UNITED NEIGHBOURHOOD CONNECTIONS Provost & District Community Services Resource Directory Child Safety or Abuse: 1-877-385-KIDS (5437) Kid’s Help Phone: Index: Page 1-800-668-6868 Churches & Church Organizations 2 Mental Health Crisis Help Line: Human/Health Service Agencies 3 1-877-303-AMHB (2642) Libraries 5 AADAC Help Line: Recreation 6 1-866-332-2322 Schools 7 Service & Social Clubs 7 Emergency Social Services/Crisis Unit Support Groups 9 1-800-638-0715 Special Interest 10 Alberta Health Link 1-866-408-5465 Sask. Health Link 1-877-800-0002 A Provost & District Family & Community Support Services project Lutheran Churches CHURCHES & CHURCH ORGANIZATIONS NOTES Pastor Eleanor Ness 856-2560 Box 39, Hughenden, AB T0B 2E0 Amisk Christian Fellowship Star of Hope Lutheran Parish includes: Pastor Rodney Morgan Home 856-2542 Park Lutheran, Amisk and Amisk Park Lutheran ELW Box 107, Amisk, AB T0B 0B0 Church 856-3838 Lorraine Pearson 856-2245 Ministerial Association- Czar/Amisk/Hughenden Amisk Park E.L.W Pastor Eleanor Ness 856-2560 Dorothy Johnson 856-2293 Box 39, Hughenden, AB T0B 2E0 Amisk, AB T0B 0B0 Provides ―Temporary Assistance Program‖ (TAP), An arm of the church whose purpose is to know and Food Bank Program. Contact any of the clergy. do the will of God in different areas and ways. Help Other community involvement. missions, do quilting and help in the local community if the need arises. Ministerial Association- Provost & District Pastor Paul McCormick 753-2622 Catholic Women’s League (C.W.L.) Box 1175, Provost, AB T0B 3S0 Elaine Willette-Larsen 753-2606 Provides food, emergency accommodations; Pastor’s Pen in the Provost News; Hospital visitation; November Charitable organization working for God and Canada. 11th Remembrance Day Service, Interdenominational Services; relationships between the churches. Central Lutheran Church New Hope Gospel Church Pastor Paul McCormick 753-2622 Box 62, 5220-40 St. 753-3193 Box 818, 5322 - 52 St. Provost, AB T0B 3S0 Provost, AB T0B 3S0 Provost Community Church Pastor Robert Bachmann 753-6373 Evangelical Church Women (E.L.W.) Box 1175, 5140-51 St., Provost, AB T0B 3S0 Phyllis Flynn 857-2129 A church for the whole family. Box 9, Czar, AB T0B 0Z0 St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church Lutheran organization to support the church in activities, arranging services, caring for the church property. Rev. Joselito Empleo Cantal 753-2151 Supports missionaries, sends layettes, quilts, clothing, Box 97, 5123-45 St., Provost, AB T0B 3S0 etc. to places such as the Women’s Shelter and the Ronald McDonald House in Edmonton. Supports Food Bank Activities. Provost United Church Rev. Greg Parker 753-2081 Hughenden Pentecostal Church Box 750, 5212-50 St., Provost, AB T0B 3S0 Rev. Sean Unkauf 856-3650 Worship service & Sunday School 11:00 am. Bible Box 38, Hughenden, AB T0B 2E0 Study available. Hughenden United Church Provost United Church Women Marti Read 753-6510 Valerie Ellis 888-3944 Box 750, Provost, AB TOB 3S0 Hardisty, AB T0B 1V0 Provide fellowship and support to the community of Provost and area, including Camrose and Lloydminster women shelters and other worthy causes. 2 11 SPECIAL INTEREST HUMAN/HEALTH SERVICES AGENCIES Canada Employment Centre Employment Ins. Enquiries: 1-800-206-7218 Alberta Consumer Affairs Alberta Ag-Info Centre 1-866-882-7677 Job order bank services: 1-800-727-2925 Alberta Information To help agricultural organizations and farm families by Employer Job Orders: 1-800-999-1546 providing assistance and answering questions and Edmonton Dial 310-0000 then 780-427-4088 concerns. Record of Employment: 1-800-561-3992 Calgary Dial 310-0000 then 403-297-5700 Income Security (CPP/OAS) 1-800-277-9914 Information on the following: Alberta Health Addictions Services Canadian National Institute of the Blind landlord and tenant collection practices Arlene Thalheimer, Counsellor 753-6958 Ruth Stempfle 753-2732 provincial business licenses 5419-44 St., Provost, AB Fax: 753-8096 Box 346, Provost, AB T0B 3S0 home improvement contracting door-to-door sales and collection rights Individual and family out-patient counselling; assessment To provides information and support for blind or visu- and referrals to residential treatment for adults and marketplace rights and responsibilities ally impaired people. To promote sight enhancement adolescents; information, prevention and treatment direct marketing of natural gas services. strategies. charitable fund raising Catholic Social Services public auctions cemetery services Association of Communities Against Abuse Wainwright 842-6899 or 877-994-HOPE condominiums (ACAA) Lloydminster 875-9084 cooperatives Judilonne Beebe 1-403-742-3558 Franchises Catholic Social Services is dedicated to the enhancement Box 2132, Stettler, AB T0C 2L0 of human well being in a spirit of truth and justice, of Also check website for tip sheets, news releases and freedom and solidarity. Services include: Residential- frequently asked questions at http://www.gov.ab.ca/ma/ MISSION: To promote healthy well-functioning approved home and outreach programs for adults with hca/consumer/index/htm individuals and families by addressing the trauma of developmental difficulties; Family Support Programs emotional, physical, or sexual abuse, through prevention including Family School Liaison and services to and treatment strategies. children with disabilities. Office of the Ombudsman Alberta Solicitor General/Fish and Wildlife Division East Central Health Provost Home Care/Dietician Dial 310-0000 then 780-427-2756 Public Health/ Rehab/ Gordon Button, Ombudsman Fish and Wildlife Officer 753-2433 Suite 2800, 10303 Jasper Ave. Box 729, Provost, AB T0B 3S0 753-6180 Box 549, Provost, AB T0B 3S0 Edmonton, AB T5J 5C3 Public Health Nurses: Shirlianne Neufeld Investigates administrative fairness of Alberta Government. No Located in the Provost Provincial Building Terry Riseley fees. Toll Free Report a Poacher number 1-800-642-3800 Home Care Nurses: Brenda Olson Hours: Monday to Friday: 8:15 am - 12 :00/1:00 pm - 4:30 pm Ione Scherger Marion Brooks Seniors Information Parent Link Program Melissa Swanson Alberta Programs 1-877-644-9992 Pam Weinrauch 753-2288 Public Health Inspector, Sexual Health Educator, Federal Programs 1-800-277-9914 Provost & District F.C.S.S. Injury Prevention Coordinator, Respiratory Therapist, Box 758, Provost, AB T0B 3S0 Speech Language Pathologist, Physiotherapist Services for Seniors 753-2280 available on a visiting, call basis. Provides parent education workshops and peer Provost Adult Learning And Literacy support, information, referral services, children’s programs in an informal group setting. Sessions are Box 178, Provost AB T0B 3S0 753-2822 Has your organization, club or group been missed? held Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 9:00 a.m. until noon at the Legion Hall and in Hughenden from Provost Adult Learning and Literacy was formed to pro- Please call 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. on Mondays at the Golden vide access to community adult learning. They offer Circle. Parents with children ages 0 – 6 are invited to courses & workshops on a wide variety of topics. Provost & District Family & Community attend. Childcare provided during workshops. Family School Liaison Worker Support Services (FCSS) Canadian Cancer Society 1-888-939-3333 Stacie Deschryver 753-6824 and ask to be included in the next Provides information and referrals. or contact through the school in your community U.N.C. Community Resource Directory. Head Office: 5102-46 St., Vermillion, AB T9X 1G5 780-753-2288 780-853-4164 10 3 Family School Liaison Program provides services to Provost & District Family & Community Support Service (FCSS) Provost Arts & Crafts Society United Neighbourhood Connections students and their families for student’s success in school. Workers provide individual counselling, teaching Provincial Building, 5419-44 St. 753-2288 Sheila Klein 753-6746 Contact number - F.C.S.S. 753-2288 parenting skills, group work, referrals and resources FCSS strives to build a better community by promoting Provost, AB T0B 3S0 VISION: A community that has its strongest value, the for students and their families. Workers can help students personal and family development. Community needs spiritual, physical, emotional, and mental well being of with anger, bullying, grief and loss, friendship skills, are addressed by providing, administering or assisting Offers: Courses and instruction of new ideas to adults its members. self esteem and other issues. Partnership with East programs and services. Provides information and and youth; provides work area; sales of local artisans Central Child & Family Services Authority. referrals. work. New members are always welcome! MISSION: To ensure comprehensive, integrated and streamlined services to the citizens of our community Counsellor 753-2542 by creating and maintaining a forum for community Focus on Seniors Provost Economic Development Committee input, discussion, debate, consensus building, problem General counselling for individuals, Provost & District F.C.S.S. 753-2280 solving, sharing resources and collaborative initiatives. families, couples and youth. Bert Roach, EDO 753-2261 Meetings are held approximately 4 times/year, open to Box 758, Provost, AB T0B 3S0 Parenting/family-related information sessions. the public and are advertised in the local newspaper. Box 449, 4904-51 Ave., Provost, AB T0B 3S0 Services for Seniors 753-2280 Youth Group Meet the last Thursday of each month from 2 - 3:30 pm EDC provides Business Attraction Services, Business at the Provincial Building.