WHAT WE DO

The Cochrane Partnership’s funding focus is on assisting families to live free from abuse; giving children the skills they need to build the futures they want; and helping people obtain the resources needed to live with dignity and satisfaction.

mPower in school mentoring program links high needs students with volunteer mentors in the community. The program made a big impact on one particular student who is a cancer survivor living with his single mom and siblings. The volunteer-mentor match began in school and soon moved into the community so the two could explore the activities they were both interested in. Since then, the youth and his mentor have gone skiing, to hockey games and to the movies. They have also enjoyed other outdoor activities such as climbing and biking. The mentor now attends extra-curricular functions to support the youth. Their relationship has flourished and the youth’s younger siblings are now requesting mentors for themselves. This particular student and mentor are an animated and vibrant match who share excitement for mPower and other community mentoring programs in Cochrane.
- Big Brothers & Big Sisters of Calgary & Area’s  mPower program in Cochrane
 

2010 Funded Programs:

mPower Youth Mentoring Cochrane (Big Brothers & Big Sisters Society of Calgary & Area); Seniors on the Go (Cochrane 50 and Over Club); Supporting Youth in Need (Cochrane Youth Association/ Boys and Girls Clubs); Cochrane and Area Victim Services Volunteer (Cochrane and Area Victim Services); Home Reno Heaven Capacity Building (Cochrane Society for Housing Options); English Language Learning Materials (Nat Boothby Memorial Library); Grandparent Mentoring Program (Seniors for Kids society); School Liaison Program and Community Access Resource (Western Rocky View Family and Community Resource Centre).

Members of the Cochrane partnership committee include:

Chair: Brenda Sine 
Betty Goodsell
Marg Lepp
Hamish Kerfoot
Jerilyn Daniels
Jim Husband
Meryl Lehn
Terry Reynar           
Cory Lahoda, Town of Cochrane
Susan Flowers, Town of Cochrane

211 for Cochrane and Area was launched in January 2007. Visit www.211calgary.ca for more information.

For more information, contact the United Way/Cochrane Partnership:

c/o Cochrane FCSS
101 Ranchehouse Road
Cochrane, AB T4C 2K8

Office Location: 209-2nd Ave. W., Cochrane AB
Ph. (403) 851-2250
Fax. (403) 851-2260
E. unitedway@cochrane.ca