Neighbourhood Information Post

Thank You For Helping Us Serve Our Community

Volunteers are an important part of N.I.P.’s services.
The dedication and commitment of the following volunteers has made a significant difference to our community in the past year.


Program Volunteers

Abdul Basher Nina Akichonkova Ariel Blanchard Boyd Bryon Kanya Chaivat Stephanie Gopie Jessica Huang Susan Hai Yan Huang Ti Hui Huang Yi Ji Albert Lam Nga Peng Leong Yu Shi Li

Haixia (Tina) Lu Neeru Mishra Diep Nguyen Rong Ma Sonal Patel Mildred Quiah Nabanitha Ray Hayer Sarbjit Karan Sethi Nataliya Snegova Thiashini Thiageshwaran Mai Chi Truong Royeston Velupillai

Aaraniyan Vivekananthan Leing Vongsavanh Li Wang Wendy Zhang Walter Zielinski

Volunteers from Management Advisory Services

David Ferguson Peter Goldthorpe Michael Landa Aubrey Russell

Tax Clinic Volunteers from the Institute of Chartered Accountants

Eban Bari Paul Chiasson Ida Dametto Shaun Davitt Patrick Dervin Merella Dorival

Nasir Hassan Russ Lindsay Karen Macfee Muffazzal Merchant Ai Lin Ong Ann Richards

Our Sincere Thanks to our Funders and Partners:

N.I.P. gratefully acknowledges the financial contributions of the following organizations:

Our Funders (2005-2006)

City of Toronto-Community & Neighbourhood Services
Human Resources and Skills Development Canada
Hunter Foundation
Industry Canada
Ministry of Community and Social Services
Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing
Ministry of Culture
Ontario Library Association
Toronto Community Foundation
United Way of Greater Toronto

The Winter Warmth Fund:

Enbridge Gas Distributions
Toronto Hydro Corporation

Our Community Partners

N.I.P. works in partnership with the following community groups and organizations, and gratefully acknowledges their support.
African Women's Resources Centre
Albion Neighbourhood Services
Alterna Savings
Angora Foundation
Bloor Information and Life Skills Centre
Central Neighbourhood House
Centre for Equality in Rental Accommodation (CERA)
Children's Aid Society of Toronto
Christian Resource Centre
Community Matters Toronto
Community Resource Connection of Toronto
COSTI North York Housing Help
COTA Health
Dixon Hall
East York Housing Outreach
Federation of Community Information Centres
FindHelp Toronto
George Brown College
Growing Together
Institute of Chartered Accountants
Low Income Energy Network
Low Income Families Together (LIFT)
Management Advisory Services
Neighbourhood Legal Services
Parkdale Community Information Centre
POINT Inc. (People and Organizations in North Toronto)
Progress Place
Regent Park Community Health Centre
Regent Park Neighbourhood Initiatives
Scarborough Housing Help Centre
Sherbourne Health Centre
St. James Town Working Group
Thorncliffe Neighbourhood House
The Toronto Community Housing Corporation
The Toronto Drop-In Network
The Toronto Public Library (Parliament Street Branch)
Toronto Public Health
United Way of Canada
Woodgreen Community Centre
York Community Services

NIP Current Board of Directors 2006-2007

Visnja Brcic - President Eno Egbo-Egbo - Vice-President Chris Drew - Director Adrianna Leblanc - Director

Russ Lindsay - Director Camille Marshall - Director Brian Reddy - Director Lina Reyes - Director Gladys Wong - Ex-Officio

NIP Current Staff

Gladys Wong - Executive Director
Rochelle Williams - Rent Bank Administrative Co-ordinator
Miguel Romero - Accountant
John Patton - Information/Administration Worker
Maja Bryon - Program Worker
Meerra Thiageshwaran - Trusteeship Program Worker
Yan Jun Ma - Program Worker
Sanja Cvetanovic - Program Worker
Ann Fung - Program Worker
Aaran Vive - Program Worker