Thanks for helping to make the summer a little sweeter for the kids we serve! Our Foundation’s signature camp event, Mountainview LemonAID Day for FACS Niagara, raised more than $92k this year. That will help send approx. 400 kids for 600 weeks of summer camp! #MLD2025 #thankyou

#Didyouknow FACS Niagara receives approximately 6,300 referrals each year about the safety and wellbeing of children? That’s an average of more than 17 calls a day. Our team is busy, and we’re committed to being here to support families, children, and youth in our community!

Just a quick reminder that our offices will be closed on Monday, August 4. However - our services are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week! Call us anytime: 905-937-7731. Have a safe and fun long weekend!

Special friends are caring adults who mentor, guide, and spend time taking children on recreational, educational and social outings. And we always have room for more of these amazing individuals! Learn more about becoming a volunteer with FACS: facsniagara.on.ca/join.../become…

#Didyouknow FACS is a multiservice agency, and we have a Family Counselling Centre to offer mental health support to individuals, couples and families? Thanks to our partners at the United Way, we can offer fee subsidies tied to income. Learn more: fccniagara.on.ca

#Didyouknow that volunteers dedicated more than 9,000 hours to helping children and youth served by FACS in 2024-25? If you drove 60 km/h for 9,000 hours - you could circle the globe more than 13 times! Huge thanks to our amazing volunteers. 😀🎉

Do you have questions about vaccination? SickKids has set up an Immunization Info Line to give you access to reliable information from trusted health care providers. Follow the link to book a consultation: sickkids.ca/en/care-servic…

It’s almost time to go #backtoschool! That means the yellow buses will soon be rolling out with more regularity. Here are some tips from our friends at School Bus Ontario to help kids get to and from school safely: schoolbusontario.ca/student-safety/

As we all get ready for #BacktoSchool – we are so proud to support our youth beginning and continuing their postsecondary journeys. In 2024/25 we provided 89 young people with education grants to help with the cost of school. We look forward to all your successes!

We've got a long Labour Day weekend ahead, but school is just around the corner! As children and youth get ready to head #backtoschool, School Mental Health Ontario has some thoughts on how to set yourselves up for success this school year: smho-smso.ca/10-tips-for-a-…

Wishing all our young friends heading #BacktoSchool a great first day! Also sending good thoughts to all the great teachers out there! District School Board of Niagara Niagara Catholic DSB

Fostering changes two lives - yours and theirs. If you have an interest in caring for children on a temporary basis, we'd love to meet you! We have an event on September 18 for you to learn more. No cost, no commitment, and pizza's on us! Register here: facsniagara.on.ca/our.../fosteri…

#Didyouknow FACS Niagara is a multi-service agency? In addition to our child welfare services, we operate two day cares in St. Catharines, a Family Counselling Centre, and other programs to support families in the region. Learn in our Annual Report: facsniagara.on.ca/wp-content/upl…

Happy Monday, friends! There’s still time to be part of our free Foster Parent Information Evening in Fonthill on Sept 18. The pizza's on us, and you’ll have a chance to learn more about this rewarding journey. Register here: facsniagara.on.ca/our-services/f…

#Didyouknow FACS Niagara is the region’s public adoption agency? That means our services come at no cost to you. Last year, we helped create lifelong connections by completing 15 adoptions. Learn more: facsniagara.on.ca/our-services/a…

Next week, bring out your best and brightest purple to show your support for families, children, and youth in our community!

We're celebrating Foster Family Appreciation Week! This is a time to recognize and thank foster families for everything they do to care for youth. To give you a sense of the difference they make, we'll be sharing some quotes from Niagara youth who've been in care. #thankyou

It's Foster Family Appreciation Week - and we're sharing some quotes from young people who've lived in care and are forever grateful for the impact their foster parents made on their lives. #thankyou

From all of us here in Niagara - good luck to the Toronto Blue Jays in the World Series! #WANTITALL

It was a real pleasure to have our foster parents and volunteers at Saturday's Niagara IceDogs game as a small gesture of thanks for everything they do for children and youth in Niagara. They truly are all stars!