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Hellos & Goodbyes The Store Companion Recognitions Land Centre

April 1986

June 2016

Our work begins in Caledon, Ontario, with residential and school programs for 16 children between the ages of five and eighteen.

Can you imagine what it must have been like for Chuck and Diane when they started this work back in 1978? As well as caring for all those children, they were quietly laying the foundation for the thriving community we know today.

Before we moved to our new property [in 1986] there was a lot of preparation work to do. We set up a workshop in a mobile home where we made firewood, did candle making, weaving and even maple syrup.

Think about it. They are commuting back and forth, negotiating with lawyers and politicians, scratching together money for buildings --- and at the same time they are dipping candles and setting up looms in a construction trailer. Yes, the world makes endless demands, but we neglect the finer things at our peril.

“There is so much good here!” - Donna Douglas, 2015 Tribute Dinner Honoree

Thirty years later, the hard work of Chuck, Diane and many others is bearing plentiful fruit. Our companions are emerging as newly-valued citizens, and Camphill is becoming a household word throughout Barrie and Simcoe County. If we intend to live up to our reputation, we have alot of hard work ahead of us!

The 4th annual Community Action Award Dinner was awarded to Donald Stuart at the MacLaren Art Gallery on April 7, 2016!

A crowd of approximately 150 paid homage to Stuart’s celebrated career as an internationally renowned Goldsmith and Fine Metals Jewelry Designer! Born in Toronto, Stuart graduated from the Ontario College of Art in 1967, and earned a Masters of Fine Arts from the School for American Crafts in 1981. Donald received the Order of Ontario in 2000 and the Order of Canada in 2002.

Previous recipients of the CCO Community Action Award include Jeff Lehman, Rick Irvin and Donna Douglas!

Four years ago, CCO embarked on an ambitious strategic planning process that culminated in April of this year!

‘The truth is that behind every successful Strategic Plan is a group of Super People; it’s the only way it happens’

Companions, staff, parents, friends, volunteers, Board and supporters of Camphill are the champions again this year! It’s also important to acknowledge the support of the Ministry off Community & Social Services and in particular the support of John Erskine-Kellie, Program Supervisor MCSS!

We will soon be embarking on another 4 year plan that will realize substantial growth in our services and further enhance our community presence and value. Creativity, Community and Opportunity will continue to be the hallmarks of Camphill!

Following are the highlight achievements of this past year:

Camphill, the Store at 123 Dunlop St., in Barrie – Opened on December1, 2015

Architectural site drawings completed on proposed Village Land Centre –stage one approval

Architectural site drawings completed on proposed 20 unit Housinginitiative in Village

Supported Independent Living Program to provide initial service inBarrie in July, 2016

CCO awarded Three Year Ontario Trillium Grant in 2014 forDevelopment/Marketing support

MCSS awards 2 Year Employment Readiness Grant to CCO

Creation of program Lead Staff to guide Personal Outcome Measuresdevelopment/accreditation

MCSS provides CCO with an annual budget increase of $225,000.00

4th Annual CCO Community Action Award Dinner honors DonaldStuart

Community based Companion Rights Committee established in late 2013

CCO establishes renewed relationship/membership with CamphillAssociation of North America

CCO website and Logo rebranded in 2015

TD Bank awards CCO $12,000 grant to develop Community Garden2

In those 30 years we have seen a steady stream of people whose lives and deeds have created a human tapestry defined by colour, texture and purpose. Yes, there are those of us who have been with the community since the beginning and we are usually embarrassed to be recognized as such but there are so many who have contributed along the way. Some have been carried over the threshold of death and live in full vivid clarity in our memories, many made their mark and went on to follow their star in other directions.

Being one of the founders, I can look back at a long list of accomplishments; bricks and mortar, growth and progress, successes and failures but the most prevailing, enduring and visceral impressions I keep throughout the 30-year story of Camphill Communities Ontario are of the many human souls who have walked alongside us on our journey. Apart from the everyday work and life, we have celebrated births, deaths, weddings, festive occasions, parties, hosted many friends from other Camphill places, run conferences, concerts and retreats, and pulled off gala events, in short, a long lineage of social life which has been the real accomplishment. When I look back over the span of time we have served as Camphill, it is always the social development which stands out. The fundamentals of life; work, relationships and celebration are the milestones of our history. Moving from a single dwelling in Caledon in 1986 with 16 adolescents and half as many coworkers to the present day where we carry responsibility for 30 residents plus 20 who come on a daily basis for work and art, not to mention the 80 staff people who devote their efforts to making it all seamless is a lot to take in.

”But again, I have to make reference to the hundreds of people who have travelled in this parade over those 30 years whose contributions, both big and small, have helped to get us to the place we are now.”

Often our accomplishments are measured in material methodologies; fewer incidents, cost effective measures, progress towards stated goals, or fundraising targets. The real accomplishments are the truly human moments when we make a difference in a person’s day with a small gesture, like a smile, or a big effort to help outside of a job description.

Our capacity to generate warmth and heart felt interest in the other person is what develops over the time we weave this tapestry of social life and the outcomes are the bonds of human relationships forged every day. So when the Gibson’s were making their long trek from North Toronto to Essa Township in the 1890’s, little did they know how the seed they planted would unfold just as we here in 2016 have no idea of what the next 30 years will bring. Nevertheless, we carry a commitment to each other and to the ideal that we need each other and following that path, we can move this precious Camphill endeavour to even better things. See you in 2046; gulp, I’ll be 99 by then!

Over the two weeks it was here, there were hundreds of visitors who were deeply moved and impressed with the variety, quality and caliber of the exhibit. It is a testament to the levels of expertise that people can achieve when creativity is their guide no matter what kind of disability may be present.

We are happy to be able to offer a token of the exhibit in the form of a catalogue showing the complete works and a short write up on each one, where it originated and photos of some of the participants. Gabriele Schneider from Camphill Communities Ontario was the person who worked with a group to contribute a tapestry. She summed up her article in the catalogue with these words:

Moments where we shine, and what we do shines: these are golden moments that happen between us, when we collaborate and are creative. Any encounter we have with another person can be such a moment: a possibility for friendship and community.

Catalogues are available for $5.00 at the Camphill Store.

We were graced for two weeks in April to host the Camphill World Wide Weave Exhibition at the Collier Street United Church in Barrie. This exhibition originated as an idea to celebrate and mark 75 years of Camphill Communities worldwide. The idea that 75 different tapestries would be curated and sent around to dozens of countries seemed daunting but Peter Bateson, Development Coordinator of the Camphill foundation in the U.K. pulled it off with flair and finesse. He also followed the exhibit here to Ontario and gave an address at the opening on April 9 in the main foyer of the Collier Street United Church. We are most grateful for the warm and wonderful hosting of the staff of the Collier Street United Church and to the Kiwanis Club of Barrie for helping to underwrite the expenses of the exhibit. Thanks also to Andre Beneteau for his tireless work mounting the pieces.

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Since 2010 Julia Wolfson had been working with us to help empower us to empower companions to achieve their goals and dreams!

Below are the ‘21’ outcome areas that we support each companion to achieve.

An individual plan will eventually outline particular outcome goals.

Our Personal Outcome Measures working group, led by myself, is developing an ‘Introduction Guide’ for families & friends!

CCO hopes to one day be formally accredited in the use of this tool through the Council of Leadership and Quality.

FACTOR ONE: MY SELF Indicators: People are connected to natural support networks. People have intimate relationships. People are safe. People have the best possible health. People exercise rights. People are treated fairly. People are free from abuse and neglect. People experience continuity and security. People decide when to share personal information.

FACTOR TWO: MY WORLD Indicators: People choose where and with whom they live. People choose where they work. People use their environments. People live in integrated environments. People interact with other members of the community. People perform different social roles. People choose services.

FACTOR THREE: MY DREAMS Indicators: People choose personal goals. People realize personal goals. People participate in the life of the community. People have friends. People are respected.

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Camphill's volunteers are an integral part of our community activities.

These volunteers give generously of their time, ideas, and skills. We have been fortunate over the past year to have a number of wonderful volunteers who enrich our Camphill store experience, our special events like our Fairs and Tribute dinner, and our day activities. I would like to thank them all for their dedication and commitment to our organization - we couldn't accomplish what we do without your generous assistance.

CFC has had a successful, if quiet year. Under the leadership of John Scarfe, we have had a member recruiting drive, resulting in a registered membership of seventeen individuals (including five Board members) qualified to vote at the 2016 AGM. This is more than enough to meet the requirements of the Canada Not-For-Profit Corporations Act.

At year end, our portfolio of negotiable securities stood at approximately CAD $575,000. This despite a declining stock market during calendar 2015, with some recovery during calendar Q1 of 2016. We now have two individuals who donate negotiable securities as part of their planned giving, and we sell these for cash to use when and as required to meet donor wishes and programme needs. Their combined donations are in the mid five figure range.

Houses similar to our 11 Donald Street property appear to be selling in the $400-475,000 range. This is above what we paid for it ($375,000), well above the depreciated value at which we carry it on our books, and we have approximately 90% equity in it.

We are having changes to our Board at this AGM. Our long-time treasurer, Maksim Khodau is stepping down, and Neil Evans is standing to replace him. Neil has been CCO’s treasurer but is rotating off their Board this year. Also Terry Kirk is stepping down as Chairman of the Board, although he has been asked to stay on it and do the wealth management. We expect to nominate John Scarfe to replace him. Terry has been Chairman for nearly eight years, taking up the position suddenly, due to the unexpected and untimely death of Hugh Wild. Since we are an all-volunteer organisation, the Chairman is effectively the Chief Executive. Terry leaves the position because he feels it is time for fresh thinking, and believes he leaves the Foundation stronger than he found it.

Camphill Foundation Canada Board of Directors

Terry Kirk - President

John Scarfe - Vice President

Maksim Khodau - Treasurer

Chuck Kyd - Secretary

Mike Coxon - Director

Kevin Rich - Director

About Camphill Foundation Canada

Camphill Foundation Canada was established in 2000 as a public foundation with a purpose to support the mission of Camphill Communities Ontario (CCO). Camphill Foundation Canada provides financial relief to CCO where government funding is not available namely to assist in the areas of project development, capital projects, capacity building and sustainability of programming as well as extraordinary needs.

Camphill is made of special people with special needs. Camphill Foundation Canada works hard to ensure the communities they live in are as unique as the people who call them home.

Your donation to Camphill Foundation Canada helps to ensure that the residents are given all the supports they need to achieve their full potential.

David Wood who assists in

the Pottery Workshop

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Two major developments ongoing are the Land Centre and the Co-housing. In the former, we are well along on the design phase and are proceeding to the planning and fundraising path. There is now a Land Centre Committee which has been meeting regularly but its activity was interrupted by a long waiting process as we applied for a permit for the septic system. That took 9 months, so we are not expecting any blazing progress but will move along at a progressive pace. The idea of a land centre is to replace an aging or non-existent infrastructure and to expand our capacity to train skills in the area of horticulture. “Learning by doing” is the approach that will help our trainees to develop useful skills and a greater self-awareness which is always a spinoff of education. The other benefit; increased capacity, will allow us to take in trainees from the wider community which is suffering a paucity of activities and services. This is an exciting project which promises to revitalize our whole agricultural area.

The Co—housing is moving at a snail pace but again it is possible to use the word; “progressive”. This is a huge project and we want to get it right. We have benefitted by having the help of SHS Consulting who have done projects for other organizations we are connected to and who have a good track record. Through their help and guidance, we have been moving forward on grants available through CMHC (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation) programs. To date we have accomplished a number of steps which have us poised to move to another grant which will help us to refine the many steps towards construction: severance, legal matters, refining the design, financing, marketing, tendering, the list is long and we are grateful for the benefit of grants to help cover the initial research and exploratory work.

Both projects will take into consideration the latest green technologies to the benefit of the environment but also to help reduce operating costs in the long run. Our architect on both projects, Charles Simon, is well known in the environmental design world.

Land Centre Land Centre

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Land Centre

Co- Housing

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Woodshop…By James Wiederer

Here in the Woodshop trying a new trade on the side is Sandra C. who is a multi-talented and a hard worker.

The shop is pleased to announce it will have a wheelchair ramp installed by the end of the month for easier accessibility for Eric H., Michael S. and guests thanks to the Kinsmen Club of Barrie who volunteered their time and labour.

Cory K. works as a sander and part-time secretary when the machines are running. And we also welcome Jerry Walker who is a retired school shop teacher who volunteers his time with the crew.

Herbery….By Peggy Rabishaw

The Herbery season started with the garlic sprouting early this spring. Our group grew herbs and tomato plants for sale at the Spring Fair. We are looking forward to warm days and harvesting herbs weekly to prepare our herb salt that is popular with our culinary customers. Our group continues

to enjoy gardening with the warmer weather and sunshine.

Garden….By Allan Kuhn

Day Program…By Jeff Alward

In the past year, we have seen the inclusion of four new participants in our day program. We have created a literacy based program which meets twice a week and have added aerobics and karaoke to our activities. The Mosaic studio continues to thrive as our products prove to be a success at the Camphill Store. The studio now has three volunteers who share their talents with us in our daily activities. We continue to look for new creative opportunities as we learn

and grow together.

We are growing! This season we are going to attempt to deliver not only at the Barrie Famers Marker, but at the brand new Angus Farmers Market!

We are also proud to welcome back Peter S., and Annette P. to our super garden crew, who are: Ryan B., Patrick S., Jonathan G., Joey B. and last but not least Trevor B. This season we are looking forward to increasing our profile, and making some new friends out in the greater community! Stay tuned, and if you ever want to come out and help us weed, give us a call…Thanks Allan

This spring has been busier than usual due to the ice storm cleanup and 7 new calves. We are in the process of downsizing the herd to a more manageable level. We also prepared a space in the barn for Chester the horse who will be a new Animal Husbandry Program. Let’s give him some time to adjust to his new surroundings. The hay is ready to cut so we’ll be diving into that as soon as possible and hope for a good yield.

Land……..By

David Kyd

Pottery…….By Vanessa Stinson

The pottery workshop works hard to showcase their unique, one of a kind items at the Camphill Store and Camphill Fairs. Pottery is an excellent way for one to share their artistic talents. Every finished piece starts off as an idea and as a workshop we help and encourage each other to make it happen. The pottery workshop runs 5 days a week during the morning hours.

Bakery…….. By Shannon Turner

We are very excited to announce the re-establishment of the Camphill Bakery workshop!

Many of our companions are enjoying the various stages of baking and have started out with small projects such as muffins and cookies. The workshop welcomes all levels of experience, from beginners to novice, and the group focuses on helping one another and sharing our finished products with the community. Eventually moving towards much bigger projects that can be shared throughout our village and wider community.

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David Cullen has joined us as the new lead for our Ontario Trillium Grant as the Fundraising/Community Development Manager!

David comes to us with an extensive background working at at Camphill Newton Dee, where he spent over 10 years in Administration including managing capital Budgets, coordination campaigns, donors and donations.

Devlin Balfour has come aboard as our new Employment Integration Specialist!

Devlin comes to us with an extensive background in job development, employment counselling, case management and facilitation. He has over10 years experience assisting people who face barriers with developing career skills, life skills and academic upgrading.

Devlin states “Camphill’s Passport to Employment program helps companions to enter volunteer and paid positions in the community”

On May 31, 2016; Mike Pigott said his final goodbyes to Camphill after 12 years in our maintenance department; the last 5 as Maintenance Supervisor. Mike’s last job was to secure the new stone entrance sign in the Village. Mike was as versatile a contractor as we have ever seen, as there was almost no appliance or farm machinery he could not repair, and that saved CCO a great deal of money over the years.

Mike bids us adieu as he heads to a new home in Bancroft and we all wish him the best with that new

beginning!

Lee McLaughlin is our new fixer upper guy and will now be head of our Maintenance Department. Lee is no stranger, he has volunteered at the Pottery at Sophia Creek being an accomplished potter and working, creating beautiful creations with the companions. Before coming to us he also worked at the MacLaren Art Centre as a cabinet refinisher, he has also done a lot of graphic work which is also handy for IT skills.

We are lucking to have found him!

Welcome aboard Lee!!

If you are on the lookout for some good, insightful non-fiction reading this

Summer, look no further than Craig Davidson’s, Precious Cargo!

Davidson tells the unique story of one transformative year in his life and

Of his unlikely one year job driving a school bus with 6 clearly differently-

Abled and vibrant Western Canadian children. Precious indeed.

Davidson cemented his literary presence with “Rust & Bone” and

“Cataract City”!

I can recommend this read with complete confidence – you will enjoy!

Larry Palmer

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On December 1st 2015, Camphill Communities Ontario ventured into new territory: RETAIL!

The Camphill Store located at 123 Dunlop Street east in Barrie displays and sells a wide range of crafts and art created in our studios and craft shops in Barrie and at the rural site in Essa Township. We also feature many fine products from local artists and crafts people. L’Arche in Richmond Hill is a contributor and we sell a lot of their candles and ceramics. The range of items is immense and even if a person doesn’t make a purchase, the experience of being in the store is that of having toured a fine art gallery. One feels uplifted by the mood and ambiance of the setting. Another feature of the store is hosting performances; in December we were mesmerized by Julian Mulock giving a rendition of Dylan Thomas’; A Child’s Christmas in Wales backed up with the beautiful piano of Robin Rich who wove carols throughout. Local poet Bruce Meyer delighted us with readings of his poems and stories recently and then we hosted a jazz trio during the Barrie Jazz Festival. All were Sunday afternoon presentations free to the public thanks to the Camphill Foundation Canada and the Ita Wegman Foundation.

Look for the store on the Camphill Communities website: camphill.on.ca or by phone at 705 739 1833 or email us at: thestore@camphill.on.ca We look forward to your visit, you won’t be disappointed.

Hello, if we have not met already I hope to connect with you soon and hear your story. A Toronto native, I recently joined CCO after helping Camphill Newton Dee in Scotland for the better part of 14 years. Over the past couple of weeks I learned that the Development office has been busy: spreading the word about Camphill, laying the groundwork for new partnerships, increasing capacity and supporting new initiatives.

Since December, Camphill, L’Arche and local artists have a storefront presence to showcase and sell their work. Walk-in traffic has been constant and word is spreading that this is a great place to browse for things of beauty and value or experience local music and poetry. The guest book is full of positive reviews that the store is “wonderful….lovely…..gorgeous….beautiful”, and my favourite comment: “the funniest part of my Christmas shopping”.

In Barrie, the World Wide Weave and this year’s Tribute Dinner were great opportunities to reach out, inform people about the work of Camphill and recruit new volunteers or partners.

In Angus the kitchen in Novalis Hall was expanded to support extra day activities and rental events. Rental income increased and many favourable comments were received about the quality of the venue and its surroundings. Through funding from the TD Bank and the support of volunteers a publicly accessible community garden was built.

Looking ahead, there will be continued expansion of the retail activities, a significant capital campaign for the Land Centre project, a developing partnership with Georgian College in the Arts and Social Enterprise, new income from Bingo (thanks to our loyal volunteers) and landscape improvements around the village thanks to the Kinsmen Group of Barrie and the Landscape Association of Ontario.

Fall Fair

SAT, October 15th, 2016

12PM to 4PM

Novalis Hall

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Please join us in welcoming Steven who is coming to us from Community Living Toronto. He joined our new Supported Independent Living Program on June 22nd.

Welcome Colin! Colin has called Tamarack his home since June 22, 2015. He welcomes us all every day with a big smile and ready for the day’s new adventure!

Leah M., recognizing her spirit of giving back and her commitment to volunteering at “Furry Friends” – this is a shelter that helps kittens and cats at any age find a home. She donates her knitted blankets to the shelter as well as feeding the felines and giving them TLC every Thursday afternoon.

Trevor B., recognizing his ability to open his home at Camphill and sharing many of the values- care of the land, the social relationships and his participation in our rich cultural environment.

Peter N. has been with CCO for the past 25 years, and is an integral part of our community. Peter takes pride in being a part of the everyday activities in the village, and although he recently turned 89, he continues to work at the woodshop and water the cows three times a day. Peter loves taking care of the Camphill cows and looks forward to contributing to their care.

In 2015 we were awarded a ‘two year’ employment readiness grant form the Ministry of Community and Social Services, which included training for residential staff to become orientated to the skills required to assist companions with paid employment and or volunteering support.

Our employment program has been very successful to date we have 9 payment positions secured and 4 new volunteer placements arranged in the community. We have developed a restaurant training program and in the process of developing a retail training program.

The current CCO Strategic Plan indicated a desire for CCO to broaden its service base and due to the number of companions identified through Developmental Services Ontario that were capable of living with intermittent support we decided to initiate a Supported Independent Living program (SIL).

We are welcoming our first SIL on June 22nd. Stephen will be coming to us from Toronto and we are actively arranging for our second person who should be in place

by the end of summer.

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The CCO Board of Directors are a dedicated group of volunteers that meet 8 times a year and oversee the many activities happening at Camphill. This year has been especially busy for Camphill and we thank them for their continuing support.

The Board of Directors would like to encourage anyone with an interest in volunteering in this manner, including possible committee participation, to contact Sandra Mucci or Larry Palmer.

Mark McAlister Barry Marynick Jansje Holmes

Neil Evans Dr. Susan Graham-Clay

Chris Wheeler Noreen McDonald

Chuck Kyd Michelle Atefi

7841 – 4th Line / Angus, ON LOM 1B1 / 705 424 5363 & 78 Toronto Street / Barrie, ON L4N 1V2 / 705 728 7752

www.camphill.on.ca www.camphillfoundation.ca

Camphill Mosaic Studio Camphill Market Garden and Camphill Communities Ontario find us on

MCSS, $2,733,201

Room/Board, $345,146

Grants, $240,437

Day Program, $121,407

Interest, $5,052

Fundraising & Donations,

$17,655

Subsidies for Special Projects,

$110,000

Other Fundings, $145,379

Store, $23,541

Revenue

Administration, $89,729 Expenditures on Special Projects, $109,152

Food, $114,379 Insurance, $51,972

Mileage & Travel, $13,658 Occupancy,

$187,143 Other Program Costs, $101,310

Purchased Services, $34,887

Repairs & Maintenance, $50,730

Compensation, $2,838,554

Staff Training, $30,314

Small Waterworks, $9,392

Vehicles, $80,853