New partnerships

The second part of the dance happened this morning. Last week, representatives from our Beech Street Community Kitchen met for the first time with reps from the Sudbury Action Centre for Youth. The topic of discussion was rather exploratory but the aim is the possibility of setting up a partnership between our two groups so that some of the youth of the city, who haven't had a whole lot of breaks in life, might find a place to have some fun and learn a thing or two at the same time.

Today, the second part of this courtship happened, as we reciprocated the visits and took some time to see the premises of SACY for ourselves. In addition, we got a chance to meet some of the people, to associate the faces with names we may have heard whispered between collegues and to see first hand the operation that has been part of the fabric of Sudbury for 20 years now.

The folks at SACY are committed to youth: their energy, enthusiasm and their realism give the clients who either drop in throughout the day or come for specific programs, a safe place to flop, to find other friends, to keep in contact with one another and even to seek out some wisdom from those who await their arrival. This is an impressive operation, and we're proud to be working with them.

If all goes well, we will begin offering Community Kitchen events in partnership with SACY as early as September of this year. The possibilities are endless ... so as soon as we work through some of the logistical stuff, we're off to the races.