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Personal Attention Reduces Poverty

Circles, a national program for helping families get out of poverty, taps an underused resource: middle-class support groups By Phuong Ly

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CBS Evening News Features Circles Campaign

You don't want to miss this chance to see Circles in action as a CBS crew follows the story of an Ohio Circles Leader as she gets a new job, connects with a Circles Ally and attends a weekly Circles meeting. This story is launching the Circles Campaign onto the national media spotlight, just on the heels of great coverage of Circles and Move the Mountain's CEO Scott Miller in the Huffington Post.

Many Circle Communities are using this exciting opportunity to reach out to their local media to...

Circles turns two; helping lift residents from poverty

By CATHY DOBSON, The Observer

Leaders of a unique anti-poverty initiative in Sarnia-Lambton say the Circles program has helped six people beat poverty and become self-sufficient.

Five graduated from Lambton College this spring and one is a labourer's apprentice.

Thirty-eight families, including 75 children, have participated in Circles since it began two years ago, said co-ordinator Gayle Montgomery.

The program is the first in Canada and uses a community approach to support and befriend those who...

County of Lambton Achievement Awards

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

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,...