PFC - Portage Friendship Centre Online

ATTENTION:

The Portage Friendship Centre invites membership to our upcoming
Annual General Meeting on May 31^st, 2012

To ensure you have voting rights please renew/purchase your membership before May 17^th, 2012.
Also if you have any proposed constitutional amendments they have to be in by this date.

$2.00 per membership
Elders 55+ please advise us if you would like to renew your membership free of charge.

The meetings will be located at the Portage Friendship Centre using the
310 Princess Avenue entrance (sidedoors)

The Portage Friendship Centre Housing starts at 6:00 pm and the regular meeting at 7:00 pm.
Hope to see you there!

We are now accepting applications for summer student positions

Please check out Young Canada Works to register before you apply

Submit your resume and cover letter to

Portage Friendship Centre
20-3rd Street North East
Portage la Prairie, Manitoba
R1N 1N4

After you register with YCW - Good luck everyone

The Deadline for applicants is June 1st, 2012 by 5:00 pm

Job descriptions ==> Cultural Summer Day Camp Worker

Program Assistant - CCAY

Summer Student Position

The Friendship Centre began its operation in 1966; it was originally called the Indian & Metis Friendship Centre.

In 1970 the Centre was incorporated as the Portage la Prairie Friendship Centre, governed by a constitution, by-laws, and a Board of Directors. Today the Portage Friendship Centre strives to provide timely and necessary services to the Aboriginal population in Portage la Prairie and surrounding communities. We are constantly on a look out for better ways to serve the public and provide a setting where all people feel welcome.

We have annual events such as our Aboriginal Day Celebrations, our School supply drives, our Cultural Summer Day Camps and of course our Elders Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners. We better not forget about our Children’s Halloween and Christmas parties.

PFC Mission Statement

The Portage Friendship centre is a non profit organization committed to becoming
self-sufficient and to continuing cultural, spiritual and educational programming thereby
promoting the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual well being
of urban Aboriginal people.

This commitment is realized through the development and implementation of
social and educational programs promoting and developing leadership, increasing awareness levels
of Native Heritage, establishing recourses for community development
of urban aboriginal self-governing institutions.

The goals of the Centre shall be:

1. To provide support services to all people in the community, but primarily to Native people, in all aspects of counselling relating to
their expressed needs.

2. To provide opportunities for Native people to be aware of, promote, and maintain their cultural identity within the urban community.

3. To provide opportunities for meaningful interaction for people all ages in a variety of social settings.

4. To provide opportunities to facilitate Native people in achieving their individual educational and employment goals.

5. To provide adequate long and short term living conditions for Native people in the city of Portage la Prairie.

6. To provide a drop-in centre for Native people in Portage la Prairie.

7. To provide a liaison between Native people and social agencies.

8. To provide and develop leadership for Native people in and around Portage la Prairie so as to ensure they have appropriate access to
all facilities and services.

9. To encourage greater Native participation in community affairs and activities.

10. To document the needs and problems of Native people and recommend solutions to same.