The Teresa Group

The Teresa Group is Canada’s oldest community-based charitable organization specifically serving children affected by HIV and AIDS and their families.

Family Support Program: Our Family Support Program helps by offering practical assistance options such as:

Family Food Program: Family Food Program focuses on helping families to provide healthy breakfasts, lunches and snacks for children on a monthly basis.

Back to School Program: Back to School Program provides new backpacks filled with school supplies for children and youth in grades 1 – 12 on an annual basis.

Get Ready for Winter Program: Get Ready for Winter Program provides warm hats and mitts for children.

TTC public transit tokens: TTC public transit tokens are available to make it easier for our families to get to medical appointments, school and other services.

Financial Assistance: Financial Assistance helps families with some of the costs of telephone or utility bills, rent or help with clothing or other necessities for their children.

Welcome Home Baby: Welcome Home Baby delivers a new diaper bag, filled with baby clothes, a toy, a blanket and bottles to new mothers while in the hospital or at home.
Diapers: Diapers are available for infants and toddlers up until the child’s third birthday.

Baby Formula Program: Baby Formula Program drastically reduces the risk of HIV transmission through breast milk by offering free formula for a year to new mothers who are HIV positive and who live anywhere in Ontario. The program is funded through the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care.

Clothing Bank: Clothing Bank offers new and used clothes as well as a limited number of childcare items such as strollers and car seats.

Birthday Gifts: Birthday Gifts provides toys and games especially for children’s birthdays.