ABOUT THE FOUNDATION

The North Eastern Ontario Children’s Foundation is a registered charity that shapes and improves the lives of children and youth from all backgrounds throughout the Districts of Cochrane and Timiskaming by supporting them in experiences that would otherwise be unattainable due to financial considerations.

The Foundation supports children and youth by providing camping opportunities for young persons who are either in foster care, receiving child protection or mental health services, or whose parents cannot afford to send their children to camp. The Foundation also offers post-secondary scholarships and funding for recreational activities to youth residing in foster care, receiving child protection services, or who are overcoming mental health challenges.

Further, the Foundation provides financial assistance to families to cover extraordinary costs during unforeseen hardships and for the care of children with complex special needs when all other public avenues have been exhausted. 

The Foundation also raises funds to support innovative and urgently-needed programs and services that are not government-funded for children and youth receiving services from North Eastern Ontario Family and Children’s Services (NEOFACS), such as the back to school campaign, the Children's Mental Health Week activities and the annual holiday toy drive programs.

The North Eastern Ontario Children’s Foundation does not receive any public funding or assistance. Rather, it depends on the generosity of individuals, corporations and proceeds raised from various fundraising activities. North Eastern Ontario Children's Foundation shapes and improves the lives of children and youth, but we cannot do it alone.

We need your help to make a notable difference in the life of a child, youth and their families!

Please help the NEO Children’s Foundation provide assistance to the local children and youth of the Cochrane and Timiskaming Districts by providing either a one-time financial donation or setting up a recurring financial donation.

For more information about the North Eastern Ontario Children’s Foundation, please contact Louise Larose, Executive Assistant, at 705-360-2110 or by email at louise.larose@neofacs.org.

HISTORY OF THE FOUNDATION

The North Eastern Ontario Children’s Foundation was originally established in 1979 as the Porcupine and District Children’s Foundation with a mandate to provide financial support to children and youth involved in services at the former Porcupine and District Children’s Aid Society (PDCAS). In 2000, the Children’s Foundation’s scope expanded when the former CAS amalgamated with South Cochrane Child & Youth Services to form Child & Family Services of Timmins and District (CFSTD).

In 2012, the Foundation once again evolved and expanded as CFSTD amalgamated with its sister agencies in the north (Services familiaux Jeanne Sauvé Family Services) and the south (Timiskaming Child and Family Services) to form North Eastern Ontario Family and Children’s Services (NEOFACS).

Serving a catchment area of more than 127,000 square kilometres in North Eastern Ontario, the Children’s Foundation is committed to improving the lives of children and youth by supporting them in experiences that would otherwise be unattainable.

VISION STATEMENT

Working together to provide the resources to help children, youth and families reach their full potential.

MISSION STATEMENT

Raise funds through community engagement to improve the lives of children, youth and families in the Districts of Cochrane and Timiskaming by supporting them in experiences that would otherwise be unattainable.