The Gordonridge Social Resource Centre
The Gordonridge Social Resource Centre is a community based program that facilitates the recovery of consumers
who have serious and persistent mental illness living in Toronto, North York, Etobicoke and Scarborough by providing
opportunities for peer support, skills development and leadership. The Gordonridge Social Resource Centre offers an
inclusive and supportive environment, allowing consumers to build new relationships and mutual experiences with
others, to promote a sense of belonging. Through workshops and activities, which are facilitated by professionals and
peers, consumers learn new skills to live healthier lifestyles and participate in social, cultural and recreational
experiences.
who have serious and persistent mental illness living in Toronto, North York, Etobicoke and Scarborough by providing
opportunities for peer support, skills development and leadership. The Gordonridge Social Resource Centre offers an
inclusive and supportive environment, allowing consumers to build new relationships and mutual experiences with
others, to promote a sense of belonging. Through workshops and activities, which are facilitated by professionals and
peers, consumers learn new skills to live healthier lifestyles and participate in social, cultural and recreational
experiences.
| Tanya Szabo (left), the Director of Community Projects for the Better Day Alliance Foundation, with Kerri Glover (right) of the Canadian Mental Health Association, standing beside part of the donation from the BDAF. This donation includes paint brushes,canvases, acrylic paints, candle making sets, flower pots (for decorating), jewellery boxes (for decorating), soap making kits and scented oils for the soap kits; as well as scrabble, basketballs, a soccer ball, a football and a foosball table. |
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| Part 2 |
| Pizza Party and the Zoo to You program brought to Gordonridge courtesy of the Better Day Alliance Foundation! |
| A participant at the Gordonridge Social Resource Centre finds a new friend in Thomas the Tortoise! |
| A Chameleon eats its lunch with its long tongue to the delight of the crowd! (press play after it has loaded, this one is a video) |
| Ernie the Hedgehog was a real crowd pleaser! |
| Tanya Szabo gets up close and personal with a Giant African Millipede! |
| Nice Boa! (well actually it's a python, but then the joke doesn't work!) |
| Our own Jacquie Small, Director of Fundraising at the time, cool calm and collected while overcoming a fear with this huge tarantula! |
| Another person overcoming a fear, but not quite as cool, calm and collected about it! |
| Jen Deith from Zoo to You passes Thomas the Tortoise to Kerri Glover, who runs the Gordonridge Social Resource Centre. |
| Charitable Registration # 8562 78213 RR 0001 |
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