Deployment Related Activities
DEPLOYMENT is defined as: ANY WORK RELATED SEPARATION (i.e. away on courses, training, IR, short and long deployments) Below are highlights of upcoming deployment activities. Please see our calendar for a listing of all activities & events the Centre offers.
Child care is provided at no cost to you for all deployment-related workshops.
Deployment Café
Halifax Site
Are you experiencing a work related separation due to IR, courses, exercises or short-term deployment? If so, come join us for dinner, connect with other military families and discuss the joys and challenges of your loved ones deployment. Casual care is available for children 5 and under. There will be other fun activities for children 6 and up. Don’t worry we’ll feed the children too.
Sunday March 18 from 4:30pm – 6:30pm
Cost: Covered by Deployment Services
Deadline to Register: Wednesday March 14 by 4:00pm
For more information, please call 427-7788
HMCS Charlottetown Family Network Planning Session
Thursday February 23, 2012 from 6:30 – 8:30pm
Halifax & Region MFRC – Halifax Site
Join other families of HMCS Charlottetown and start planning events for March. Casual Care will be provided at no charge to participant.
Call 427-7788 to register for the planning session and casual care. Registration deadline is Tuesday February 21, 2012 @ 8am.
Family networks are a wonderful and affordable means for military families with common concerns and interests to join in on a variety of fun social events every month for the duration of the deployment. Consisting of family members and friends of deployed CF members, networks are set up at the beginning of a deployment for families to share information, make new supportive friends and organize all kinds of special outings and events.
Families & friends of HMCS Charlottetown: CO’s Monthly Family Briefing/VTCs/Pot Luck Supper Event
Sunday March 4th, 2012 from 2:00 – 7:00pm
H&R MFRC Halifax Site – Large Multi-Purpose Room
Please join us for the 2nd CO’s Monthly Family Briefing. The CO will call at 3:00pm and provide us with a power point presentation of the ship’s happenings since they departed Halifax. Following the presentation, we will enjoy a Pot Luck supper and some good conversation. Upon registration, please indicate what you will be bringing for the potluck supper. Families are to call 427-7788 to register both for this event & casual care if required. Registration deadline is Thursday March 1st @ 8am
Individual VTCs will be taking place from 1:00 – 2:45pm and 3:45 – 7:00pm
Saturday Casual Care
Ages: 3 months to 12 years
Register for this program as early as possible because spaces are limited and fill up quickly. Experiencing deployment? Let us know as respite hours can be used.
Halifax: Saturday, February 25 and March 10 10:00am – 3:00pm
Shearwater: Saturday, March 3 and 17 10:00am – 3:00pm
Cost: $5/hr for children under 18 months, $4/hr for children over 18 months
Registration Deadline: Wednesday before the session.
For more information on activity dates and times call 427-7788 (24/7 Family Information & Referral Service Team).
