Centre d'action bénévole de Granby

Record #: GBY0038
Last Full Update: 26 May 2021

Organization Information

Alternate name CABG

Description and Services

Description Promotes volunteer work in the various areas of human activity * meets community needs through volunteer work * promotes the 211 Service for the Haute-Yamaska RCM.  
 
Home support services  
* visits and friendly phone calls  
* transportation services  
* support  
* meals on wheels (Granby and Bromont only)  
* mobile library  
* respite care  
* small errands  
* orthopaedic and telemonitoring equipment loans 
 
Family Services  
* volunteer grand-mothers  
* respite babysitting (for low-income families, maximum 3h/week)  
* homework help  
 
Services for Individuals  
* community kitchens  
* assistance with forms and reporting of income (income tax service available only in March)  
Carrefour d'information pour aînés (CIA) 450-372-2424 
* help vulnerable seniors to identify and understand the government information  
* support seniors in the procedures for access to government programs or services 
* support for forms 
* Service point - Bonhomme à lunettes, every Tuesday, 9:30 am-12 noon, 1 pm-4 pm http://www.bonhommealunettes.org/ 
 
Volunteer and Community Action Development  
* promotion  
* representations  
* National Volunteer Week  
* cooperation and joint action with community organizations 
 
Services for Volunteers  
* welcome and support  
* volunteers’ committees  
* training  
* recognition activities 
 
Services to Organizations  
* technical services  
* recruiting and referrals of volunteers  
* Bénévoles Experts 
211 Service Promotion  
* 2-1-1 * http://www.211quebecregions.ca/en/ 
* registration and updating of organizations serving the Haute-Yamaska community  
* production of a “Haute-Yamaska RCM Community Service Directory”  
 
Events/activities: National Volunteer Week (annual), April 2019, Patrick St-Denis (in charge of event) 
 
Accreditations/affiliations: * Centraide Richelieu-Yamaska * MRC La Haute-Yamaska * RCABM * TROCM * CDCH-Y * GASP * Table de concertation des aînés de la Haute-Yamaska

Address, Telephone, E-mail, Website, Location

Address 362 rue Notre-Dame
Granby, QC J2G 3L3
 
View Google Map
Office phone 450-372-5033
Fax 450-372-2400
E-mail info@cabgranby.ca
Social Media Facebook Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CABGranby
Website www.cabgranby.ca

Contact Information

Primary executive Nathalie Roberge, Director General
Volunteer coordinator Patrick St-Denis, Responsible for Volunteer Services; Phone: 450-372-1338

Additional Information

Accessibility Partially accessible
Languages French ; English - spoken
Areas served Bromont - All services (except meals on wheels and 211) ; Granby - All services ; Haute-Yamaska (MRC) - 211 Service and Carrefour d'information pour aînés ; Roxton Pond - All services (except meals on wheels) ; Saint-Alphonse-de-Granby - All services (except meals on wheels) ; Sainte-Cécile-de-Milton - All services (except meals on wheels) ; Saint-Paul-d'Abbotsford - All services (except meals on wheels and 211)
Eligibility People in need, frail elders, volunteers and organizations
Fees Service - Meals on wheels - service $ 6,50/meal * transportation service (according to distance) ; Deposit - for the loan of orthopaedic equipment $20 or $40 (depending on the equipment)
Hours Mon-Fri 8:30 am-12 noon, 1 pm-4:30 pm 
Summer Mon-Thu 8 am-12 noon, 1 pm-4:30 pm * Fri 8 am-12 noon

In partnership with...

Centraide Richelieu-Yamaska
Ville de Québec
MRC la Haute-Yamaska
Centre d'action bénévole de Granby inc.