Mission Statement

To provide people who are hard to employ a meaningful work experience through which they will learn some of the basic skills required for employment.

Our Objectives

To uphold the value of each human being; to train up to six persons each year; to offer training in a personalized one-on-one format; to arrange meaningful post-training placements; to maintain a long-term supportive relationship with our trainees after they successfully complete the program; to regularly evaluate our program in an effort to provide the best possible service.

Trainees are asked to make a commitment to volunteer 16 hrs over two months as a criteria for admission into the program. Once admitted each person’s time with us is determined by their personal goals and future needs, this may be designing further education plans or finding work. Each client is offered mentorship for up to two years. .

All training is done in a real work environment with professional educators from our community. Personalized training matches the need of the client with lessons of the day. Training can be formal or informal depending on the need of the trainee.

Anyone having difficulty finding or maintaining a job may become one of our clients. They could be from shelters, other agencies, self-referrals, courts assigning community hours, post-treatment programs or those struggling on income assistance.

We accept those who make a commitment to change.

Founding Board Members:

Pat Carlson, Paul Cartwright, Wayne Phillips, Darrell Kitchen, Marilyn Brewer, John Coates, Shirley Dunfield

Our Staff:

M.J. Finnamore

Workshop Coordinator: Terri Doucette

Pat Carlson, CEO

We are funded by private donors.

Gold members: Lois Walker and Ted Mather

Labour is supplied by community members and those of the Church and Community Group.

Quick facts:

• We opened our doors for business on Nov. 21, 2007.
• We became a registered charity effective Jan. 1, 2008.
• A growing number of people are now working thanks to help from “Changes”
• Financial aid is offered in some circumstances depending on need and availability of funds
• We model the dress for success philosophy and help both in-house clients and those in other programs seeking help with interview clothing.
• Several people have been helped with Dress for Success.
• We are building partnerships with other agencies to bring in new trainees.
• We have openings for trainees
• Our success rate is 90% after only three years in operation
• We educate in nutrition and use off-site training for other components
• We promote further education and have some of our clients go on to community colleges

Privacy Policy: We do not share names of donors with the public without specific permission from them.

Changes Non-Profit Enterprises Inc. is a registered charity. (Charity # 836240150RR0001.)

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