Le centre de Portage à Elora a souligné la Journée anti-intimidation, le 27 février dernier, en se joignant au mouvement national Journée chemise rose consacrée à la lutte à l’intimidation. Plusieurs résidants en réadaptation chez Portage ont été victimes d’intimidation ou ont eux-mêmes posé des gestes intimidants ce qui, dans certains cas, a intensifié ou aggravé leur… Read more »
On February 14, 2013, Portage Elora residents and staff members marked Portage’s anniversary with a Metamorphosis Day Celebration in Ontario. To kick-start the day, facility director Gaetano DiFalco addressed the community to describe the history of Portage and to explain the meaning behind Metamorphosis Day. A staff member shared his life story with the boys’… Read more »
For those who have never been directly affected by substance abuse, it’s hard to understand the toll that it can take on an individual, a family, a community. If you have ever witnessed the rehabilitation process that takes place at Portage, whether directly in your family, through your work, or from a graduate testimonial, you… Read more »
Portage Ontario is among the addiction agencies recently selected to receive new telemedicine equipment and support to link into the Ontario Telemedicine Network (OTN). This is part of the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care’s initiative to address narcotics abuse and to make specialised addiction and mental health services more accessible to people… Read more »
Portage recently received the following letter of appreciation from a foster father who had taken in a graduate from the Portage drug rehabilitation program in Elora a few years ago. It is a heartwarming story that, as he says, “illustrates the underlying strength of the Portage treatment program.” The letter was addressed to Portage Elora’s… Read more »
Whether in Guelph, Port Elgin, Ottawa, Kitchener, Toronto, or anywhere else in Ontario, Christy Kolb travels on a weekly basis to meet with the youth who are in Portage Elora’s Continuing Care Program. As a reintegration counsellor, Christy supports graduates of the residential drug rehabilitation program for an eighteen month period, as they transition back… Read more »
Six adventurous and persistent young women who are nearing the end of the residential phase of their rehabilitation treatment program at Portage Elora went on a week-long, and somewhat rainy Outward Bound expedition in Algonquin Park in September. “The girls had a great time and learned so many things,” stated Sarah Connolly, Portage Elora’s Outward… Read more »
