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Since 1989, the Ascension-Escuminac Volunteer Action Centre has been providing a this important service in the Ascension-de-Patapédia to Escuminac area, helping to maintain senior’s independance.
The volunteer transportation program aims to assist seniors who have too few people to rely on to accompany them to medical appointments. Volunteer drivers pick up seniors at home and drive them to and from their appointments, ands provide physical support, orientation and comfort. This is a last resort service for seniors who could not otherwise attend their appointment.
To book your transportation, please call during our opening hours and at least 48 hours in advance of your appointment.
418-865-2740 ext. 101
Friendly phone calls and home visits are available to help seniors alleviate their isolation.
We pair one of our valued volunteers with a senior to schedule phone calls or home visits. Our volunteers provide a temporary presence and allow the seniors to express themselves.
To request a match, contact us at 418-865-2740, ext. 101.
Need emergency food assistance? We’re here for you.
The Ascension-Escuminac Volunteer Center offers food assistance to individuals and families facing food insecurity. If you’re going through a difficult time and need food as a last resort, we’re here to support you.
What is emergency food assistance?
Emergency food assistance provides basic food items to people in crisis. This helps you get through a difficult time while you look for a lasting solution.
Respect and confidentiality: The service is completely confidential and respectful of each individual.
Book your emergency food assistance by contacting us (no emergency assistance will be provided without a confirmed appointment).
Call 418-865-2740, ext. 102, to schedule an appointment and leave a message on our voicemail.
**The quantity of food offered varies depending on the donations we receive from grocery stores.**
Meals on Wheels delivers fresh, balanced meals to your home. Soup, main course, and dessert are served.
Lunch is delivered on Tuesdays and Thursdays by our volunteers.
Advance registration required: 418-865-2740 ext. 101
The cost is $10.
We produce the ASNAC newsletter about four (4) times a year. This publication provides information on upcoming Volunteer Action Centre activities. It is delivered to 2,065 homes in the Ascension-de-Patapédia to Escuminac area.
SécuriCAB was developed for all Quebec seniors who wish to benefit from this service to detect emergencies and provide greater security and peace of mind for themselves, their loved ones, and their caregivers.
SécuriCAB allows seniors to sign up for the daily automated call service. These calls will be made at a time agreed upon with the subscriber to confirm their well-being. If the subscriber does not respond, steps will be taken to verify their well-beoing by a designated respondent or a community organization. If necessary, an emergency call will be made to the local police to ensure the senior’s safety.
Furthermore, the service will allow volunteer action centers (CABs) to optimize their work by reaching service users, volunteers, and partners with just one click to inform them on various topics. Simple reminders, with no commitment on the part of the subscriber, can be sent via the system. SécuriCAB thus complements the range of services already offered by CABs to help seniors stay at home.
To learn more about this service, contact us at 418-865-2740, ext. 101.
We have a thrift store in the basement. The entrance is at the back of the building.
We accept donations of clothing, books, children’s toys and games, kitchen items, and other small household items. However, we do not accept furniture, as our space is limited.
To drop off donated items, you must leave them on the front deck of the building. We will bring them in every day.
This service offers groceries and goodies to people in need during the Christmas and New Year holiday period, thanks to the generosity of donors, volubneers and organizations.
Frozen meals are healthy frozen meals that allow beneficiaries with temporary or permanent loss of independance to supplement their diet.
Meals are sold at our offices during business hours.
To prepare your order or for more information: 418-865-2740 ext. 101
The price is $8.00/meal and $3.00/soup.
Collective kitchens are small groups of 4 to 6 people who pool their time, money, and skills to create, in four steps (planning, purchasing, cooking, and evaluation), economical, healthy, and appetizing meals to take home.
Our groups are aimed at anyone who wants to cook for a better quality of life for themselves and their families, while also having the opportunity to get involved individually and collectively in their community. Everything is done in a pleasant atmosphere, according to the principles of popular education.
We have a facilitator who helps groups organize and cook together.
We can form groups in each village from Ascension to Escuminac. Groups usually cook twice a month between October and May of each year.
Registration is required with our facilitator, Maryse Pelletier, at 418-865-2740, ext. 106.
Volunteering is a meaningful activity where one donates one time, knowledge, and skills, without the expectation of compensation.
At the heart of volunteering are the notions of gratuity, freedom, and social commitment. The notion of commitment distinguishes volunteer work from everyday acts of mutual assistance. Indeed, volunteers commit to tasks according to their interests, abilities, and availability to meet community needs. Volunteering is, above all, a selfless gesture dedicated to helping others.
At the Ascension-Escuminac Volunteer Action Center, our volunteers are the heart of the organization. We have a volunteer manager on our team who is responsible for:
Recruiting, informing, and welcoming volunteers
Volunteer training
Volunteer supervision, support, and monitoring
Recognition activities
For any questions, please contact us at 418-865-2740, ext. 101
The ITMAV program involves reaching out to seniors in vulnerable situations and guiding them to appropriate services, in collaboration with community resources. ITMAV outreach workers help break the isolation of seniors, as well as promote their independence and continued participation in their communities.
The desired outcomes for seniors are as follows:
To reduce the vulnerability factors caused by isolation;
To help keep seniors in their communities;
To help improve or maintain the quality of life of seniors.
To contact our ITMAV: Annik Gallant
418-865-2740 ext. 105
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