. Segal delivered a thought provoking presentation, Pandemic Lessons for Governing Better. He spoke about some of the issues that are coming to the forefront as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic including the fact that those who live below the poverty line are more negatively impacted by the pandemic than others. That poverty will always produce poor health outcomes. Th...e part-time, underpaid employees with no benefits often have more than one job, and during the pandemic there are fewer opportunities and less hours for people to work. That affects the ability to maintain basic needs like food, shelter and clothing which often contributes to poor physical and mental health. Mr. Segal also talked about the importance of community health organizations and how it’s been proven that the longer a senior lives in their home, the longer they live. He noted that SFCSC is a good example of social capital through the many health and wellness programs we offer to people in our community and that we help to give quality of life to seniors. He sees an opportunity now for significant changes to employment and health systems as the government builds a plan to go forward post-Covid and a chance to make positive change for all Canadians. Hugh Segal is a Mathews Fellow in Global Public Policy at the Queen’s School of Policy Studies, senior adviser at Aird and Berlis, LLP, and a former Conservative senator.