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County of Lambton Achievement Awards

Posted on Wednesday, December 15, 2010 12:00 AM

Warden's Award of Excellence: Gayle Montgomery (Circles Coordinator) & Mary Lou Robb (Circles Caseworker) - Implementation of the Circles Model of Poverty Reduction

Warden's Award of Excellence: Gayle Montgomery and Mary Lou Robb have worked tirelessly to bring the Circles™ model of poverty reduction to Canada. They have recruited and inspired people within the Sarnia-Lambton community to volunteer their time, energy, and resources to Circles™, in addition to building relationships beyond staff...

Circles, Part 3: A friend in need

Posted on Monday, January 18, 2010 12:00 AM

POVERTY: Circles builds on personal contacts

by Shawn Jeffors

Editor's note: This is the third in a five-part series about the Circles Poverty Reduction Strategy and the participants whose life it is changing. Lambton County is the first Canadian municipality to launch the program.

Ed Wolsey Jr. can admit it. Pride held him back.

Now, sitting in a quiet meeting room in a south Sarnia church, he says he knows he can pull himself up out of poverty. But he can't do it alone.

"When you're in a rut, sometimes...

How are they doing?

Posted on Monday, January 18, 2010 12:00 AM

Readers have been asking how individuals profiled in the five-part Circles series concluding today have fared. Following is a rundown:

  • Crystal Fach was featured in part one Thursday. She has been sober for more than three years and again has custody of her two sons. She has completed high school and begun work apprenticing as a hair stylist. Fach said she told her story to make the community aware of the dangers of drug abuse.
  • Ed Wolsey Jr., featured in part three Monday. He is contemplating a return...

Sarnia Observer: Local Circles Program Turning Heads

Posted on Monday, January 18, 2010 12:00 AM

by SHAWN JEFFORDS (article from The Sarnia Observer)

Toronto might be able to learn a thing or two from Sarnia-Lambton about battling poverty.

Just a month after the official launch here of the Circles poverty reduction strategy, Metro Toronto Literacy wants to implement the program in the capital city, said local co-ordinator Gayle Montgomery.

"It's really great news. We're being seen as provincial leaders in poverty reduction," she said.

Lambton County was the first Canadian municipality to adopt...

UPDATED: Circles co-founder attends local launch

Posted on Monday, January 18, 2010 12:00 AM

Editor's note: This is the last in a five-part series about the Circles Poverty Reduction Strategy and the participants whose life it is changing.

by Shawn Jeffords

Scott Miller isn't a beach person.

The co-founder of the Circles Poverty Reduction Strategy spent his 25th wedding anniversary with his wife in Hawaii, a place he'd long wanted to visit.

"Towards the end of the trip I couldn't wait to get back," recalled Miller, who was in Sarnia for the official launch of Circles on Tuesday.

When he...

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