EBN
History and Information
Evergreen Basic Needs exists to provide support to single
mothers / fathers, families, or individuals living in poverty.
Vision Statement
Evergreen Basic Needs is a community inspired center that helps
others to help themselves through the strengthening of our collective
resourcefulness. This takes place in an
environment that is dignified, creative, and warm.
Core Values
·
Integrity:
We pursue the highest standards of ethics and respect for our clients,
customers, donors, and staff.
·
Excellence:
We strive for superior performance and consistently provide
professional, innovative, and quality service.
·
Accountability:
We are accountable for our actions to our clients, customers, donors,
volunteers, and the greater community.
We demonstrate responsive and innovative leadership to ensure the
strength within our organization.
·
Sustainability:
We are committed to the long term well-being of our communities.
Goals & Objectives
·
To
assist low-income families with basic needs such as food, clothing, and
household items.
·
To
promote / create Community Programs which address or alleviate poverty issues.
·
To
create programs by providing educational opportunities and training to enhance
economic security and prosperity.
·
To
network / partnership with existing resources, organizations, churches,
schools, and people in the Community.
·
To
serve as a distribution center for other food banks and agencies within the
·
To
promote / create programs that assists our clients and their families to a
healthier living.
·
To
continue to encourage and develop a resource pool of volunteers.
·
To
continue to grow our communities to include the
History
Evergreen Basic Needs began on October 8, 1992 and was later
incorporated in 1995. At that time, we
only ran three programs which were the Food Bank for Gimli, a small second hand
store, and the wish list program. Since
then we have expanded our catchment area to include the R.M. of Gimli, Town of
Winnipeg Beach,
·
Monthly / Emergency
Hampers: To
provide nutritional food supplements to identified
clients. Clients can access the food
bank twice a month.
Food Hamper Program
Statistics for 2010
|
Community |
# of
Hampers |
# of
Adults |
# of
Children |
|
R.M. of Gimli |
661 |
934 |
509 |
|
|
96 |
134 |
28 |
|
R.M. of Armstrong |
97 |
124 |
197 |
|
|
27 |
28 |
1 |
|
Emergency Hampers |
21 |
23 |
41 |
|
TOTAL |
902 |
1243 |
776 |
·
Respun Threads:
Was established in October 1992 as a recycled clothing store, to provide
low cost, quality clothing for the community.
We expanded our product line to include household items, furniture, and
collectables.
·
Life Essentials Program:
The Wish List Program and Waiver Program have been combined to create
the Life Essentials Program. This
reformulated program provides registered clients with used clothing, specific
household items, furniture, and appliances through a waiver system.
·
Educational Workshops:
This program was designed to teach our clients the basic skills they
need to live independently and develop healthy choices. Volunteers from the community have worked
with EBN to deliver these workshops.
·
Christmas Hamper / Toy
Program: EBN collects food and toys from the
Communities to distribute to our clients at Christmas – very similar to the
Cheer Board.
Christmas Hamper &
Toy Program Statistics for 2010
|
Community |
# of
Hampers |
|
R.M. of Gimli |
63 |
|
Town of |
21 |
|
R.M. of Armstrong |
9 |
|
|
6 |
|
Riverton |
1 |
|
Bifrost |
1 |
|
|
1 |
·
Keeping Kids in Coats Program:
This program is run with the assistance of the local Fire Departments
and First Responders, where we provide coats for children.
·
Distribution Hub:
In partnership with Winnipeg Harvest, EBN distributes Surplus food to
the Interlake and Northern Regional Food Banks, congregate meal programs, Nova
House (home for abused women), soup kitchens, and several camps.
·
Community Services
Programs: This program is run through the school for
credits while the other program is court ordered.
·
Emergency Relief Program:
This program is similar to the Life Essentials Program, in that it
provides the basic necessities to people in need. The difference is run with the assistance of
the Emergency Responders of the Interlake region (Social Services, Public
Health Nurse, Women’s
·
Helping Hands Café:
Newly developed program where we offer clients the opportunity to gain
work exposure through the apprenticeship program and through the internship
program. In the evenings we also will be
offering cooking classes.
·
Training Facility in all
departments of the organization: If approved by the
Status Women Canada we will be able to offer the following program to women and
young girls to enhance economic security and prosperity.
6 module program – 6
week session – 2 women / girls per module
1 week training in Retail
1 week training in the coffee shop / cooking lessons
1 week training in the food bank and other programs
1 week training on the computer center
1 week training in administration and office exposure
1 week training in receivables / pre-sort
5 hour days (9:00 am to 3:00 pm) 1 hour for lunch to
accommodate school aged children.
Each week, we will have 1 hour workshops, i.e. budgeting,
conflict resolution, how to ensure your voice is heard, nutrition and shopping
within the budget, making positive choices that affect their future and goal
setting.
Each 6 week session will also include 1 full day workshop of
Food Handler’s Certificate and a First Aid Course. After the 6 week session, we will have the
clients. Clients will be required to
fill out an evaluation form and the successful applicants will receive a
certificate of completion. We will also
work in partnership with the province to find part-time or full-time
opportunities.
Our programs serve over 18,000
people through food banks, women’s shelters, schools, camps and daycares.
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