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Welcome Home Kits provide basic household supplies to individuals and families transitioning from shelters to permanent housing. These kits enable recipients to start their new lives with the materials required to cook and serve meals and to attend to personal hygiene. United Way Niagara works with individuals, groups, organizations, and partners to provide new household kitchen and bathroom items, to assemble into useful kits, and distribute to local agencies to provide to their clients. Since the program was established in 2012, over 3,700 kits have been distributed across Niagara to individuals and families in need.

Minerva Ward, President of the NOTL Chamber of Commerce shares details on a job fair being held April 12.

Para Nordic skier Christina Picton shares her thoughts on competing in the recent Paralympic Games in Beijing.

Port Cares hosted another successful Drive-Thru Soupfest event to raise funds and awareness for their Reach Out Centre. Three delicious soups were cooked in-house by Chef Aldo Ramirez and dozens of staff and volunteers delivered the meals to the participants' vehicles. Brenda Schultz files this report.

Andrea Scott, CEO of the Niagara Health Foundation joins The Source and gives an update on several fundraising initiatives including the return of the popular 50/50 Raffle.

Toby and Bernie Boulet joined The Source in advance of Green Shirt Day. Their son Logan was one of the victims in the Humboldt Broncos bus tragedy. The donation of Logan's organs created a nationwide movement that's become known as the Logan Boulet Effect.

The Source's Angie Mendoza got to celebrate with our friends at The Welland & District Humane Society Cat Adoption Centre in The Seaway Mall, on their 10th anniversary! Thanks to countless volunteer hours, they've seen 7200 cats find new forever homes. Are you looking for a feline forever friend?

Usually up in the camera bay getting wide and follow shots for the OHL Tonight, Jayden and Petar had the opportunity to be at center ice for the official puck drop during Cogeco Minor Hockey Day in North Bay.

Steve Miller, Senior Manager of Water Resources for the NPCA joins Mike Balsom on Zoom to discuss "ALERTABLE". It's an App that will warn you of potential flooding in your area.

What road will be crowned Niagara's worst for 2022? CAA Niagara's President & CEO Peter Van Hezewyk joins Mike Balsom on Zoom to talk about that as well as the Community Boost campaign.

With almost 140 politicians in Niagara, only about a quarter are female, and there are no apparent visible minorities making important decisions. Cassandra Oggunniyi of the Niagara Region is hoping the Seat at the Table Project will be the first step toward changing that. Niagara Region's Seat at the Table program aims to address barriers that women face running for municipal office and to improve the environment once elected. Mike Balsom brings you this report.