United Way Perth-Huron's new Northern Huron Connection Centre will open at St. Paul’s-Trinity Anglican Church in Wingham next February.
The centre will operate as a welcoming safe space for the community’s most vulnerable citizens to rest, access basic needs, obtain healthcare services, or get identification assistance.
It will be open to residents of Howick, Morris-Turnberry and North Huron.
The United Way is also celebrating a $5,000 donation to the project from Britespan Building Systems.
The agency Choices for Change has been chosen to operate the centre, with a goal of offering access important services and supports under one roof.
“This is an exciting day,” said UWPH Executive Director Ryan Erb. “We are happy to as the home of the connection centre in Wingham. Reverend JoAnn Todd and the congregation of St. Paul’s-Trinity recognized the need to support vulnerable people within the community and offered their parish hall as the home site for the NHCC.”
“We’d also like to thank Britespan for their generous donation to the NHCC,” added Lisa Harper, UWPH Manager Community Development, Northern Huron. “To nurture this project, we need the support of local businesses and community members. We appreciate Britespan’s commitment to Northern Huron and United Way.”
"We are pleased to make a donation in support of the Northern Huron Connection Centre,” said Steve Burke, VP of Finance at Britespan. “We aren’t only donating to the centre. We are contributing to the overall success of our community.”