Welcome to the Giizhigaanang DayStar Community Centre!
News Flash!
We are thrilled to announce that the Wikwemikong Band Council has just
renewed the lease on the DayStar Community Center for another 20-years.
We are enormously grateful to the Chief and Elders for their continued and unwavering support of the work of DayStar Native Outreach.
We are enormously grateful to the Chief and Elders for their continued and unwavering support of the work of DayStar Native Outreach.
The DayStar Community Centre is located in the very heart of Wikwemikong.
Originally the building served as the Band Council offices. In 1992 the Council
leased the space to DayStar for a nominal amount. In the past ten years many
volunteers from Canada and the USA have transformed the interior and exterior
of the building to what you see today.
On the lower level you will find the Children's Activity Centre (complete with its own brightly painted Volkswagen Beetle), the Cafeteria with a kitchen and storeage area, and the washrooms.
On the upper level is the DayStar office and reception, a beutifully furnished lounge/Sunday School room, the Fellowship auditorium and the clothing bank.
Outside is a large yard for the children to run around and play supervised games.
In the summer months there are organized programs for children each weekday (from 10:00 am to noon). During the school year drop-in is from 3:00pm to 5:00pm.
On the lower level you will find the Children's Activity Centre (complete with its own brightly painted Volkswagen Beetle), the Cafeteria with a kitchen and storeage area, and the washrooms.
On the upper level is the DayStar office and reception, a beutifully furnished lounge/Sunday School room, the Fellowship auditorium and the clothing bank.
Outside is a large yard for the children to run around and play supervised games.
In the summer months there are organized programs for children each weekday (from 10:00 am to noon). During the school year drop-in is from 3:00pm to 5:00pm.
Above and below are photos of the children participating in Creation Club, the
5-week summer program organized by volunteers Matt and Tamara Smith.
Avove left: Creation Clun leader Tamara
Smith and volunteer Krista Harrison.
Above: Volunteers Daniel Harrison and Mark Goudie.
Above: Volunteers Daniel Harrison and Mark Goudie.
Darren Kozeyeh, the master of his domain,
preparing breakfast for the bi-weekly Men's
Fellowship.
The lower-level washrooms
Lower-level Cafe