Connections Community Services Society

Awesome place for youth to come and check out volunteer opportunities available in your area! Amazing events, and a great team of staff to help support each youths interests!

Recovery is not a new concept to me. It and I have been companions on more than a few occasions. However, my most recent experience with recovery was markedly different because of the support I received from Community Connections Services Society. Instead of facing the impact of necessary medical treatment alone, in a financial and community sense, I was able to ask for help and have my call answered by Jesse and the wider team at Community Connections Services Society.The support that Connections Community Services Society provided me with was extremely impactful in many ways. Two of these ways being financial and and communal. First, their support helped me address necessary dental needs while still maintaining some semblance of financial security; having to pay two and a half thousand instead of three and a half thousand makes a huge difference in the life of a young student. when considering all the financial requirements of life. Second, this financial support brought me a feeling of overall support from a broader community. I was in the midst of a fall and Connections Community Services was there to help catch me. That may be silly to say, but it is true. Having faced what I have, I am built on a foundation of fiery resilience. This resilience keeps me going, but has a byproduct of stubborn independence. This experience with recovery was different because I was supported in new ways and because I was taught when to ask for help and how relieving and empowering it can be to receive it.Connections Community Services Society taught me that I don't need to be resilient against the entire world on my own. In fact they taught me that by asking for help and being vulnerable I can become more resilient in a healthier way. Because of this I will now and forever be thankful to Connections Community Services Society and all the those who choose to work there, helping us all recover and thrive.

Jesse was a super helpful mentor during a stressful situation. Gave me a lot of good advice! Thank you