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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=210 BGCOLOR="#336666" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <A HREF="id429.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Accredited"><U>Certified and accredited by the Canadian Accreditation Council for Human Services. </U></A> One of our key goals is health promotion and social development, all our programming/services build toward positive results in society.   We believe in a Global community strategy to meet the needs of families.</div> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=82 BGCOLOR="#CC9933" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>Metis Calgary Family Services Society</B></FONT><B>    </B><B> |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Metis Calgary Family Services Society"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our current Programs"><U>Our current Programs</U></A>   |   <B>About us...</B>   |   <A HREF="id379.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Logic Model"><U>Logic Model</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id169.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="News Views"><U>News & Views</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id415.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rainbow Lodge"><U>Rainbow Lodge</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id196.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Programs"><U>Programs</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id370.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Press release Parent Link"><U>Press release Parent Link</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id542.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Outcomes"><U>Outcomes</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id383.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Little Sundance"><U>Little Sundance</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id429.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Accredited"><U>Accredited</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U>Contact Us</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=398 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#FFFF99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="c128dfc3.jpg"> <div> <I>About us...</I></div> <div> <B>We are a registered Non-profit, Charitable Aboriginal organization that practices a culturally appropriate approach to service delivery for Aboriginal Families and Communities. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Vision: The Healthy Development of Native Children and Families.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Mission: To provide a balanced wholistic spectrum of services to Aboriginal Children and Families.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Objectives</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000033" FACE="Arial" ><B>     To identify the priority health and developmental needs of Aboriginal children and others who are at risk and then develop comprehensive, integrated, culturally sensitive programs that promote the health and social development of these children and their families.</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B><</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000033" FACE="Arial" ><B>     To develop an effective and coordinated range of prevention and early intervention programs for Aboriginal children and others who are at risk.</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B><</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000033" FACE="Arial" ><B>     To conduct educational workshops and develop training resources on child development, solvent abuse, and fetal alcohol syndrome, injury prevention, healthy babies and parenting skills.</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B><</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000033" FACE="Arial" ><B>     To conduct research into social issues and program effectiveness affecting Aboriginal children, families, and communities.</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B><</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000033" FACE="Arial" ><B>     To acquire lands, by purchase or otherwise, and erect a building or buildings for the Societies purposes.</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B><</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000033" FACE="Arial" ><B>     To sell, manage, lease, mortgage, dispose of or otherwise deal with the property of the Society.</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B><</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000033" FACE="Arial" ><B>     To enter into any arrangements and agreements with any government or authority that may seem conducive to the attainment of the Societies objectives.</B></FONT></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>