RENÉ DELEURME CENTRE 
The René Deleurme Centre (RDC) shares a 
building with Lavallee School and hosts a range 
of community-based programs and services to 
support children, youth, adults, and families. 
Staff at RDC also coordinate school-based 
summer programming with a focus on equity 
and inclusion.   
Through a weekly food depot 
and emergency food cupboard, 
RDC distributed: 
•	 More than 47,646 pounds of food to 
community and schools  
•	 1,084 cost-shared Fresh Food Boxes 
purchased by community members 
via 23 pick-up weeks.  

Through the LRSD Zone 
Settlement program:  
•	 More than 89 new client referrals received 
for settlement service via community 
partner organizations  
•	 More than 484 clients participated in 
programs and information sessions 
(including English Conversation, Parenting, 
Sewing, and Youth Wellness Programs)  
•	 The settlement team provided service in 
10 languages  
•	 550 clients received settlement services, 
and the top source countries were:
	
–	 Arabic-speaking countries, including 
Sudan, Syria, Iraq, as well as North African 
countries such as Morocco and Algeria 
	
– 	 Nigeria 
	
– 	 Eritrea and Ethiopia
Through RDC, LRSD has an ongoing partnership with 
the Mobile Vision Care Clinic (MVCC) to increase access to 
eye care for students and families in the LRSD community. 
In the 2025-2026 school year, this included:      
•	 1,555 Comprehensive eye exams 
•	 355 Prescription eyeglasses  
•	 15 Mobile Vision Care Clinics (14 schools + 1 community clinic)

Community Clinics:
•	 1 Flu Vaccination clinic with a total of 86 vaccinations
•	 1 Tax Filing clinic for adults
•	 1 Dental Screening clinic

Indigenous Cultural Programming:  
•	 37 Beading & Breakfast sessions  
•	 11 Traditional Teaching sessions for caregivers
•	 9 Full Moon Ceremonies 
•	 2 Medicine Picking Outings for caregivers and youth  
	
– 1 Medicine Bag Workshop
	
– 1 Diamond Willow Workshop

Parent Mentorship Programming:
•	 10-week program, 13 adult participants volunteering in classrooms 
and receiving weekly professional development sessions, 
over 1,100 hours volunteered

ASPIRE (Academic Summer Program Including Recreation 
and Education) is an equity-based program designed to 
help students continue to grow as learners throughout the 
summer. In the summer of 2026, there were:   
•	 5 sites 
•	 392 children from 20 schools 

RDC also hosted conversations to guide its work:  
•	  1 formal Community Conversations  

In collaboration with the RDC Commissary Kitchen:
•	 Prepared and distributed 72 hampers for Ramadan  
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