Family Literacy Day – January 27th!

Events, Family & Children, News

This nationally celebrated day aims to increase awareness on the value of reading and engaging in literacy related activities as a family. Families are encouraged to take time each day to engage in literacy related activities – even just 15 minutes a day can...

Lunch With The Bunch: Halloween

Events, News, Seniors

It was a very interesting day at ACS today (Monday, October 26). It began as elderly women dressed as an escaped jailbird was spotted crossing the parking lot on her way into the building. As it turns out she was attending the seniors’ Lunch With the Bunch...

The Golden Tree

Events, Legal Advocacy & Information, News

Early one March morning in 2007, three women packed with fourteen others into a poorly maintained and unsafe work van lost their lives when the driver lost control on Highway 1 near Abbotsford. These senseless deaths sparked a province-wide review of farm...

ACS Celebrates Earth Day

Events, News, Staff

ACS & Starbucks surprised 400 customers on Earth Day, Wednesday, April 22nd with free usable cups and free coffee in an effort to remind people about the benefits of taking small actions to make big impacts. Four hundred customers were surprised today at Starbucks...

2015 Cultural Diversity Awards

Events, Immigrant Integration, News

On Friday, March 6th we celebrated the 12th Annual Fraser Valley Cultural Diversity Awards.  What is cultural diversity? Simply stated it is the inclusion of diverse people in a group or organization, it includes, but is not limited to age, abilities, ethnicity,...

DHF Wrap-Up 2015

Events, Immigrant Integration, News

The Annual Diversity Health Fair is an important event because it connects newcomers to health services and providers in an informal community setting. “A newcomer may be facing health related issues which they are not aware of; things like hearing loss, diabetes,...