Sending profound thanks to Elaine and David Bliss for their generous $5000 donation to REACH Gift of Speech on Nov.29, 2023! This holiday season, we launched our annual REACH Gift of Speech on Giving Tuesday, Nov.28 the global day of radical generosity. The Blisses...

Giving Tuesday was November 28, 2023 and it is a global movement that “reimagines a world built on shared humanity and generosity” (givingtuesday.org). Envision Financial joined the movement and helped raise awareness and funds to support speech therapy for local...

The Community Services Recovery Fund (CSRF) is a $400 million investment from the Government of Canada to support community service organizations, including charities, non-profits and Indigenous governing bodies, as they adapt and modernize their organizations. Now...

Round Up for Reach at Match Eatery and Public House in Cascades Casino Delta benefited Reach Society in April 2023 as part of World Autism Month. All month long, patrons rounded up their cheque to the nearest dollar and proceeds were donated to REACH for autism...

GCT Teen Social Saturdays (GCT TEENSS) youth visited Global Container Terminals (GCT) on June 10, 2023. GCT was the first corporate business to sponsor an annual program at REACH and by doing so has ensured the continuity and stability of this valuable program for six...

In 2020, FortisBC made an initial three-year commitment to fund REACH SibShops program. This year, they extended that commitment for three more years. “The “FortisBC SibShops” Program now runs once a month from September to June,” notes Camille Netherton, REACH...

President Tanya MacNeill and Ken Harvey visited us at head office July 05, 2023, with a donation from Royal Canadian Legion branch 289, Tsawwassen. We appreciate this support to local children in our community and Executive Director Renie D'Aquila and Fundraising...

June 20, 2023 - McDonald’s South Delta owner/operator Nauman Jutt presented a $10,000 cheque to Reach Child and Youth Development Society’s Executive Director Renie D’Aquila in the Ladner restaurant on June 20.  It represented fundraising from this year’s McHappy Day...

REACH Fundraising Manager Tamara Veitch received a $1535 donation from Tsawwassen Mills June 13, 2023. This generous donation was an additional contribution to La Belle Vie gala June 03, 2023. Tsawwassen Mills chose to make REACH the beneficiary from their Central...

During April 2023, Match Eatery and Public House matched patron 'round-up's on their bills in support of autism funding at Reach Child and Youth Development Society.  Many thanks to Cascades Casino Delta, Match Eatery & Public House and Gateway Gives  for their...

On September 22, 2022, Elaine and David Bliss visited Reach Child Development Centre in Ladner for a meeting where Society President Phyllis With, Foundation Chair Denis Horgan and staff Executive Director Renie D'Aquila and Fundraising Manager Tamara Veitch...

Delta Community Foundation has donated $5,000 to support counselling services offered by Reach Child and Youth Development Society. Representatives from the foundation made the donation during a visit to Reach’s development centre, located at 5050 47th Ave. in Ladner,...

The Tsawwassen Order of Old Bastards supports the residents of South Delta and assists the young, the elderly, and other individuals or organizations in need. TOOB Vice President David Bliss delivered a cheque for $3,000 to support children at REACH on September 21,...

REACH Summer Series Summer Camps that have comprised 8 weeks of fun for complex kids at our child development centre in the heart of Ladner! From tie-dying, to creating wishes boxes to keep their wishes for themselves safe, to waterpark fun behind Reach, to getting to...

CHEERS FOR CHILDREN 2022  raised just over $35,000!! Reach Society is grateful to Four Winds Brewing Company for throwing this live music fundraiser was s a 19+ event that took place at Southlands Market Square, just across the street from where Four Winds new brewery...

David Bliss and Sheila Yip from The TOOB service club in Tsawwassen visited us March 15, 2022 with a donation to REACH. The TOOB's mission is to support community organizations in South Delta. We thank them for thinking of us! REACH Executive Director Renie D'Aquila...

A free event for REACH program children and families  occurred May 15, 2022.  A group of performance and exotic car enthusiasts - The Driver's Experience Gruppe (DXG) drove their vehicles to Reach Child and Youth Development Society's head office in Ladner and...

On November 20th,  Century Group Southlands hosted a Christmas at Southlands event where 800 registrants helped light an enormous Christmas tree and enjoyed caroling, festive crafts and community. A toy drive for Reach Child and Youth Development Society was part of...

Envision Financial just keeps giving to registered local charities! Right now, their Simple Generosity campaign is live and a wonderful opportunity exists to make #CommentsOfKindness and tag us on this Envision Facebook post and Reach Child & Youth Society will...

FortisBC visited us on January 19, 2021  to donate masks, gloves, re-usable slippers, cleaning wipes and hand sanitizer to help with REACH therapy session safety during COVID-19! Sending a BIG THANK YOU to FortisBC, who is a committed REACH sponsor of our SibShops...

BCfresh provided $6,000 to purchase 6 iPads for virtual service provision for REACH programs this month! Children benefit greatly from these learning aids. In our photo, a young client with autism in our Applied Behavioural Analysis program uses an iPad to help with...

REACH has received an incredible amount of support for families in need this Christmas and as a result were able to build amazing Christmas Hampers full of toys and food for 25 families!!  The sources of these donations are: Home Depot Strawberry Hills who provided...

Reach Child and Youth Development Society (REACH) was supported by the Government of Canada’s Emergency Community Support Fund and Delta Foundation this summer because of COVID-19 impact on in-person therapy services. REACH received a $25,805 grant in July from their...

We are very grateful for the special pandemic support from our sustained donors during 2020. In August, REACH received a letter from Port Gala Committee members DP World Vancouver, Global Container Terminals, Vancouver Fraser Port Authority and Western Stevedoring...

We are grateful for a $15,000 donation to help purchase additional Occupational and Physiotherapy equipment needed to conduct virtual services, as well as to help fill our toy resource library. Partial funds were also used for virtual therapy aids such as iPads. The...

Reach Child and Youth Development Society launched Reach for Beauty: Art Auction for Autism on July 26, 2020. The generosity of local artists made this on-line silent auction to support children possible and all the wonderful supporters who bid on artwork. We raised...

After the COVID-19 pandemic emerged this spring, the Community Help Fund of Envision Financial, a division of  Envision Financial, a division of First West Credit Union and First West Foundation donated to REACH to support the purchase of PPE supplies. Learn more...

REACH is committed to keeping our staff and families safe during COVID-19. Keep reading below for our list of measures to limit the exposure to COVID-19: FIRST LEVEL PROTECTION – ELIMINATION Those with symptoms of illness or with ill members in household prohibited...

The Coast Capital Savings Community Leadership Team approved $5,000 in support from their COVID Relief to help families with emergency funding, counselling and PPE for clients and staff. This grant directly helps those in the communities we serve - Surrey, Delta and...

Our new community playground at Reach Inclusive Preschool North is ready for action! We are grateful to announce a $19,812.00 grant from Tire Stewardship BC that made the playground surfacing possible. The playground is accessible to children of all ages and...

David Bliss presented a $3,000 cheque to REACH at our Annual General Meeting on September 13, 2018. These funds were raised by the TOOB and are earmarked for preschool playground equipment. Thank you for your community mindedness members of the TOOB.