FACT SHEET IN BRIEF

Some Vital Projects Initiated By:
National Council of Jewish Women of Canada

Golden Age Drop-In Centers began in Winnipeg and Montreal Sections in 1949 and are the forerunners of all senior drop-in centers in Canada. Bernard Betel Centre for Creative Living in Toronto - A Senior Citizen drop-in centre started at Council House. Bathurst/Prince Charles - Integrated Housing Project in Toronto for the disabled and seniors. Kosher Meals On Wheels established in 1965 and is available in every Section. Kosher Shelter for Battered Women and Children - Auberge Shalom in Montreal. Heart to Heart originated by London Section and received a "Life Style Awards" from the Federal Government. Testing for Tay Sachs Diseases in Winnipeg, Toronto and Vancouver. Health Education and Learning Project (HELP) to assist women to become knowledgable consumers of health care which has become international in scope. Breast Self-Examination - BSE taught on a one to one in private, the proper way for examination. Annual Passover Food Drive in Toronto and Edmonton. Chesed House - Kosher residence for people with AIDS in Montreal. Breakfast Clubs - In Toronto, whereby they provide a hot and nutritious breakfast and boxed lunches for children living in need. Operation Dress-Up - In Vancouver, involves collecting good used children's clothing and distributing it to Inner City Schools for inadequately and unsuitably dressed children. Mental Health Play Reading groups. Pre-School Program - Toronto - previous to Junior Kindergarten in Ottawa. Centre Yeladim - an after school program for disadvantaged youths in Montreal. Audiometer Testing for children in Winnipeg and Vancouver. Block Parent Plan - originated in 1972 in London Section and today is in most Canadian communities. Librairies were opened in Montreal, Vancouver and Edmonton. The Tony Robinson Boy & Girls Library in Montreal continues today. HIPPY (Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters) is a pilot project with Simon Fraser University and Brittania Center in Vancouver. Scholarships including the Irene Samuel Scholarship Fund for Jewish education. The "Get" and "Agunah" Rights - across Canada and internationally, NCJWC is actively involved in working to make changes. School for Citizenship Participation. Kids On The Block - a puppet program by Toronto Section to teach children to accept and appreciate the many differences among us all.

Some Briefs Written and Presented Were:

• 1965 - "Guidance and Education" paved the way for guidance and counselling in every school in Manitoba.
  
  
• 1972 - "Environment and Anti-Pollution" presented to United Nations Conference on Human Environment.
  
  
• 1979 - "Citizen Impact" - "Suicide Among Winnipeg Youth" a review of programs and services presented to the Manitoba Government.
  
  
• 1981 - "Women and Pensions" presented to the Minister of Health and Welfare.
  
  
• 1990 - "Women and New Reproductive Technologies" presented to task force.
  
  
• 1998 - Letter written to Federal Government on the proposed devastating Seniors Benefit - it has been tabled.

Other:

• "Ship-A-Box" - Education toys for children in Israel.
  
  
• "CHILD" - NCJWC's help to Israel's learning development.
  
  
• "Israel Family Counselling Association" in Tel Aviv.
  
  
• Money and supplies sent to Croatia and Kosovo.
  
  
• Member of International Council of Jewish Women representing 47 affiliates with one and one-half million Jewish women.
  
  
• Through International Council of Jewish Women, we are represented on World Jewish Congress, UNESCO, UNICEF and WHO.