About Us

Welcome

As we look forward to the unfolding of this New Year, we can expect to have many opportunities to come together in community. Celebrations and community events meet deep inner needs. They give us strength to meet the challenges of our daily lives. They renew us and give us the inspiration for the work we are called to do.

I look forward to those of us in Communitas using our renewed energy to continue to work for justice for people who are otherwise marginalized. I look forward to working in a united and passionate way as we face the big issues of our time: homelessness, joblessness, addiction, mental health challenges, et cetera. I look forward to learning from the people we are called to serve.

For those of us who have been with Communitas for quite a number of years I am thankful for what we have been able to do together. I also look forward with great anticipation to having new people join Communitas this year, people who feel a calling and deep yearning to make a difference. I look forward to your ideas, your passion, your sense of service, indeed your commitment to something bigger than yourself.

Thank you to each person committed to the values of Communitas. I wish you all the best as we continue to share our gifts and resources, our strengths and our weaknesses as we engage each other to create community. Please call or email me at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it with your feedback on any of these thoughts.

May God richly bless each of you with courage to be the person you were created to be. I trust that 2012 will truly be a wonderfully New and Inspired Year!

Sincerely, and with love,

Steve Thiessen

CEO

Welcome

Communitas Supportive Care Society (Communitas) is a non-profit, faith-based social services agency providing care in communities in Greater Vancouver, the Fraser Valley, North Vancouver Island and Okanagan. We have our roots in the Mennonite Central Committee in British Columbia.

We provide various resources to persons living and dealing with mental, physical and/or emotional disabilities. We are advocates on behalf of those we serve.

We believe all human life is created in the image of God and we strive to show God's love to all persons, serving them with dignity and respect.

Accreditation

Communitas has been accredited through the Council on Accreditation (COA) since 2005. COA's program of quality improvement is designed to identify providers that have met high performance standards and have made a commitment to their stakeholders to deliver the best quality services.

This accreditation is in accordance with the B.C. Government's policy related to contracted service providers. Communitas is accredited in the standards of Group Living Services, Supported Community Living, Vocational Services, Peer Mentoring Supports, Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Day Services.

Communitas is proud of our commitment to the pursuit of quality improvement in the service of our community.