Welcome to the Stella’s Circle blog, where you’ll find news, stories and regular updates about our organization and our community partners, employees, friends and participants.
Earlier this week was International Self-Care Day. At Stella’s Circle we take that very seriously, as our dedicated staff work very hard taking care of others. Self-care is important for everyone. Several Stella’s Circle employees shared some tips and advice for dealing with stress and anxiety. Remember to be gentle with yourself. Stress, anxiety, feeling… Read more »
We are so delighted to be presenting with Choices for Youth, and in partnership with Buy Social Canada, a Social Buying for Social Good networking event and symposium. Social Buying for Social Good is a public networking and interactive panel event to celebrate the innovative social enterprises that exist in our community. This event takes… Read more »
The 2017 summer season in the St. John’s area has been filled with lots of sun. That has meant a busy and production season for our Green Team, thanks to funding from the Conservation Corps NL. The Green Team has been building, marketing, selling and installing garden boxes suitable for growing a variety of vegetables,… Read more »
Friends and family of Camille Strickland-Murphy joined together to make a donation to the Just Us Women’s Centre at Stella’s Circle in memory of their dear friend who died while serving a prison sentence outside the province. By bringing Camille’s experiences to light, her friends and family hope to end stigma around addiction, mental health,… Read more »
Thanks to a wonderful partnership with Shoppers Drug Mart and the Running Room, the SHOPPERS LOVE. YOU. Run for Women was a huge success nationally, raising almost $1.9 million for women’s mental health. The St. John’s run resulted in $50,000 raised for two Stella’s Circle programs – Naomi Centre and the Just Us Women’s Centre…. Read more »
Thanks to a wonderful partnership with Shoppers Drug Mart and the Running Room, the SHOPPERS LOVE. YOU. Run for Women was a huge success nationally, raising almost $1.9 million for women’s mental health. The St. John’s run resulted in $50,000 raised for two of our women programs – Naomi Centre and the Just Us Women’s… Read more »
Memorial University’s Centre for Social Enterprise may be a fairly new entity but it is already making a difference. Recently, we had the privilege of hosting three students at our Stella’s Circle for an 8-week placement. The students came from social work (Justin), music (Kristian) and business (Sarah) and worked on our concert Stella’s Circle Sings… Read more »
Transformative, mind-bending, emotional, deeply moved. These are all words that were used to describe last night’s Stella’s Circle Sings for Canada event at the LSPU Hall. Stella’s Circle was fortunate enough to receive funding from the Government of Canada through Canada150 to work with Juno award winning Amelia Curran to write a song. The process… Read more »
Stella’s Circle was thrilled recently to receive a Path to Distinction Award from the NL Employers Council. The name of the award is perfect. It really is a path to travel on in order to be focused on leadership, innovation and valuing our workforce. Over the past two years, Stella’s Circle has really focused on its workforce. We are… Read more »
By day, Dana Reid is a Life Skills Integrator at Emmanuel House. Outside of work, she’s a singer, songwriter, and recording artist. Dana combined her talents to write the song Hope Lives Here, the well-known tag line of Stella’s Circle, a leading community organization that provides supportive housing, residential and non-residential counseling, and employment services. The song was written by Dana… Read more »
