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Back-to-School Backpack Initiative 2024

This year’s Back-to-School Backpack event was a great success, surpassing our initial goal. We aimed to equip 300 children with school-ready backpacks filled with supplies, treats, and a little extra joy…

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Breakfast with Santa 2023

Our 2023 ‘Breakfast with Santa’ event was a huge success! Our aim was to provide gifts from Santa to 400 children, along with along with turkey vouchers…

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Back-to-School Backpack Initiative 2023

This year’s Back to School Backpack Event was a huge success! Our goal was to prepare 300 children with school-ready backpacks, with supplies and treats…

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Breakfast with Santa 2022

Throughout the year, our team of wm+a & AlphaBee SEET volunteers have been busy organizing events to raise funds for our third Breakfast with Santa event, held at our Etobicoke and Hamilton offices…

Back-to-School Backpack Initiative 2022

This past weekend our team (wm+a, AlphaBee & SEET volunteers) hosted our third Back-to-School Backpack event.  This year, the funds raised allowed us to purchase over 230 backpacks and school supplies…

Let’s Chat – an alphabeePRO Workshop!

In this new workshop by alphabeePRO, we will discuss how to teach your advanced learner to detect their conversation partner’s interest, sarcasm, metaphors, and disguised mands along with the importance of encouraging conversations…

Leadership Training Workshop for our Team!

wm+a staff recently participated in the Leadership Training Workshop facilitated by Eileen Terry of ETC Consulting, Inc. Our team navigated and learned about a variety of leadership and communication tools…

wm+a & AlphaBee Family Picnic 2022

Our wm+a and AlphaBee teams recently gathered for a fun-filled afternoon of exciting games, delicious BBQ burgers and hotdogs, as well as our second annual watermelon-eating contest at our Family Picnic…

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Crisis Support and Management

wm+a responds to crisis situations with immediacy. Our services are responsive and accessible: our dedicated crisis team is available to support crisis situations safely and skillfully. Our service coordination/scheduling team…

Platinum Sponsor – Embody Yoga (Lumenus)

wm+a was proud to sponsor Lumenus Embody Yoga as a Platinum Sponsor this past month. Our very own CEO Dunya Marijan and Adult Services Manager Beth Eisenberg joined this family-friendly fundraiser…

Supporting Individuals with FASD

Brand New FASD Online Workshop!

Developed for alphabeePRO, Eric Marier, Transitional Services Facilitator at Surrey Place introduces you to FASD, the stigma attached to FASD, and how best to support those living with this diagnosis…

Happy International Women’s Day!

For International Women’s Day this year, our wm+a and AlphaBee team celebrated with flowers and by singing I Am Woman by Helen Reddy – the annual sing-along on this day and our AlphaBee kids got to join in the fun by handing out flowers…

Early Connections Services

Register for Early Years Connections Services!

The Ontario Caregiver Mediated Early Years Program (JASPER) is available to Ontario families, delivered by our sister company, AlphaBee partnering with SAAAC through Early Connections Autism Services…

Coming Soon – Financial Literacy 101!

Last year in 2021, we launched Financial Literacy 101, an introductory workshop for individuals 18+ who have a developmental disability. This workshop taught participants about the importance of…