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Rehabilitative Care in Central East
Soins de réadaptation en Ontario du Centre-Est
Program: Urban Indigenous Healthy Kids
Organizations: Dryden Native Friendship Centre
Dryden Native Friendship Centre - Dryden - Queen St - Administration
Description of Services:
  • Provides education on healthy eating and increasing physical fitness levels for urban Indigenous children and families
  • Implements culture-based activities to enhance the well-being and traditional knowledge of urban Indigenous children and families
  • Programs components:
    • Promotion and provision of healthy nutrition
      • hands-on and interactive workshops to introduce food choices
      • supplying nutrition snacks, meals and food for children and family programming
      • providing healthy meal preparation tools and instruction
      • relaying nutrition information
      • Promotion of physical activity
        • structured, fun, interactive activities and games to increase physical activity rates and maintain an active lifestyle
        • Promotion of healthy lifestyles
          • youth-focused messaging and activities around living commercial tobacco free
          • living a substance-free lifestyle
          • having a healthy mind
          • everyday good living
          • Promotion and sharing of local culture, traditions and ceremonies that will instill a strong sense of identity and self-esteem at an early age
    Requirements
    Fees: None
    Eligibility - Population(s) Served: Indigenous children 7 to 12 years of age and their families
    Application: Call for information
    Accessibility: Partially Accessible      Partially Accessible
    Accessibility Notes: Partially Accessible - Parking -- No designated spaces available; Entrance -- Accessible with automatic push button; Washroom -- Accessible with grab bar
    Languages: English
    Contact Information
    Phone Numbers: 1-888-838-3632
    Email: kids@dnfconline.org
    Website: www.dnfconline.org/urban-aboriginal-healthy-kids
    Address: 74 Queen St
    Dryden, ON
    P8N 1A4
    Map
    Location: Located on the corner of Queen St and Van Horne Ave
    Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30 am-4:30 pm

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