Membership

It is essential that children in our community are protected from neglect and abuse.

While the Kawartha -Haliburton Children’s Aid Society has the legal mandate to protect children, children at risk are best served when communities share this responsibility with children’s aid societies. You can help, and we encourage you become a member of the Kawartha-Haliburton Children’s Aid Society.

If you would like to become a member of the Kawartha-Haliburton Children’s Aid Society, please contact the Society at 705-743-9751.

You benefit

• You have a direct say in electing the Kawartha-Haliburton Children's Aid Society Board of Directors
• You can choose to stand for election yourself and can have direct input into the KHCAS operation.
• You are kept regularly up to date on child welfare issues in this community and elsewhere.

The Kawartha-Haliburton Children's Aid Society benefits

• A wide community base from which to draw support
• A broader base of knowledge regarding community issues

Children benefit

• Greater community involvement allows for better advocacy on behalf of children
• Child maltreatment and neglect issues can only be effectively tackled within the community by concerned, involved, individual citizens

Other benefits

• Subscription to the Ontario Association of Children's Aid Societies, Journal.
• A direct vote in the election of the Kawartha-Haliburton Children's Aid Society's Board of Directors at the Annual General Meeting
• All memberships are for a 12-month period. There is a small annual membership fee. Call (705) 743-9751 for further information.