Touchstone is a non-profit community based social service agency. We have been providing services to Richmond and nearby areas since 1983.
Our services have primarily focused on preserving and enhancing family relationships. Through qualified staff, we offer a wide variety of professional services to the community.
Touchstone Family Association is currently recruiting for Two (2) Term Summer Recreation Support Workers.
The summer recreation support workers are term positions during the summer months.
The successful candidates in these two positions will, under the direction of the Program Coordinator, provide for the emotional, social, physical and intellectual needs of at risk youth ages 12-19yrs.
Responsible for engaging youth in summer recreational programming, we are looking for a candidates who work cooperatively as part of a counseling team and who will generate/initiate experiential learning for youth that is client driven and goal specific.
If one of these jobs interests you please follow the link to the career section of our website to find out more about job requirements and how to apply.
Date: Wednesday, May 8th
6:30 pm Doors Open
7:00 pm Meeting begins
Location: Vancouver Airport Marriott Hotel
7571 Westminster Hwy, Richmond
The evening will be moderated by Michael McCoy and Janice Barr with questions to the candidates generated by social service agencies and the audience. Admission is free.
For more information please contact, Janice Kostiuk jkostiuk@touchfam.ca
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Gateway Theatre held an event as part of their Knit&Purl Campaign April 22nd to sew blankets from knitted squares provided by many donors. Knitted blankets will be donated to Touchstone Family Association, S.O.S. Children’s Village & The Salvation Army while raising funds for the Gateway Theatre.
For more information visit: https://www.gatewaytheatre.com/knit-and-purl.html
Touchstone would like to thank Trinity Pacific Church congregation for their eager and active participation in the 2013 Touchstone Family Association Eating Together campaign.
We are pleased to hear the congregation came together to “share food and fellowship and catch up with one another” at an Eating Together event this February. And like icing on a cake, the church members made a donation to the Front Porch Program that will assist families seeking Touchstone’s counseling assistance.
Thank you Trinity Pacific Church parishoners – we look forward to your participation in 2014!
Date: April 25, 2013
Time: 10:00am – 12:00pm (doors open at 9:30am)
Place: St Albans Church (7260 St Albans Rd Richmond)
Cost: FREE, but registration required
For more information and to register, please email: touchstone@touchfam.ca
The FASD Richmond Roundtable was formed in 2008. It is a community initiative that builds FASD awareness through education and prevention.
Speakers this year include:
John Gotowiec, Pacific Community Resources
Richard Willier, BA, BC Aboriginal Youth Probation Specialist
Sharrie Dahl, grandmother, guardian and advocate.
Watch Chef Vikram Vij demonstrates his frozen family cuisine at the media reception!
Click HERE to watch Vij’s cooking demonstration.
Click HERE to watch Vij talks about what Eating Together means to him.
After the cooking classes and community activities, it’s your time to shine! Submit your favourite family recipes and tell us why it’s your family favourite, and it will be included in our digital cookbook!
For your recipe to be included, please submit your favourite family recipe here, and tell us your story behind the recipe – Why is it your favourite? And remember to include a nice image of your dish or your family meal!
The Eating Together Online Auction closed on Friday midnight. We have a record 155 bids for the items posted!
We will be notifying winners very shortly. Thank you for supporting Eating Together and Front Porch!
Eating Together Online Auction is now open!
Auction Opens from Wed. Feb 27 to Sat. Mar 9 12:00am (i.e. midnight on Fri. Mar 8).
There are 27 items available! Please follow the instrustions on the action page to bid.
Click HERE to go to the auction page.
All funds raised by the online auction go to the Touchstone Front Porch Program. Thank you to all our sponsors and thanks to you all for helping Richmond Families!
Research has shown that children, youth and other social groups benefit in many ways when families eat together. During Eating Together week, Touchstone has teamed up with the BC Dairy Association Better Together BC to deliver this presentation for the community to find out how you can support people in your community to cook and eat together more often using the tools and resources associated with Better Together BC.
Speaker: Sydney Massey
Fri Mar 1, 2013
Thompson Community Centre (Board Room)
1:30pm to 3:00pm
Space is limited for this talk. Click HERE to register for this nutritional talk!
