The former Storefront Humber which has helped seniors for more than 50 years has merged with others to become a new agency with new staff.
Storefront Humber is no longer here after serving seniors and others in need in the community for more than 50 years.
The social agency is now known as CommunitiCare Health Clinic, after merging with two other health agencies.
Regeneration Community Services, Storefront Humber Inc. and The Four Villages and Community Health Centre have amalgamated. The four organizations are now one legal entity under the legal name of West Toronto Community Health Services (WTCHS).
The former Storefront Humber is now a new agency called CommunitiCare Health.
The Storefront Humber website is essentially shut stating it will no longer be supported or contain timely information.
CommunitiCare is a health care agency that provides a full range of community health care and support services including support service, mental health and addictions services, supportive hours and home care services.
The new care agency said this month that changes in the near future includes new signs, new colours and new email addresses.
The Storefront is now a clinic that is part of the Toronto Central Local Health Integration Network.
“But while there are some changes to these items, our services and programs remain the same,” according to the CommunitiCare website.
Similar to Storefront Humber, the newly formed agency offers an adult day program, congregate dining, home help or home making, medical escort, personal care and support, respite care, shopping trips, well elderly program and more.
Storefront was formed by Humber College students to help others in December 1971. It has been a focal point for helping seniors in the community for decades.
The newly-formed CommunitiCare Health offers similar or more services for seniors and others than the former Storefront Humber.
The new agency offers help in more than a dozen languages and caters to those living from Lake Shore Blvd. W., to north of Bloor Street W., and west from Cawthra Road to Humber River to the east.
The new centre provides a 24-hours Senior Crisis Line for seniors in Ontario and can be reached at 1-866-299-1011.
The group is seeking volunteers and new board members and can be visited at www.communiticare.org to read about them and access programs and services.
The new agency comes with new staff.