Mr. Speaker, Onward Willow Better Beginnings is an excellent example of neighbours working together to build a better community.
Onward Willow offers a number of services to help recent immigrants adjust to life in Canada. Its dedicated volunteers help new Canadians to learn English as well as locate proper clothes and furnishings. Onward Willow also helps low income families with its coat exchange and breakfast programs for children in area schools.
Most important, Onward Willow helps our newest residents to really become a part of the community because it creates an opportunity for them to meet their neighbours. It has greatly contributed to Guelph—Wellington's sense of civic and national pride by teaching its participants that they are welcome and that they do belong.
I congratulate Onward Willow Better Beginnings for its success as a community organization and to thank its volunteers for giving so much of themselves. Together there is no end to what we can accomplish.