Services & Activities

CCS provides a wide range of services and a number of activities aimed at improving the lives of those in our community who most need a caring hand up.

Our special camps offer memorable experiences to persons not otherwise able to fully enjoy the bounteous nature that surrounds us. Camp Kinkora, Camp Positive and Trail's End Camp have long provided and continue to provide unique opportunities to live unforgettable experiences and forge life-long friendships, while enjoying the lakes and forests most of us take for granted.

CCS's several senior community centres, meanwhile, ensure that seniors in the communities we serve benefit from meaningful support to help them live independent, active and more joyful lives. As part of this effort we also operate Satellite Centres, an outreach program instituted to provide support to seniors not able to attend activities at our centres.

Finally, Nazareth House is a residence for men offering shelter, meals and one-on-one support to those in need.

A number of programs also exist to help fulfill our mandate of enriching community life in the areas we serve. These include early-childhood learning programs to meet the needs of underprivileged youngsters and their parents, seniors' integration programs designed to reduce conditions of isolation, and a program to ensure access to health and social services for local English-speaking communities.

We invite you to see below for more detailed information, and to find out how to contact persons responsible for each individual program.

Almage Centre 50+

Almage
  • Singular English Senior Community Centre in east-end Montreal for more than 25 years!
  • Offers Home Support services, including a hot meals program, friendly visits & phone calls and support for medical appointments.
  • Encourages participation in many social & physical activities, including aerobics, bingo, bowling and card-playing.
  • Promotes values of mutual aid, a giving attitude toward each other and solidarity to enhance the lives of their members.

Diane Doonan

Almage Centre 50+
8680, rue Hochelaga est
Anjou (Québec)  H1L 2M6

Camp Kinkora

  • Located on a private lake in St-Adolphe d'Howard in the Laurentians, it is a four-season camp open to groups and families, including 800+ families every summer.
  • It serves the most vulnerable members of our community, including the sick, poor, isolated and ostracized, as well as intellectually handicapped children and adults from The West Island Association for the Intellectually Handicapped (WIAIH).

Provides an ideal setting for hiking, swimming, nature and meditation retreats.

Camp Kinkora
265 ch. du Lac-Beauchamp
Saint-Adolphe-d'Howard (Québec)  J0T 2B0

  • Telephone: 514 937-5351

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Camp Positive

Camp Positive
  • An annual week-long camp intended to break the isolation felt by individuals living with of HIV/AIDS.
  • A unique concept in Quebec, whereby participants come from all regions of the province.
  • Committed to replenishing the spirit and promoting a superior quality of life.
  • More than 90 volunteers a year support the camp.

Camp Positive
265 ch. du Lac-Beauchamp
Saint-Adolphe-d'Howard (Québec)  J0T 2B0

  • Telephone: 514 937-5351, ext. 240

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Trail's End Camp

  • An annual summer camp and home for a week to more than 350 underprivileged children between the ages of 6 to 17.
  • 95% of the children live below the poverty line and many live in foster homes.
  • For 70% of these children, it is their only vacation during the year.

Trail's End Camp represents Hope, Opportunity and Positive Change.

  • A healthy and safe environment for children to relax among peers, have fun and create memories to last a lifetime.
  • Activities include water sports, rock climbing and nature walks - all of which enable the children to enjoy the outdoors.

Trail's End Camp
21 rang St-Vincent
Sainte-Béatrix (Québec)  J0K 1Y0

  • Telephone: 514 937-5351

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Saint-Antoine, Community Centre for Seniors 50+

St. Antoine 50+

"Without St-Antoine, I would be all alone or institutionalized."

  • Serves seniors in Little Burgundy, St-Henri, Pointe St-Charles and Verdun.
  • Encourages participation in many social & physical activities, including birthday parties, computer courses, art classes, board games and day trips.
  • Offers Home Support services, including a hot meals program, friendly visits & phone calls and support for medical appointments.
  • Provides weekly bus transportation for grocery shopping and/or other errands.
  • Proudly has an "intergenerational program" in collaboration with a primary school, whereby students bake cookies and make personal visits.

Saint-Antoine Community Centre
2338, rue St Antoine ouest
Montréal (Québec)  H3J 1A8

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The Teapot 50+ Community Centre

La Théière 50+
  • Located on the waterfront in Lachine in a municipal building known as the Maison du Brasseur.
  • Provides a stimulating environment where members can thrive, explore their own interests and further develop their skills.
  • Encourages participation in many social & physical activities, including aerobics, painting, walking groups, computer courses, Tai Chi, scrabble and creative writing & communal cooking.
  • Offers Home Support services to those less mobile.

The Teapot 50+ Community Centre
2901, boul. St-Joseph
Lachine (Québec)  H8S 4B7

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Satellite Centres

Satellite Centres
  • CCS created this special outreach program for seniors unable to join us at one of the three Centres.
  • We currently provide services to seniors in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, Montreal North, Pierrefonds, RDP, Rosemont-St-Michel and shortly in LaSalle.
  • Seniors are welcome to meet once a week at various locations from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
  • Services offered break physical and linguistic isolation and promote spontaneity, creativity & an active lifestyle through various social & physical activities, including museum visits, computer courses, line-dancing and Tai Chi.

Socialize, have fun, share experiences, group lunch.
All sorts of fun activities decided by each group.

Diane Doonan

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Nazareth House

Nazareth House

"An oasis in the city for those abandoned or without hope."

  • A not-for-profit culturally inclusive residence for men.
  • Provides psychological and emotional support to homeless men, most of whom also suffer from mental illness.
  • Founded by the late Dennis Hadley and supported by the late Sister Georgette Côté of the Grey Nuns Congregation.
  • Open year-round and located in the Shaughnessy village in the centre of Montreal.
  • Provides cooked meals, beds, clothes and above all a listening ear.
  • Serves 500+ meals a week with the help of Moisson Montreal, neighborhood restaurants and the generosity of private donors.
  • Delivers food baskets and clothing to 45+ families.

Nazareth House
1197, avenue Seymour
Montréal (Québec)  H3H 2A4

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CCS Community

Spotlight on Some of our Programs

Assets based community development (ABCD)

ABCD provides opportunities for seniors to participate in and contribute to community life. We facilitate links between seniors and the "assets" that already exist in the community. These may include individuals as well as organizations. The benefit of this program is to help reduce the seniors' feelings of isolation.

Early Head Start / Little Learner's

Our Early Head Start and Little Learner's programs were created for children and their parents.

Early Head Start (located in LaSalle) supports children under 5 years of age and Little Learner's (located in Verdun) supports children 2-5 years old. Both programs offer age-appropriate activities, based on the developmental needs of each child, with the goal of preparing them for school. At the same time, meetings are organized for the parents to help reduce any feelings of isolation and to provide an opportunity to interact with other families facing similar challenges.

Early Head Start, Lasalle

Manpreet Davos

Little Learner's, Verdun

Sylvia Mignacca

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Network Partnership Initiative (NPI)

This program is designed to support Quebec's minority English-speaking communities with the goal of improving and maintaining access to a full range of health and social services. We work in partnership with other organizations and have plans to introduce a drug prevention program in LaSalle, as well as exercise classes, team sports and nutrition programs.

André Huot

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Drawing the Community Together!

"Drawing the Community Together!" program

Richard Dorais, a CCS resident artist, uses Academic Art to break isolation and raise self-esteem with seniors. Furthermore, research has shown that art helps sharpen motor skills and attention to detail. Richard's unique drawing and painting classes are held at low-cost housing Centres, as well as several Senior Centres and Elementary schools. His participants regularly comment on the benefits they reap from mutual encouragement and the creative synergy they experience by working together as a team.

  • It breaks seniors’ isolation and rebuilds self-esteem in each participant;
  • It improves participants’ social skills through developing group synergy and through collective encouragement;
  • Through drawing all participants develop their fine motor skills and mental capabilities;
  • Participants show increased attention and concentration levels;
  • It decreases stress levels;

Here is what a participant enthusiastically said:

"With this course, I'm at peace with myself. And I love the fraternal ambiance and community atmosphere."

Richard Dorais

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Window to the World

"Window to the World" program

The aim of our Window to the World program is to reduce a sense of isolation among seniors by helping them become comfortable with new communication technologies. Through this program, seniors receive a laptop with an internet connection and can explore the online world by surfing the World Wide Web. And by using new technologies like Skype and web cams, seniors can communicate amongst themselves and with family and friends. We also offer computer classes in groups or privately at home - all of which are taught by bright students and dedicated volunteers. And each class is adapted to different levels of comprehension and learning speeds.

  • It breaks isolation for seniors, including those with impaired vision or hearing or with dyslexia;
  • This program provides them with a much-needed social network;
  • Since our courses are designed and adapted to the special needs of seniors, they succeed in our program with a sense of accomplishment and increased self-esteem;
  • It helps seniors spend some quality time with their children and grandchildren;
  • The seniors can participate in workshops of any kind including health conferences held by medical professionals.

Diane Doonan

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