On October 19, 2019, AHC held a “Mental Health Fair”. At the same time, we did our third leadership training workshop on “Mental Health Matters in the Future”. The purpose of the “Mental Health Fair” was to create an opportunity for community members to raise awareness of mental health and healthcare resources and destigmatize mental…
On October 25, 2019, AHC hosted a youth Club parents’ night which took place on Oct 25th. Parents and AHC staff shared a lot of information about AHC programs, the benefits of youth participation in various AHC afterschool programs, as well as the importance of parents’ role in youth encouragement and motivation.
On Wednesday, November 6th, senior participants from the Learning English For Daily Life (LED) program at Mill woods seniors association participated in an injury prevention workshop facilitated by Billy Smale from Alberta Health Services. Billy demonstrated safe exercise and lifting practices, safety tips for winter weather and more! Participants enjoyed some light refreshments and fun…
AHC team members participated in some office fun this Halloween through fun costumes and treats! view images of the team below.
Le journal des nouvelles francophones albertaines, Le Franco, a présenté Action for Healthy Communities dans son édition de cette semaine! The Albertan Francophone news publication, Le Franco, profiled Action for Healthy Communities in this week’s edition!
On Sunday, September 15th AHC’s youth Art Club participated in the Art Family Festival where they participated in paper and card-making workshops and had fun watching a variety of performances. View images from the event below!
On Thursday, September 19th from 4-7 pm AHC held it’s 7th Annual Diversity Health Fair at Kingsway Shopping Centre in collaboration with Alberta Health Services. Staff and volunteers engaged with individuals and groups to continue the reflection and learning to sustain actions that create community health and well-being. Our generous supporters this year were Sobeys,…
On August 10, 2019, AHC held its annual youth soccer tournament. The event was very successful and well organized with more than 100 newcomer youth participants. A special thanks to Pizza Hut and Paradise sweet shop who donated Pizza and sweets to the youth after the games. View images from the event below.
On July 19, 2019, Parks Canada in collaboration with AHC hosted a Learn to Camp workshop for 43 attendees from Syria and Kurdistan. The 3 hours session covered camping rules and regulations and how to stay safe from the wildlife and how to protect and be considerate of nature. Some helpful tips given to the…
