Cold Lake Native Friendship Centre Society
About Cold Lake Native Friendship Centre Society
Our Friendship Centre Started as a satellite of the Bonnyville Friendship Centre. In 1988, it was incorporated under the Society's Act and in 1999 became the Cold Lake Native Friendship Centre, (CLNFC).
The major accomplishments of this Friendship Centre starts with its survival as a non-core funded centre. We have had to rely on innovative programming, and in recent years our status to a core-funded centre has helped increase our effectiveness in the community.
The Cold Lake Native Friendship Centre is the only native organization in Cold Lake; a city of 12,000, with a Metis Settlement and several reserves near by. These communities add another 3,000 people of Indigenous decent to our programming needs. Another major aspect of our centre is the close proximity to several reserves in Saskatchewan. These people shop and move to the City of Cold Lake attracted by the oil and gas industry.
The first main service we provide is a place for Indigenous and non-indigenous people to meet. We have become a friendly, free coffee serving meeting place for people in the city for the day, or searching for services and places to live. We provide on-site counselling, career guidance, youth program, and weekly soup kitchen. Our staff assists people in need of everything from employment opportunities to emergency facilities that Cold Lake offers. In partnership with all of the provincial offices in the area, we have been able to streamline our clients needs.
Locations
Primary Office Location
5015 55 Street Cold Lake Canada T9M 1P4
(780) 594-7526
