We’re students from École secondaire catholique Algonquin, and we’re making a donation to OneKidsPlace. The reason we chose that organization is because all the families in our group were affected by mental or physical disabilities, and it would make us happy to donate money so that other families can get the help they need.
My friend has a family member with a mental disability, so he knows personally how families with a physical or mental disability need the help. The money would help other families improve their children’s disabilities so that they can live as a functioning member of society.
I want to help anyone with a disability, and the money could really help children get the help they need and deserve. I think children should get as much support as possible so One Kids Place can really help with whatever they can.
This organization is for children care, it matters because there are a lot of children who don’t have the same luxury as we do. Children's lives matter, each donation of money or food etc, helps children live better lives, have an education, have food every day and have clothes. Each of these help children, that is why I believe that what we accumulate from the quilt should go to children's aid or other organizations for children. We are making this quilt for children in need. The money that we get from selling the quilt will be sent and donated to One Kids Place. As you know, a lot of children in the world don’t have a home, an education or parents that have the ability to care for them. This money will give them the help needed for them to survive. Also, there are some children that are disabled and that they don’t have the things they need but with even a small little donation, it can help a lot. I also know some that are disabled or that have trouble in their life. For example, one of my distant cousins is disabled. My mom also told me about family problems that affect children when she used to work at children's aid before changing jobs.
The organization we chose to support is One Kid’s place. This organization is very important to me because my family has been deeply affected by disabled children who needed care. For instance, my cousin has severe autism. It was very hard for my aunt and uncle to manage giving good care for my cousin while also finding time for the rest of the family and work. They really could’ve used some help, because all the services are very expensive and time-consuming. This charity aims to fix this problem by providing care for disabled children for free or at a very low cost. Hence, this charity is very important to me because my aunt and uncle really missed this help.
OneKidPlace is a non-profit organization that’s a provincially funded organization, so no payment is necessary to have your child attend their organization only if you’re a resident of the Districts of Nipissing, Muskoka or Parrysound.
OneKidPlace offers many services to help kids and their families. Services like speech therapy, physiotherapy, therapeutic recreation, and social work services.
By providing 28 community partners with space for social, recreational, clinical and professional development programs, One Kids Place supported 14,373 visits to the Centre outside its regular programming in 2019.
One Kids Place is an organization that has services in both English and French for the children and youths of 19 years and under.
One Kids Place was founded in 2004 by Michael Mancari and has helped many families ever since.