Jobransa Centre settles in at new location
The Jobransa Centre, (formerly known as the Jobransa Foundation) has moved to a new location where it is more visible to the public and easily accessible. Jobransa Centre is now located at 431 4th Avenue SW—South Hill, across from the Maple Leaf Bakery.
The Centre which offers a range of programming support for children with different abilities now boasts a great space which will help in meeting the needs of children as they take part in the programs. Erin Hidlebaugh, Communications Director at Jobransa says the new location is more accessible to the public as the location is an ideal one. “We’re lucky to have this new location because it is a really busy street so there’s lots of traffic and lots of people can notice where we are. At this location, we have nice big windows; we have a lot more foot traffic and we get to use the space more wisely and instructively. One of the things that’s also good about this is that while we are working on the administrative stuff, we can also be interacting with the children and our teaching mentors can have a better grasp of what all the children are doing in here.”
She explained that the Centre is a Kids in Motion Learning and Resource Centre where children get to learn at a different pace than regular classroom settings. “We started off as a foundation and we grew into the Jobransa Centre. We did our first summer program in 2016. This year will be our third year operating. We realized in the last two summers that there was a need to offer some educational programming so we got into tutoring, teaching and working with families whose children needed extra support. We’ve grown from there to be- come a learning center—a kids in motion learning and resource center. We’ll have more recreational activities coming up, in addition to the programming we have here already.”
Hidlebaugh said that the children are enjoying the new learning atmosphere. “Kids in motion learning is more of a schooling type of program where we have some kids enrolled and some young adults and teenagers also enrolled where they come to learn at a different speed in a different at- mosphere, rather than a traditional school. We all love the new space which provides a better learning area for our children.” Jobransa strives to help children of all abilities gain access to resources and programming. They offer individualized programs and group activities for children in the community. For more information about the Jobransa Centre and its programming, you can visit https://jobransacentre.org/ or find the on Facebook and Twitter @JobransaCentre. You can also contact them at 306- 693-0500.