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With the help of the Neil Squire Society’s Working Together program, the South Okanagan Women in Need Society (SOWINS) were able to grow their staff and get much needed work done that they wouldn’t have otherwise had the resources to do.
With the help of a wage subsidy, the Neil Squire Society’s Working Together program let Kyle enter the work force at a comfortable pace for him to be supported and succeed.
“I’ve had back pain issues for quite a long time. Even though I enjoy working and being active, there are times when I’m just not physically able, and that’s frustrating,” says Adam, who completed the Working Together Program at the Neil Squire Society in 2014. Adam’s goal was to gain a full time position that his back would allow him to work at without incurring much discomfort.
Sometimes the best way to learn is to teach — that’s the lesson Keisha learned as a Neil Squire Society youth intern at the Penticton Indian Band’s Footprints to Technology Centre.
The Community Foundation of the South Okanagan | Similkameen awarded a $10,000 grant to the Neil Squire Society in April, 2015.