News & Events

The Rideau Community Health Services Board of Directors is pleased to welcome three new members to the board – Sharon O’Hara, Bridget Bygrave, and Tim Woods. The Board would also like to recognize the outgoing members, Janet Cosier, Terry Gilhen, and Don Palmer for their dedication and many contributions over the last several years.

The new members were ratified at the organization’s Annual General Meeting which took place on June 27, 2023 at the Smiths Falls Memorial Community Centre Hall.

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Rideau Community Health Services extends a heartfelt thank you to the Chief Fire Officer’s Association of Leeds and Grenville, as well as all local area fire departments for their support during the first Annual Fire Department Food Drive.

The Fire Department Food Drive was an overwhelming success! In its first year, this initiative resulted in over 4,000 pounds of food being collected, and $8,500 raised in donations to be shared amongst 13 food banks in Leeds & Grenville to support the increased need in our communities.

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The Board of Directors and staff of Rideau Community Health Services (RCHS) are pleased to announce that The Table Community Food Centre is this year’s recipient of our annual Community Recognition Award. This award, which was created in 2017, recognizes an individual or group who makes significant contributions to the communities we serve.

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Rideau Community Health Services is proud to announce that we've been awarded a grant to begin a social prescribing program through the Alliance for Healthier Communities! On March 3rd, the Government of Canada formally announced a commitment of 4 million dollars which will support 28 Community Health Centres and Family Health Teams across Ontario with the training and support they need to begin implementing social prescribing and enhance the availability of community-based mental health promotion programs.

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MEDIA RELEASE

Smiths Falls, Ontario, February 9, 2023 – Rideau Community Health Services in partnership with The Table Community Food Centre would like to extend the deepest gratitude to the many community partners for their assistance in supporting  food security in the area, including the Brown Bag Lunch program and other initiatives throughout the pandemic.

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News Release – for Immediate Distribution

April 29, 2022

Smiths Falls – Today, Steve Clark, MPP for Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes, announced the Ontario government is investing up to $200,000 in Rideau Community Health Services (RCHS) in 2022-23. This funding will support the continued planning of the new Smiths Falls Integrated Health and Social Services Hub.

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The health and wellness of people in our communities depends on strong partnerships and coordinated and accessible services and programs. In cities and towns across Canada, Community Health Centres (CHCs) operate to help make this a reality. They strive to offer accessible and inclusive healthcare for all members of the community. The focus is on keeping people – particularly those who have barriers to accessing health services – in good health.

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Rideau Community Health Services has been actively planning and advocating for the development of the Smiths Falls Health & Community Hub for five years. The vision of Rideau Community Health Services is to bring the community together to create a welcoming space in Smiths Falls in partnership with health, social, and community agencies. The community connection is a vital element in delivering programs and services. We believe that a health and community hub Read more...

On behalf of all staff at RCHS, we would like to extend our warmest wishes for a happy New Year.

Our sites continue to remain open with appointments being offered both in-person (when needed) and by phone/virtually.

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World Diabetes Day is marked every year on November 14th which was the birthday of Sir Fredrick Banting. This year also marks a historic milestone – it was 100 years ago in 1921 that Banting and his colleague Dr. Charles Best started their experiments leading to the first successful insulin injection, a lifesaving treatment for Diabetes. This year, the World Diabetes Day theme is “Access to Diabetes Care: If not now, when?”.

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