GROWING YEARS Family Resource Centre

03/07/2026

This week @ GROWING YEARS
👉 March 9-13, 2026
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◾MONDAY◾ March 9th
✅ OPEN AM
📩 DROPIN ⏰ 9:00am-12:00pm
🧸 Open PLAY Playroom ⏰ 9:30-11:30am
❎ CLOSED PM
🫶 CIRCLE of SECURITY ⏰ 1:30-3:30pm
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◾TUESDAY◾ March 10th
❎ CLOSED
📋 staff planning & outreach
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◾ WEDNESDAY◾ March 11th
✅ OPEN
📩 DROPIN ⏰ 9:00am-12:00pm/1:00-4:00pm
👶🏼️ Whole BABY Love ⏰10:00-11:30am.....➡️➡️➡️ IERHA MIDWIFERY PROGRAM
🧸 Open PLAY Playroom ⏰ 1:30-3:30pm
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◾THURSDAY◾ March 12th
✅ OPEN
📩 DROPIN ⏰ 9:00am-12:00pm/1:00-4:00pm
🧸 Open PLAY Playroom ⏰ 9:30-11:30am
️👶🏽 Whole BABY Love ⏰ 1:30-3:00pm.....➡️➡️➡️SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST
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◾ FRIDAY ◾ March 13th
✅ OPEN
📩 DROPIN ⏰ 9:00am-12:00pm/1:00-4:00pm
👶🏼️ Whole TODDLER Love ⏰10:00-11:30am.....➡️➡️➡️ topic to be determined
🧸 Open PLAY Playroom ⏰ 1:30-3:30pm
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◾️ programs are caregiver & child together
◾️ no registration for open group programs
◾️ please do not visit if anyone is sick
◾️ for safety, no hot beverages allowed

📣 GY values the importance of school attendance - school age children cannot be at GY during regular school hours, except kindergarteners on their scheduled day off school
✅ on no school days school age siblings can attend Drop-in & Open Play (PD Days, school closures)
❎ NO School age siblings at Whole Baby Love or Whole Toddler Love, even on no school days

Questions about Growing Years?
Reach us by:
☎️ Phone: 204.785.8218
💻 Email: gryears.support@mymts.net
📍 216 Manitoba Ave, Selkirk

03/06/2026

❤ we are here to listen & support you!!

Somehow, honesty about parenting became confused with negativity.

As though acknowledging the hard parts means we are ungrateful.
As though struggle is evidence that something is wrong.

But raising children asks more of us than almost anything else we will do.

It stretches patience.
It exposes our limitations.
It asks for presence even when we are depleted.

Speaking openly about that reality does not diminish the love.
If anything, it reveals the depth of it.

Because continuing to show up with care, effort, and intention —
even on the days when it feels heavy —
is not weakness.

It is the quiet strength that parenthood is built on. ❤️

03/06/2026

The next Selkirk Food Bank
FOOD HAMPER day is:

👉 TUESDAY ~ March 10, 2026
⏰ 10:00am-12:00pm
📍 310 Christie Ave, Selkirk, MB

▪️ bring your own bags
▪️ no appointment required
▪️ if you are a new client please bring current Manitoba Health card(s) that include all
those living within your household & your Selkirk address

To contact Selkirk Food Bank
☎️ phone: 204.481.4675 (during business hours)
📱 dm: Selkirk Food Bank
💻 email: selkirkfood@outlook.com

03/05/2026

‼️ If you have a child on a device, this presentation is for you ‼️

The Interlake Sexual Exploitation Educators (ISEE) committee is hosting two free virtual presentations for parents and caregivers to learn about:
💻 Sextortion
💻 Grooming & luring
💻 Common apps - TikTok I Discord I Snapchat
💻 Why kids don’t tell & what to do if they’re in trouble

🔗 Register: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=YBsnH4TVBE2eKf538a8oa2Cpmb79p5tMrrq9XouUfPZUNUZISkdNNFlQM0QzRDRKVlZNWkw3N1FXUy4u&origin=QRCode

🗓️ WEDNESDAY - March 11, 2026
⏰ 1:00–3:00 pm

🗓️ THURSDAY - March 12, 2026
⏰ 6:30–8:30 pm

💻 ONLINE via Zoom
🆓 FREE
💲 chance to WIN a $50 gift card

NOTE 📣 this is an adult/18+only presentation
❎ minors should not be able to listen in on the presentation

For more information on the I SEE Committee visit: https://www.interlakesee.ca/

03/05/2026

Whole ❤️ TODDLER ❤️ Love ️
FRIDAY, March 6th
⏰ 10:00-11:30am

➡➡➡ ANXIETY Outreach Worker, Sherry will be joining us to talk about, normalize and provide support regarding ANXIETY - how it can show up in our parenting & daily lives and how we can reduce the impact
https://adam.mb.ca/about-anxiety

❤️ a caregiver & child together program for families with children 1-4 years of age promoting healthy child development, family wellness & secure attachment

❤️ Infant, preschool & kindergartener (on scheduled day off school) SIBLINGS may also attend ~ limited childminding provided
NO ❎ older school age children please, even on days off school

❤️ includes caregiver-child together activities with time for adult discussion while children play

◾ free ~ no registration required
◾ lite snack provided
◾ for safety, no hot beverages in group
◾ free shop ~ gently used clothing & books

Want more information?
Reach us by:
☎️ Phone: 204.785.8218
💻 Email: gryears.support@mymts.net
💬 Facebook Messenger

03/05/2026

‼ TODAY ‼
⭐ ASK the PHYSIOTHERAPIST ⭐ Steuart
🗓 THURSDAY ~ March 5, 2026
⏰ 9:30-11:30am

📍 216 Manitoba Ave, Selkirk
(free 2 hour street parking - or unlimited in the lot across the street beside Roxi's)

➡️➡️➡️ A Pediatric PHYSIOTHERAPIST from the Rehabilitation Centre for Children will be available to help answer questions or talk about any concerns you have regarding your BABY, TODDLER or PRESCHOOLER (prior to starting kindergarten) including:
▪️ head shape or neck movement & strength
▪️ movement skills
▪️️ feet or walking patterns
There are no silly questions or concerns ~ stop in even if you are just curious

➡️➡️➡️ infants, toddlers, preschoolers & kindergarteners on their day off school may all attend

‼️ families new to Growing Years welcome ‼️

⭐ FREE
⭐ no referral or registration needed
⭐ families will be seen in order of arrival
⭐ come & go anytime
⭐ caregiver led, staff supported
⭐ playroom open while families wait for Physio
⭐ no child minding provided
⭐ no snack provided, families may bring own
⭐ for safety no hot beverages in playroom

Want more information?
Reach us by:
☎️ Phone: 204.785.8218
💻 Email: gryears.support@mymts.net
💬 Facebook Messenger
📍 216 Manitoba Ave, Selkirk

03/05/2026

CRAVING CHANGE® Canada’s #1 cognitive-behavioural program for people who struggle with their eating habits is being offered through the Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority

🗓️ WEDNESDAY - 6 week session
➡️➡️ ➡️ March 18 & 25 - April 1, 8, 15 & 22
⏰12:00-1:00pm
💻 via MS Teams
🆓 FREE

Register now:
🖥 email: wellness@ierha.ca
☎️ phone: 1.877.979.9355

The practical, skill-based approach will help you:
🥣 understand why you eat the way you do
🍎 learn how your eating decisions are influenced by your surroundings, your body and what you learned while growing up
🥕 become more aware of your problematic eating triggers
🥯 tune into your thoughts and emotions that steer you off track
🍗 use 16 ‘change and maintain’ strategies and resources to change your eating for good
🥗 have a healthier relationship with food

03/04/2026

❤️ Whole BABY Love ❤️
THURSDAY, March 5th
⏰ 1:30-3:00pm

➡️➡️➡️ PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE, Sarah will be available to answer your questions and provide support & guidance

❤️ a program for PREGNANT & POSTNATAL families with INFANTS up to 1 year of age promoting healthy infant development, maternal & infant wellness & secure attachment

❤️ toddler, preschool & kindergarten (on scheduled days off school) SIBLINGS may also attend ~ limited childminding provided
❎ NO school age children (even on days off school)

️◾️️ FREE ~ NO registration required
◾️️ milk coupons for those who attend & qualify
◾️ baby weight scale available
◾️ free shop - gently used clothing & books
◾️ for safety, no hot beverages in group
◾️ lite snack provided

Questions about the group & what to expect?
Reach us by:
☎️ Phone: 204.785.8218
💻 Email: gryears.support@mymts.net
💬 Facebook Messenger
📍 216 Manitoba Ave, Selkirk

03/04/2026

The Project Linus Canada - Selkirk Chapter BLANKETEERS are such a warm-hearted & creative bunch - putting love & kindness in every stitch!!

💟🧵🪡 💟

We thank them all so much for sharing their time, talents & generosity with Growing Years families' through their on going blanket donations to our centre.

03/04/2026

❤️ Whole BABY Love ❤️

🗓️ WEDNESDAY, March 4th
⏰ 10:00-11:30am
➡ ➡️➡️LACTATION CONSULTANT & PHN, Patti will be available to answer your questions, provide support for challenges & celebrate your breast/chest feeding successes

🗓️ THURSDAY, March 5th
⏰ 1:30-3:00pm
➡️➡️➡️ PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE, Sarah will be available to answer your questions and provide support & guidance

❤️ a program for PREGNANT & POSTNATAL families with INFANTS up to 1 year of age promoting healthy infant development, maternal & infant wellness & secure attachment

❤️ toddler, preschool & kindergarten (on scheduled days off school) SIBLINGS may also attend ~ limited childminding provided
❎ NO school age children (even on days off school)
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◾️️ FREE ~ NO registration required
◾️️ milk coupons for those who attend & qualify
◾️ baby weight scale available
◾️ free shop - gently used clothing & books
◾️ for safety, no hot beverages in group
◾️ lite snack provided

Questions about the group & what to expect?
Reach us by:
☎️ Phone: 204.785.8218
💻 Email: gryears.support@mymts.net
💬 Facebook Messenger
📍 216 Manitoba Ave, Selkirk

03/03/2026

IN-PERSON Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) SUPPORT in Selkirk:
🗓️ Tuesday - March 10, 2026
⏰ 8:30am-4:00pm
📍 Selkirk Service Canada (22 Main St)

03/02/2026

❤️ Whole BABY Love ❤️
WEDNESDAY, March 4th
⏰ 10:00-11:30am

➡➡➡ LACTATION CONSULTANT & PHN, Patti will be available to answer your questions, provide support for challenges & celebrate your breast/chest feeding successes

NOTE: you do not have to be breast/chest feeding to attend - Patti can answer all kinds of Public Health Nurse questions

❤️ a program for PREGNANT & POSTNATAL families with INFANTS up to 1 year of age promoting healthy infant development, maternal & infant wellness & secure attachment

❤️ toddler, preschool & kindergarten (on scheduled days off school) SIBLINGS may also attend ~ limited childminding provided
❎ NO school age children (even on days off school)

️◾️️ FREE ~ NO registration required
◾️️ milk coupons for those who attend & qualify
◾️ baby weight scale available
◾️ free shop - gently used clothing & books
◾️ for safety, no hot beverages in group
◾️ lite snack provided

Questions about the group & what to expect?
Reach us by:
☎️ Phone: 204.785.8218
💻 Email: gryears.support@mymts.net
💬 Facebook Messenger
📍 216 Manitoba Ave, Selkirk