VIRTUAL PROGRAMS & GROUPS
Having fun, connecting to others and learning news coping skills while staying safe with COVID-19 distancing.
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*Note: Once you’re signed up, you’ll receive email notifications for the virtual groups you express interest in. If you’ve already signed up previously, please contact nlamoureux@cheo.on.ca to let us know you’re interested in one of the programs below!
IN-PERSON PROGRAMS
Pens and Paint
ART, EXPRESSION, DISCOVERY
TEMPORARILY CANCELLED (see virtual Pens & Paint above)
This art-based program focuses on coping with stress through visual arts and creative writing. Art is a form of creative expression, and we can help you do it by learning artistic skills such as canvassing, pottery making and even slam poetry.
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Winter Wellness
LEARN, BE WITH WINTER, CONNECT
TEMPORARILY CANCELLED
(check back – January 2021)
Winter Wellness is a program that runs in the winter months. With Winter Wellness, you can learn how physical activity, through being outdoors during winter, can help cope with stress. We run a variety of winter based activities and all transportation, lift tickets, equipment, rentals and lessons are included and absolutely free to participants.
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Rooted
OUTDOORS, GROWING, BONDING
TEMPORARILY CANCELLED
(offered virtually – Summer 2020)
This program runs in the summer. As a group you will collaboratively grow a vegetable garden and explore nature trails, farms, and lakes around the Ottawa/Gatineau regions. This program pairs spending time in nature with a conversational element. If you’re a person who wants to get outside, learn how to grow a garden, or likes to chill- this program is for you.
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Mindfulness
DISCOVER, RECHARGE, BREATHE
TEMPORARILY CANCELLED
(see virtual Self-Care Program above)
The power of yoga and meditation is a healthy coping method. This program encourages you to discover yourself, and allows you to recharge through mindfulness and discussion with peers. Most of all, it teaches you the key aspect of mental health maintenance which is self care – to take a while just to breathe. This program is for youth 15 and older.