COVID-19 means youth at the Portage Atlantic treatment facility in Cassidy Lake will be staying over the holidays. To read more, click here.
Youth Treatment Facility Needs Decorations For Christmas
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COVID-19: Worsening a Lesser-Known Public Health Crisis
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Sunday marked the start of National Addictions Awareness Week in Canada, and there is great concern that deaths from drug overdoses have been increasing dramatically during this pandemic. Read more about how Portage is getting involved here.
Hundreds of Quebec Coroner’s Reports Show Overdose Crisis Defies Expectations
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In Montreal, deaths from overdoses are on the rise this year. […] —the spinoff effects are noticeable, starting with people using drugs more. Watch the CTV News interview online here or read more about it here.
National Addictions Awareness Week – Portage Concerned as Opioid Crisis Exacerbated by Pandemic
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Montréal, November 23, 2020 – As part of the National Addictions Awareness Week, Portage wishes to draw attention to the opioid threat, which has been further exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Addiction in The Time of COVID-19 As COVID-19 rages across the world, its impact on people struggling with addiction cannot be underestimated. The isolation… Read more »
The 17th Edition of The Soirée des Grands Philanthropes: Sharing a Meal, Saving Lives
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The 17th edition of the Soirée des Grands Philanthropes benefitting Portage was held on October 24, 2020. Due to Public Health directives, the winning formula of the annual event, which usually gathers together more than 700 distinguished members of the business community, had to be completely redesigned. So, this year, participants once again offered their… Read more »
Four Local Restaurants Team Up to Support Portage Ontario
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Today, Portage Ontario has partnered with four local restaurants to serve up some soup, raise awareness, and raise some funds! To read on, please click here.
100 Women Who Care for Portage
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100 Women Who Care is a group of women who live in Rural Wellington County and each contributes $100 four times a year towards causes they care about. This past September, 100 Women Who Care generously donated their quarterly donation of $10,000 to Portage in Elora, Ontario. As highlighted in The Wellington Advertiser’s article 100WWCRW… Read more »
100 Women Who Care
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WELLINGTON COUNTY – 100 Women Who Care Rural Wellington (100WWCRW) had their September meeting virtually and decided to give its quarterly donation of $10,000 to Portage, an adolescent residential recovery centre in Elora. Read about it here
Cassidy Way
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July 2010 marked the launch of the Stride for Success Fundraiser with T4G’s Future Focus Foundation. The fundraiser culminated with the construction of the Recovery Trail at the Cassidy Lake site. The trail system, which features a cabin, a large fire pit, a large platform by the water, a 3.8 km path and more, has been… Read more »
Pedal for Portage 2020: A Huge Success!
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Portage Ontario hosted its third annual Pedal for Portage fundraiser this fall to raise funds for Portage’s residential drug addiction rehabilitation centre in Elora, Ontario. To date, the event has raised over $180,000, which helps teens between the ages of 14 and 18 find freedom from addiction. In previous years, cyclists and volunteers of all… Read more »
