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Executive Director, Karen Mottershead, Celebrates 15th Anniversary at Terra
Anyone who has met Terra’s Executive Director, Karen Mottershead, knows that her belief in the potential of teen parents is infectious. She truly cares about each and every client and works diligently to make the world a better place for the young families Terra serves. This month, we celebrate Karen’s 15th Anniversary at Terra Centre…. [read more]
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Terra Recieves an EPCOR Community Essentials Council Grant
Terra Centre is proud to announce that it is a recipient of an EPCOR Community Essentials Council (ECEC) grant! The money received from this grant will greatly benefit Terra’s Housing Support Program which helps to ensure more teen parents in our community have access to safe, affordable housing. Thank you ECEC for seeing the potential… [read more]
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Used Donations On Hold
Due to the amazing amount of items donated to the Terra Clothes Closet over the holiday season, we once again need to put a hold on the donation of used items so that our volunteers have a chance to catch up on sorting and organizing.We expect to be able to begin accepting used items again… [read more]
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Terra Scholarship Award Recipients!
Juggling bedtime stories, crying babies and late night feedings with studying, exam writing and attempting to have some semblance of a social life is no easy feat, and yet each of the following remarkable young people have managed to do just that! We would like to extend a BIG congratulations to the following recipients of… [read more]
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Terra Video – AGM 2011
This video was shared at our recent AGM. It showcases some great client impact statements and features some of the amazingly resilient young families we’ve worked with. Check it out! http://youtu.be/aPW1OouVokU The music is by local singer/song writer and our dear friend Erica Viegas.The photos were taken by the talented Jessica Smith.
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Terra in the Legislature – Video
Check out this video of Mr. Doug Elinski, MLA for Edmonton – Calder, speaking about Terra in the Legislature: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqKlYt6otKc
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Three Cheers for Terra Volunteers!
Hip hip Horray! Terra has some of the best volunteers in the city! They comfort our children at the childcare centre, sort and organize donations in our Clothes Closets, teach our clients how to cook, help our clients prepare their taxes, pick up and deliver donations, provide event support, and so much more! Volunteers are… [read more]
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Feminine Hygiene Products Needed
Feminine hygiene products are hot commodities around Terra! Money is always tight for our young moms and tampons and pads are a necessity often overlooked when trying to budget for the month. Help out a teen mom by donating tampons, pads and panty liners to Terra! Donations can be dropped off at the following locations:… [read more]
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Terra and Braemar School featured on Global News
Halfway through the 2010 Baby Heroes Campaign, Kendra Slugoski did a report for Global Edmonton News on Terra and Braemar School. The report was fimed following an interview she did with a Terra Ambassador at Kingsway Mall on October 13 as part of the 2010 Baby Heroes Campaign. Throughout the interview, Kendra kept hearing about… [read more]
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Baby Heroes 2010: A great success!
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! Terra – Centre for pregnant & parenting teens extends its gratitude to the Edmonton community for its outstanding support of the 2010 Baby Heroes Diaper Drive. The second-annual campaign was a success story, raising 116,431 diapers which will provide support for many young families locally. Baby Heroes also helped… [read more]
