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💙💛 Exciting things are happening at SOAR!

Our Online Fundraising Auction is coming up November 20–27, and we would love your support! Come check out some great items, place a bid, and help us continue supporting survivors of childhood sexual abuse across Nova Scotia.

We also have two upcoming SOAR Wellness Project Community Education Sessions on November 26 and December 7 in Bridgewater. Everyone is welcome to join us, learn more about SOAR, and connect with our community!

💙 Every bid, share, and connection helps make a difference!

🛍️ Check out our auction here:
SOAR Online Fundraising Auction

Thank you for supporting SOAR and helping us spread the word! 💛
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As a volunteer-based organization in Nova Scotia, we want to share an important update from the Canada's Volunteer Awards (CVA) program.

The Canada’s Volunteer Awards has updated its contact email address:

Previous email:
New email:

If you communicate with the Canada’s Volunteer Awards program, please update your records and use the new email address for all future correspondence and volunteer nominations.

The Canada’s Volunteer Awards recognize volunteers, non-profit organizations, social enterprises, and businesses that make exceptional contributions to communities across Canada. The awards celebrate the many ways volunteering strengthens our communities and inspires others to get involved.

Please note that the previous email address will remain active during the transition to help ensure uninterrupted communication.

For more information about the Canada’s Volunteer Awards, visit:
www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/programs/volunteer-awards.html

If you have questions about the program, you can contact the Canada’s Volunteer Awards team:

Phone: 1-877-825-0434
Email:
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As a volunteer-based

Thank you to all of our supporters!Today, representatives from many community organizations across Nova Scotia were recognized at Province House by the Minister of Addictions and Mental Health and congratulated by members of the House following the announcement of 23 Community Wellness grants. Strengthening community organizations is an important part of creating universal access to mental health and addictions care – connecting people with support close to home.

news.novascotia.ca/en/2025/03/06/addictions-mental-health-funding-announced

Congratulations to:
Aidaen’s Place Youth Support Hub, Yarmouth
Ally Centre of Cape Breton, Sydney
Nova Scotia Association of Black Social Workers (provides services provincewide)
Bereaved Families of Cape Breton, Sydney
CMHA Halifax-Dartmouth Branch
Canadian Mental Health Association - Nova Scotia (provides services provincewide)
Canadian Mental Health Association - Southwest Nova Scotia, Yarmouth
Colchester East Hants Hospice, Truro
Cumberland Homelessness & Housing Support Association, Amherst
Well-being HUBs, Eastern Shore-Musquodoboit Valley
Eating Disorders Nova Scotia (provides services provincewide)
Healthy Minds Cooperative, Dartmouth
Immigrant Services Association of Nova Scotia ISANS (provides services provincewide)
Mainline Needle Exchange, Halifax
Millbrook band council, Millbrook First Nation
Open Arms Resource Centre Society, Kentville
Pathways Cape Breton, Sydney
Portal Youth Outreach Association, Kentville
Rainbow Refugee Association of Nova Scotia - RRANS, Halifax
Survivors of Abuse Recovering (S.O.A.R.) Society, Kentville
Tricounty Restorative Justice, Yarmouth
Tri-County Women's Centre, Yarmouth
Viola’s Place Society, New Glasgow
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Thank you to all of

2023 marked SOAR's 30th anniversary. For a volunteer-based society with no core funding, that is a minor miracle, so we had a celebratory dinner to mark the milestone! ...

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Visit to Laing House by Their Excellencies the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, and Mr. Whit Fraser. ...

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That time when our very own chair, Cathy Vey, met with the Governor General of Canada ...

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