Addressing Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder at DSRC

Jun 4, 2019 | Sunbeam News

For 10 years, Karen Huber has worked closely with community partners to lead the development of local Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) programming and services in the region, as well as curate information on www.fasdwaterlooregion.ca to help parents and...

You can now donate your car!

May 14, 2019 | Sunbeam News

Donate a Car Canada now accepts vehicle donations for Sunbeam Centre. Free towing is provided in most areas across Canada, or you can drop off your vehicle to maximize your donation. When you donate your car, truck, RV, boat, or motorcycle to Sunbeam Centre through...

Not An April Fool's Joke

Mar 29, 2019 | Sunbeam News

Salome did not come to her volunteer role at Sunbeam in a way that one would expect. While out for a walk one day, Salome saw one of Sunbeam’s clients, Joy, all alone on the trail and thought it strange. She ran to see if help was needed, and then saw an...

How Times Have Changed

Mar 22, 2019 | Sunbeam News

“Seminary Will Move,” the Record headline read on February 8, 1969 after it was announced that Resurrection College would move from what was then South Kitchener to the campus of the University of Waterloo. The seminary consisted of two buildings (see photo), the...

Founding Sunbeam Centre: Pieter and Johanna Vos’ Legacy

Feb 26, 2019 | Sunbeam News

Pieter Vos was an agriculturist, missionary, and lay preacher who immigrated to Canada from Holland in 1950, after serving for four years in Surinam, a dutch colony in South America at the time.  While both he and Johanna Stoffels, a nurse, were living in Surinam and...

Our Community is the World: Operation Christmas Child

Feb 14, 2019 | Sunbeam News

Sunbeam’s Day Program has been talking a lot about community and brainstorming ideas for how they can give back. This group consists of individuals studying academic subjects who also participate in a variety of other activities (including swimming, sports, crafts,...