Welcome to Halifax & Region Military Family Resource Centre

Find out what is happening at the MFRC – click on this link for our monthly calendar of activities and events. New programs are added regularly.

Check out our eNews from June 13. Click here.

Balancing the Military Lifestyle and a Family

By: Emily Thompson, Resource Development, H&R MFRC

For many folks today, managing a full time career and family life can be a daily balancing act. We are often reminded to keep work life at the office and family life in the home. This can be particularly challenging for military families, especially with last minute taskings and deployments. For Rear Admiral (RAdm) David Gardam, Commander of Maritime Forces Atlantic (MARLANT), his family faces these same challenges like so many other military families, often being pulled away on short notice for operations around the world. Continue reading.

You’re invited! Annual General Meeting and BBQ

June 19 BBQ 4:30-5:30 pm / meeting 5:30-6:30 pm

Shearwater site

All military members and their families are invited to attend. Casual child care is provided during the meeting. Please RSVP for childcare only by calling 427-7788 by June 14. Childcare starts at 5:30 pm.

The H&R MFRC Board has proposed some bylaw changes. Please see the attached document: Bylaw changes (posted May 15, 2013)

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Support Military Family Small Business in your Community

Each year, military families are posted to new cities, provinces and even different countries, leaving family, friends and supports behind to begin anew. Postings are one of the largest challenges faced by Canadian Forces (CF) families. For military family entrepreneurs, postings can be particularly taxing as they spend countless hours establishing a business, only to start over again in a new market with each move that is experienced. Continue reading: http://www.halifaxmfrc.ca/smallbiz/