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      <title>December 2025 Newsletter</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 19:57:29 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2025 17:43:17 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2025 16:42:16 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Building a Better You Winter 2026 Schedule</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2025 16:35:34 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>REGISTER - Holiday Toy Program</title>
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         REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN for the Holiday Toy Program
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         Please register your family
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          HERE
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          After you register, a team member will contact you to schedule a time for you to come and select toys for your child(ren). 
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          If you need assistance, please call our office at 780-998-5595 x221 and a team member will be happy to assist you. 
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          Happy Holidays!!
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      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2025 16:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Annual Impact Video 2024-25</title>
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         Annual Impact Video 2024-25
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         Our Annual Impact Video 2024-25 highlights some of our operations from last year. You can watch the video on
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          YOUTUBE
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         . 
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      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2025 16:46:18 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Annual General Meeting</title>
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         You Are Invited...
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            To join us for our Annual General Meeting on Monday, Sept. 8, 2025 with dinner beginning at 5:30 PM and the Meeting/Presentation beginning at 6:00 PM. 
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             The AGM will be taking place at Pioneer House in Fort Saskatchewan located at 10102 100 Ave.. 
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            RSVP by emailing:
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             frontdesk@familiesfirstsociety.ca
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      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2025 22:16:28 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Families First Society - Application for Membership</title>
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         Are you interested in having a voice into the future of Families First? Consider becoming a member of the Society. 
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          Society membership provides the opportunity for you to participate in decisions made at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) as well as at any special meetings called by the Board of Directors. It also provides the opportunity for your name to stand for potential election as a member of the Board of Directors (
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           FFS Membership Policy
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          To apply to be a Member of the Society, please fill out the
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          and email it to:
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      <title>FFS Responds to Article in Sturgeon Creek Post</title>
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         An Open Letter to the Editor of the Sturgeon Creek Post
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      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Feb 2025 18:07:31 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The Helping Hands Fund</title>
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         The Helping Hands Fund
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            Life can sometimes throw curveballs our way and finding the needed resources can be a challenge. The Helping Hands Fund is a limited pool of funding, which is available to residents of Fort Saskatchewan, to provide support when all other avenues of resources have been exhausted.
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            If you find yourself in a challenging place and need some extra support, please call our Steadfast Connector to book an appointment at
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           780-998-5595 x239
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            or email
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      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2025 16:42:37 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Silly Sprouts Play Winter 2025 Schedule</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2024 16:41:55 GMT</pubDate>
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