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Circles poverty-ending program stays connected during pandemic

Article and photo by Paul Morden, The Sarnia Observer - April 18, 2021

A program helping Sarnia-area families make their way out of poverty has kept going through the pandemic.

Circles, an approach Lambton County began using in 2009, has temporarily replaced its weekly dinners in church halls and community centres with phone calls, drop-offs of school supplies and food boxes, and online Zoom meetings for its families, volunteers and staff.

“They all really say, and it’s true, the in-person is way...

Emergency Child Care Program for School-Aged Children of Frontline Workers

Sarnia, ON - On Monday April 12, the Premier of Ontario announced that, in an effort to slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus, all schools in the province will revert to Remote Learning following the April break. At this time, there is no indication of how long schools will remain closed to in-person learning.

To support health care and frontline workers, the Ministry of Education has implemented a targeted emergency child care program for school-aged children only (ages 4 -12 years), at no cost...

Lambton COVID-19 Immunization Task Force Update – April 13

Point Edward, ON – The Lambton COVID-19 Immunization Task Force met Tuesday, April 13 to discuss updates to the COVID-19 vaccine rollout plan in Lambton County. Here are some highlights from the meeting:

A total of 35,443 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered. That represents 31 percent of the eligible population in Lambton County who have received one or more doses.

Last week, Lambton County entered Phase 2 of the Provincial Immunization plan. Adults 60 years of age and older, essential...