CITIZENS' COUNSELLING CENTRE
An over $200K renovation completed June 14, 2015!
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Who are they?
Through their volunteer counselling services, the Citizens' Counselling Centre provides counselling for adults who would otherwise not be able to afford it. In 2014 they had 115 volunteers provide 9000 hours of counselling to 1200 clients. Thirty percent of these are youth between 18 and 29.
The root of homelessness and poverty is often psychological and emotional damage. People feel isolated and alone. They have never been given the tools to make their lives better. They haven't been listened to with a compassionate and educated ear. The Citizens' Counselling Centre is part of the solution to our societal ills, because they tackle the problems before they become unwelding. They are there for those on the precipice of despair, grief, and anxiety. They facilitate people's empowerment during difficult times and thereby help bring them back into themselves and into their lives in ways that ripple out positive change through our community.
Now and again we all need help. In 2015 the Citizens' Counselling Centre needed our help to make their building worthy of the work they do. They had been in their 50 year old building for 25 years and now it required a total refresh.
Project Major Corporate and Supply Sponsors
COMPANIES THAT CARE
These are the kind of companies that rebuild our community.
Look for them. Remember them. Support them.
Full List of HeroWork's 2015 Sponsors
CONSTRUCTION
- Alpine
- Chinook Scaffold
- Coast Environmental
- Colonial Countertops
- Continuum Construction
- Core Drafting Services Inc.
- District Plumbing and Heating
- Doran Musgrove Architect
- Downs Construction
- Emerson Exterior
- Farmer Group of Companies
- Four Seasons Fire Prevention
- Green Isle Air Systems
- Greenway Carpet Cleaning
- Hardwire Telecom
- Hilti
- Houle Electric
- Jeune Bros Awning
- KLAD Custom Building
- KL Design Furniture
- JSH Engineering Ltd
- Knappett
- KONE Inc.
- KSC Sales Inc.
- Landart Designer
- McGregor & Thompson Hardware
- North West Environmental
- Omicron
- Playsted Sheet Metal Ltd
- PR Wilson Interiors
- Square Deal Roofing Ltd
- Steel City Drywall
- Story Construction
- Tac-Tile & Stone Unlimited
- The Finishing Store
- The Lock Doctor
- Unisource Canada
- Triumph Electrical Consulting Engineering Ltd
- Van Isle Shipping Inc
- H.D Trucking
- We Paint
- Welbury Construction
- WesternOne
DESIGN/STAGING
- At First Sight Home Staging Solutions
- Design District Studio Inc
- I Dare-ya Designs
- Island Flyboards
- McGeachy Media and Design
- Nicole Scott Designs Inc.
- Niido Interiors
- Incredible Closets
- Western Interior Design Group
- Metro Wallcoverings
ENTERTAINMENT
- Corey Francis and Jesse
- CMC Studios
- Daniel Oliver Francis
- Jessom
- Larsen Music
- Long and Mcquade
- Major Conrad Flapps
- Ocean 98.5
- One 2 Many
- Rendez-vous
- Rock Bay Pipers
- Terry Brennan
- The Bald Eagles Band
- Younger Than Yesterday
FLOORING
- Liesch Interiors
- Pacific Rim Flooring
- Zero 1 Flooring
- Island Floors
KITCHENS
- Innovative Kitchens and Bath
- Island Floors
- Thomas and Birch Cabinetry
- Urbana
LANDSCAPE/TREE
- Davey Tree Expert Co. of Canada
- Year Round Yard Maintenance
LIGHTING
- Illuminations Lighting Solutions
- Coast Lighting
MOVING
- Consider it Done Moving
OFFICE/FURNITURE
- Agenda Office Interiors
- Aon Reed Stenhouse Inc
- Max Furniture
PAINTING
- AB Painting Services
- Nu Edge Painting
- Sanalex Painting
- Sherwin Williams
- We Painting
PLUMBING
- Bartle and Gibson
- Bruce Fraser Plumbing and Heating
- Callaway Plumbing and Drains
- On Demand Plumbing
PRINTING/SIGNS
- Fritzworks Printing Services
- Garside Signs
- Island Blue
- Mega Screens Productions
REALESTATE
- ReMax Realty (Tent)
- Victoria Real Estate Board
RESTAURANT/FOOD
- Big Wheel Burger
- Boston Pizza
- Cafe Brio
- Caffe Fantastico
- Canoe Brewpub
- Fairway Markets
- Fifth Street Bar and Grill
- Marina Restaurant
- Truffles Catering
- Vista 18
SAFETY
- RGB Enterprises
- St Johns Ambulance
WATER
- SuperCoolers
- Simply pure ice and water
WINDOW/COVERINGS
- Ruffell and Brown
- Starline Windows
Renovation Check List
- All carpet and pad replaced upstairs
- New beam & structural support
- Shim & level upstairs floor
- Gut and redo all four bathrooms
- Install 2 kitchenettes
- Install 1 dry kitchenette
- Paint building inside & out
- New awning
- Replace bathroom windows
- Replace main office window & repair frame
- New custom handrails
- Replace back emergency stairs
- Remove vines
- Power-wash building
- Renew all office furniture
- Refresh counselling spaces with furniture & aesthetics
- New ceiling tiles downstairs
- Fire rate entire building with drywall & fire caulking
- Install 5 fire-rated doors
- Redo duct work downstairs
- Replace heat pump on upper roof
- Refresh electrical throughout building
- Redo computer cables & communications
- Clean downstairs carpeting
- New window treatments throughout
- Remove 2 doors from lower reception area
- Remove door from bike room & reinstall in new location
- Remove reception desk on lower level
- Install emergency lighting throughout
- Install approved exit signage & lighting throughout
- Install cove base in all areas
- Install chair rail in all common areas
- Install new levered handles (fire rated where applicable)
- Replace any pot or track lighting with LED lighting
- Add insulation in T-bar ceiling areas
- Replace hot water tank
- Replace all fluorescent lighting with PowerSmart
- New signage
- Plus more…