WHAT GOES THROUGH YOUR MIND WHEN YOU THINK OF HOMELESS YOUTH? It might be time to think again. Stereotypes can hinder at-risk youth from getting the help they need to get back on track for a safe and successful future. Tracy Wood is the Senior Coordinator of...
On the eve of a milestone anniversary, United Way Simcoe Muskoka (UWSM) has launched new online tools to help local residents and businesses understand how their donations and volunteer support are making a difference in local communities. In this digital age, we're identifying that ongoing...
We didn’t want to get it wrong. Earlier this year, we decided it was time to start opening our events with a Land Acknowledgement Statement. Our Women in Leadership Luncheon, held in Barrie last June, would be the first. As an organization mandated to serve the...
Poverty goes beyond income. Hunger and homelessness. Education inequality, unemployment and social isolation. Mental illness and domestic violence. Why are United Ways across the country launching a new publicity campaign about local poverty, in all its forms? Because our neighbours are struggling and we need your help in...
Guest blogger: Tracy Wood  Tracy Wood is the Senior Coordinator of Community Programs for Elizabeth Fry Society of Simcoe County. Her portfolio includes overseeing the UWSM-funded Muskoka Youth Trustee Program, for which she was recently recognized as an Outstanding Community Contributor by the District Municipality of...
AJ says he should have been successful, but wasn’t. By his 11th birthday, he’d been diagnosed with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). That led to diagnoses of general anxiety and depression, too. “Growing up, I was in the gifted program at school, but I got into shouting matches...
