Flemingdon Park Ministry. Description of my work as a volunteer in 3 of their programs. A really good experience.

1. WHAT IS THE
FLEMINGDON
PARK
MINISTRY?..

2. – FLEMINGDON PARK MINISTRY is a non-profit organization
located in North York. FPM was created from the Anglican
Church in Canada.
– Their vision is a stronger Flemingdon Park, a community
of residents with sufficient resources who work together
to build a better and more resilient community for
themselves and their neighbours.
– The resources come from private donations and the
Anglican Ministry. The staff are about 10 people and the
volunteer force could be 20 members per day.
Photo: FPM Facebook

3. HOW DOES FPM
WORK??..

4. - Senior’s Recreation.
- Women`s group.
- STAR (Skills, Training, and Access to Resources)
- Conversation Class
- Food and Friendship
- The Common Table
- Drop-in Centre
- Library and Clothing Bank
- Workship
PROGRAMS
Photo: FPM Facebook

5. Seniors
Progam
Photo: FPM Facebook

6. Every Tuesday at 1pm, about 25 senior residents
meet at 10 Deauville in the recreation room for a
little dancing, some exercise, and snacks
For one hour We were doing physical
exercise, I shared a routine for stretch
and helped with a little game with balls.
In the end, snacks
were given to them
and I had time to
know with some
seniors.
- More volunteers
are needed.
- More resources to
doing outdoor
activities.

7. Women’s
Group

8. Wednesday afternoons at 2:00 in the program space, women in the
neighbourhood gather for learning a new craft and building relationships
of trust. The participants work on items to be sold at local markets and
fairs, thus building their leadership development and increasing their
income.
My participation
allowed another
man to join the
activity.
I was in charge of
bringing the
materials needed
and to participate
in the activity.
Not only I improved
my communication
skills but also I
learned to knit!- Need for volunteers to training
women on different topics.
- Entrepreneurship opportunities

9. Common
Table

10. The Common Table is an urban farming and market project using the
land gifted to them from The Church of Our Saviour, and it seeks to
directly address the issue of food insecurity.
The work was to build more beds to continue planting more
food. The intention is to increase from 6 to 35 beds, which
will open a second market and move from covering 125
families to 700 or 800 (3200 people)
On the farm, tomatoes, broccoli, carrots, beans, peppers,
spinach, cauliflower and garlic are grown, among others.
It is expected for the month of August or September to be
harvested to make the delivery of food.