Successful Fall Fiesta Access Fair
Gordon Bell High School recently hosted families and neighbours for an extremely well-attended community evening.
The school held several events at once on Sept. 22: its annual Fall Fiesta barbecue and meet the staff event; a free Community Access Fair that connected local residents with invaluable identification and banking information; a school awards ceremony in the multipurpose room; and a Clothes Closet in the school cafeteria that gave students and families new and gently used clothing. The event also had information tables in the hallways for community organizations such as: Bear Clan Patrol; The Link: Youth and Family Supports; Huddle Broadway; the Winnipeg Police Service Auxiliary Cadets; a Winnipeg Regional Health Authority public health nurse and more.
Read more about this exciting and successful event here: https://www.winnipegsd.ca/_ci/p/23111
The Benefits of Free Tax Clinics
Check out this article by Credit Counselling Canada about the 9,667 tax returns done and $27 million in benefits/credits accessed by the CFCS tax clinics in 2018!
Community Volunteer Income Tax Program
Take a look at this article by Credit Counselling Canada about free tax clinics, which also includes 6 helpful tips to make your tax filing easier:
Tax Clinics are Here to Help This Season
Check out this video from CTV News! It features some CFCS staff members and CVITP volunteers on how filing your taxes can increase health benefits:
https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=1367757
Filing tax returns puts $21M in pockets of low-income Winnipeggers
Check out this article written by CFCS’ Executive Director John Silver and Ontario Physician Gary Bloch about accessing benefits from filed tax returns.
Read the full article here.
By John Silver and Gary Bloch
Jacques Boissinot/Canadian Press
Debt-defying retirement
Check out the latest Winnipeg Free Press article with contributions from CFCS staff about a couple wanting to retire, but a six-figure debt load stands in their way.
Read the full article here.
By Joel Schlesinger
BORIS MINKEVICH/WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Extreme money trouble
Read a recent Winnipeg Free Press article with a contribution by CFCS staff about giving financial advice to parents of three struggling to keep their heads above water.
Read the full article here.
By Joel Schlesinger
Divorcing debt
Read a recent Winnipeg Free Press article with a contribution by CFCS staff about financial advice after a divorce.
Read the full article here.
By Joel Schlesinger
RUTH BONNEVILLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
40th Anniverary Annual General Meeting
On June 12, 2014 CFCS celebrated 40 years of providing financial counselling and income tax preparation services for the community. CFCS was honoured to have Premier Greg Selinger speak at our Annual General Meeting (AGM) about his time with founding our organization in 1974 – then we were called CITS (Community Income Tax Services). We want to thank everyone who attended our AGM this year, and we look forward to seeing you next year.
Non-profit helps families ‘get out of crushing debt’
June 12, 2014 was CFCS’s 40th anniversary, with an Annual General Meeting attended by Premier Greg Selinger – one of the founder’s of our organization. Read the Winnipeg Free Press article below for details.
Read the full article here.
By Joel Schlesinger
Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger with left, John Silver, Exec director. The premier gave a speech at an event for the 40th anniversary of Community Financial Counselling Services. He is one of the founding members of the non-profit, which helps thousands of families get out of debt. (BORIS MINKEVICH / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS )
Having the money talk
Read a Winnipeg Free Press article with a contribution by CFCS staff about “Talk with our kids about money” day – a CFEE initiative.
Read the full article here.
By Joel Schlesinger
Teacher Dan Beettam teaches money and finance topics to a class at Valley Gardens Middle School (BORIS MINKEVICH / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS)
Debt, be gone
Read the most recent Winnipeg Free Press article with a contribution by CFCS – from December 7th.
Read the full article here.
By Joel Schlesinger
Debt Boost in the Prairies
Manitoba and Saskatchewan saw personal debt rise at the third fastest pace in Canada over the past year. CFCS’s Executive Director comments on rising debt in the Prairies in a recent Winnipeg Free Press article.
Read the full article here.
By Winnipeg Free Press Staff Writer
RYAN REMIORZ / THE CANADIAN PRESS ARCHIVES
Young couple savours home ownership, but struggles with household budget
Read a Winnipeg Free Press article with a contribution by CFCS about a young couple struggling with debt and budgeting.
Read the full article here.
By Joel Schlesinger
JOHN WOODS/WINNIPEG FREE PRESS. With planning and discipline, Nick and Jenny should be able to dig themselves out of their financial hole.
Bringing Financial Literacy to Schools
This November, CFCS piloted a program designed to teach elementary school children about money.
Read more about the program in the Winnipeg Free Press here.
By Joel Schlesinger
MELISSA TAIT / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
Grade 5 students at Calvin Christian Elementary learned about spending and saving from a Community Financial Counselling Services pilot program.
Is it Just About Money?
For Financial Literacy Month in November 2012, CFCS held two workshops on behavioural economics that sought to shed light on why we spend our money the way we do.
Read the Winnipeg Free Press article on these workshops here.
By Joel Schlesinger
Sally Massey-Wiebe says upbringing, environment and emotions affect financial habits. (WAYNE GLOWACKI / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS)
