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Discovery Children's Centre

I Love To Read With Adrien Sala

In many parts of Canada and the United States, February means “I Love to Read Month,” an entire month committed to promoting a love of reading and being read to. To help Discovery celebrate “I Love to Read” Adrien Sala, the MLA for St. James, shared books with children in

Tax Benefits And Credits Available To Parents

This week I attended an information session regarding benefits and credits available to parents. Some of the information shared was new to me. In order to get benefits and credit payments you must complete your taxes every year even if you had no income. If you have a spouse or

A Big Thank You To Variety, The Children’s Charity Of Manitoba

This year at Discovery’s AGM, a gift was presented to Amanda Henry, the Program & Outreach Coordinator for Variety, the Children’s Charity of Manitoba. Due to Variety’s generosity with funding last year, Discovery was able to continue to provide Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) services to preschool aged children

MLA Delivers Holiday Snack

On December 10th we welcomed our MLA Adrien Sala as he delivered Oranges for our children to enjoy at snack time. This has become a bit of a tradition and it seems that no matter the party the tradition continues. The oranges were a nice gesture as were his two

Fall 2019 Fundraiser

We are so very thankful to all the families who participated in our Fall Fundraiser. We exceeded our goal of $6000 which goes a long way in the purchase of classroom supplies, equipment and furniture. Congratulations to all the winners, both the grand prizes and the ticket sellers’ prizes. What

E-Transfer Delays!

To our surprise, some of our parents have been experiencing up to 4 hour delays from when they execute an e-transfer to us and when we receive it. Although we usually get it much quicker than that, we are asking parents to avoid last minute payments. When using e-transfers make

Board Members Needed

On Monday September 30th we will be holding our 43rd Annual General Meeting. Discovery Centre is a community owned Not-For-Profit Centre that is watched over by a twelve member Board of Directors. We are looking for two more parents to step forward and offer to take on a two year

Volunteer Qualified Electrician Needed!

As a cost saving measure we would like to install a one programmable time switch in the Centre and are looking for a volunteer electrician to do the work for us. Our landlord requires us to use qualified tradesmen for such work thus the request is going out to you

#support26K Walk - August 20th

We are inviting you to join the many Discovery staff and fellow Manitoban’s who will be participating in the awareness walk on August 20th at Assiniboine Park. The walk itself is only about 3 kilometers in length and is meant to draw attention to the petition that over 26,

Tree Planting - June 18, 2019

On June 18th a group of families and staff planted 19 trees in our “Back 40” area of the playground. Money to complete this project was collected from donations bt many of our families and staff members. Thanks so much to all who donated and all who came out to