Our Projects

United Way’s food security initiatives provide opportunities for meaningful contributions by donors, citizens and community partners in ways that distinctly serves the needs of our local communities.

The Mount Waddington Family Literacy Society celebrated Family Literacy Week in 2021 and 2022 by providing Family Literacy Kits to bring fun literacy activities into the home.

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“Our goal is to make family fun and learning accessible, and to support these young readers,” says literacy outreach coordinator Leslie Dyck.

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The kits were customized for each family by ages of the children and contained books, games, puzzles, crafts and more.

In March and April 2018, residents of the Region of Mount Waddington contributed their input on the Learning Needs of their communities. 

These results will help direct future projects and programs supported by the Mount Waddington Family Literacy Society and Literacy Now.

Project Description:

The Region of Mount Waddington on North Vancouver Island is one of 10 BC communities chosen to be part of the three-year (2019-2021) Decoda Literacy Solutions’ federally-funded study to better understand the needs of workers who have been displaced from their jobs.

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Facilitated locally by the Mount Waddington Family Literacy Society (MWFLS), Decoda’s Enhancing Displaced Workers’ Literacy and Essential Skills project aims to fill knowledge gaps in Literacy & Essential Skills (LES) support and training, and to provide appropriate and effective programs for future use.

The focus in on workers who are hard to reach or reluctant to access skills training or employment services. Learning needs might include digital literacy, language skills, job search and employment related skills, social skills and financial skills. 

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The project involves outreach teams, focus groups, surveys, interviews, a case study and a beta-test project.

Books about the North Vancouver Island/ Mount Waddington region and/or by local authors.