About us
Who are we?
A non-profit organization whose primary mission is to give back by helping people in precarious situations or experiencing financial difficulties, by providing them with essential items such as clothing, furniture, and household appliances.
With a team of over 30 employees and about 15 volunteers, we run a community thrift store and offer a variety of services, all of which help to give people a second chance in different ways.
Missions / services
Community Mission
- Material assistance
- Food assistance
Social Mission
- Reinsertion
- Integration
- Training
- Experience
- Community and Compensatory Work
Economic Mission
- Community Thrift Store with Affordable Prices
Environmental Mission
- Retrieval
- Recycling
Our vision guides us
Spreading the seeds of goodness and hope through our involvement and our desire to help and support. We work every day to continue to see the beauty, appreciate the goodness and do good in the world.
Values we stand by
« We put people at the heart of everything we do. »
Communication, respect, open-mindedness without judgment, self-sacrifice, teamwork, mutual support, confidence, well-being and fun!
Board of Directors
The organization is managed by a Board of Directors composed of seven (7) people who receive their two (2)-year mandates from the members at the Annual General Meeting.
Our Board of Directors members:
- Mathieu Durivage
- President
- Michel Lebel
- Vice-president
- Céline Tang
- Treasurer
- Céline Proulx
- Administrator
- Chantal Larochelle
- Administrator
- Dianne Bégin
- Administrator
- Rachel Le Bourdais
- Administrator
The Board of Directors met 7 times this year.
Our team
A tightly knit team
- Nadia Tremblay
- General Manager
- Sandrine Lacoste-Bissonnette
- Administrative Assistant
Our team of thirty employees carries out a phenomenal amount of work. They are highly committed to each of our missions and know how to adapt to different situations. Thanks to them, we’re able to keep offering a haven of peace, a little gem where it feels good to be, with its human warmth, desire to help, our smiles and availability.
A team of 15 volunteers have joined the work team. Their commitment and dedication have made a vital and much-appreciated contribution to the centre.
Our motto: Alone, we go faster, but together, we can go further illustrates our commitment to supporting and assisting our clients, without losing sight of the importance of teamwork in achieving this.
Our partners
Many of our partners work with us to fight poverty and reduce social inequality, either by developing joint projects or by sending us requests for material assistance for their users.
- La Re-source
- Quartiers des femmes
- Élan des jeunes
- Riapas
- Les toits d’Émile
- La Rencontre châteauguoise
- CLSC Châteauguay et CLSC Kateri
- CISSS de la Montérégie Ouest
- Centre d’éducation populaire
- L’avant-toit
- Centre de santé Desjardins
- Clinique externe Châteauguay
- La maison sous les arbres
- Complexe Le Partage
- Entraide Mercier
- Actions Famille
- Centre d’action bénévole du Grand Châteauguay
- Office municipal d’habitation de Châteauguay
- Centre intégré de la santé et des services sociaux de la Montérégie Ouest
- Alliance carrière travail et programme Safir
- Entraide Mercier
- Complices alimentaires
- Office d’habitation de Roussillon
- Écoles primaires et secondaires de la région
- Maison des jeunes de Châteauguay
- Centre Champlain
- Service à l’enfance-Châteauguay
- Maison d’hébergement l’Avant-toit
- Travail de milieu Candiac/Sainte-Catherine
Financing
Nouvelle Chance benefits from a financial contribution from the Quebec Ministry of Health and Social Services as part of the Community Organization Support Program (PSOC).
We receive various subsidies related to reintegration or experience with the local employment centre (CLE) and SDM SEMO Montérégie, CIT.
Every year, the organization welcomes students sponsored by the Canada Summer Jobs program for the summer season.
Self-financing
The Community Center self-finances its activities through in-store sales of furniture, items of all kinds and clothing, all of which have been raised thanks to the generosity of the people of Châteauguay and surrounding areas, who donate to the Community Center. The Community Thrift Shop is a non-profit organization. We have a social mission.
Regular sales
Following a predetermined schedule, we offer 2/1 or 50% sales twice a month in all thrift store departments. We also throw surprise sales throughout the year!
Fundraising activities
Every year, the organization holds a fundraising event to collect donations.
Covered territory
Our field of activity is primarily geared towards the population of the City of Châteauguay and the other municipalities of the MRC Roussillon.
- Châteauguay
- Candiac
- Delson
- Léry
- Mercier
- La Prairie
- St-Isidore
- St-Constant
- Ste-Catherine
- St-Mathieu
- St-Philippe