SIRCH Community Services

SIRCH Community Services Solving real problems. Strengthening rural communities. Creating connection and resilienceโ€”together.

At SIRCH Community Services we have spent 31 years focusing on the development of programs and resources for the sole purpose of helping individuals and families to live a better life. Whether through our Community Services programs at a local level or through our resource development, consulting and networking nation-wide, we support, inform, build skills, increase confidence. Some of our program

s involve very dedicated and skilled volunteers. All programs involve intricate partnerships that ensure our services are maximized for the people we serve. Indeed it is only through our networks of people, organizations, and businesses, and through our creative thinking, that we can do so much for so little. We are proud of the work we have done, and the programs, services and resources we continue to develop and offer. Our innovation and expertise remain the backbone of all that we have done and will continue to do in the future.

๐’๐ˆ๐‘๐‚๐‡ ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐š๐ฎ๐œ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ฌ ๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” - ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–. Weโ€™re already hearing from generous community members with apples to...
09/02/2026

๐’๐ˆ๐‘๐‚๐‡ ๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐š๐ฎ๐œ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ฌ ๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” - ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–.

Weโ€™re already hearing from generous community members with apples to donate for SIRCHโ€™s Applesauce Project and we are so grateful!

We know those trees are producing lots of apples right now, but we kindly ask that you hold onto them just a little longer.

๐Ÿ“… Apple drop-off will take place September 16โ€“18
โฐ 9:00 a.m.โ€“2:00 p.m.
๐Ÿ“ SIRCH Bistro, 49 Maple Ave., Haliburton

Last year, 540 lbs of donated apples became 1,440 servings of applesauce for our Community Kitchen, thanks to our generous community.

So keep those apples coming... just not quite yet!

We canโ€™t wait to see what our community accomplishes together this year.

๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐›๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐†๐ซ๐š๐ง๐๐…๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ? Sometimes, a caring adult can make all the difference.On ๐–๐ž๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐’๐ž๐ฉ...
09/01/2026

๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐›๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐†๐ซ๐š๐ง๐๐…๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ?

Sometimes, a caring adult can make all the difference.

On ๐–๐ž๐๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐๐š๐ฒ, ๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ—, stop by the ๐’๐ˆ๐‘๐‚๐‡ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ and meet ๐€๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ and ๐‹๐ข๐ง๐๐š to learn more about our new ๐†๐ซ๐š๐ง๐๐…๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ program, a meaningful way for adults 55+ to offer connection, encouragement and a caring presence to local Bright Starts families.

๐Ÿ“ SIRCH Bistro | 49 Maple Ave., Haliburton
๐Ÿ•š 11:00 amโ€“2:00 pm

Come with your questions. Stay for a conversation. You may discover a volunteer role that feels just right for you.

๐†๐จ๐จ๐๐›๐ฒ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ, ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ!As summer comes to a close, weโ€™re saying goodbye to a great group of summer students wh...
08/31/2026

๐†๐จ๐จ๐๐›๐ฒ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ, ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ!

As summer comes to a close, weโ€™re saying goodbye to a great group of summer students who brought their energy, enthusiasm and helping hands to SIRCH this season.

From the Bistro & Bakery, Community Kitchen and Thrift Warehouses to Schools Cool and Bright Starts, each of you made a difference and weโ€™re so grateful you chose to spend your summer with us.

A few of our summer students are missing from this photo, but theyโ€™re very much part of our thank-you too!

Thank you for everything you contributed, learned and shared along the way. We wish you all the very best as you head back to school or on to whatever comes next.

Good luck...weโ€™ll be cheering you on!

๐„๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ค๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ฌ๐š๐ฅ๐ž ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ!Join our community for ๐„๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐…๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ and help support local food programs while...
08/28/2026

๐„๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ค๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ฌ๐š๐ฅ๐ž ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ!

Join our community for ๐„๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐…๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ and help support local food programs while enjoying a meaningful gathering filled with good food, art, connection and community.

Tickets are available at SIRCH Bistro & Bakery and at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 129 - Haliburton.

Prefer to buy online? Visit:
https://haliburtonlegion.com/events

There are two seating's, so be sure to choose the time that works best for you.

Every ticket helps support SIRCH Community Services and 4C's Food Bank & Lily Ann Thrift Store two organizations working to help put food on local tables.

Get your tickets and be part of something that fills more than bowls.

๐’๐Œ๐€๐‹๐‹ ๐๐ˆ๐. ๐๐ˆ๐† ๐ˆ๐Œ๐๐€๐‚๐“. A big thank you to for donating a green bin to support our new composting program at ๐’๐ˆ๐‘๐‚๐‡!By ke...
08/26/2026

๐’๐Œ๐€๐‹๐‹ ๐๐ˆ๐. ๐๐ˆ๐† ๐ˆ๐Œ๐๐€๐‚๐“.

A big thank you to for donating a green bin to support our new composting program at ๐’๐ˆ๐‘๐‚๐‡!

By keeping kitchen scraps out of the landfill, we can reduce waste and turn what would have been thrown away into something useful...another small way we can care for our community and our environment!

Weโ€™re so grateful for local businesses that step up to support initiatives like this.

And a special thanks to Carol and Karly at Home Hardware, for posing for a photo with our new green bin!

08/25/2026
๐€๐ซ๐ญ, ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ, ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒโ€ฆ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐›๐š๐œ๐ค. If you havenโ€™t discovered the ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž ๐‰๐š๐ฒ ๐‚๐š๐Ÿ๐ž yet, hereโ€™s a very good rea...
08/24/2026

๐€๐ซ๐ญ, ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐œ, ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒโ€ฆ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐›๐š๐œ๐ค.

If you havenโ€™t discovered the ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž ๐‰๐š๐ฒ ๐‚๐š๐Ÿ๐ž yet, hereโ€™s a very good reason to!

๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž ๐‰๐š๐ฒ ๐‚๐š๐Ÿ๐ž is all about celebrating the wonderfully creative community we live in...bringing together local artists, musicians, dancers and neighbours to share ideas, experiences and, most importantly, a good time.

Their shows are welcoming and inclusive, with daytime performers, visual art, music and refreshments, creating another way for people to connect with the rich and vibrant arts community weโ€™re lucky to have here in Haliburton County.

And on ๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ•, theyโ€™re adding another ripple to all that creativity: ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž ๐‰๐š๐ฒ ๐‚๐š๐Ÿ๐ž has chosen ๐’๐ˆ๐‘๐‚๐‡ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ to receive the proceeds from the event.

Thereโ€™s no set admission. A $5 donation or pay what you can is suggested, so everyone is welcome.

We love what ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž ๐‰๐š๐ฒ ๐‚๐š๐Ÿ๐ž is creating because when people come together around art, music, food, laughter or a shared cause, community gets a little stronger.

So come for the artists. Stay for the music. Meet someone you know and probably someone you donโ€™t.

And from all of us at ๐’๐ˆ๐‘๐‚๐‡ , a very big thank you to ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž ๐‰๐š๐ฒ ๐‚๐š๐Ÿ๐ž for including us in something so joyful. Weโ€™re delighted to be part of it.

๐„๐Œ๐๐“๐˜ ๐๐Ž๐–๐‹๐’ ๐ˆ๐’ ๐๐€๐‚๐Š!Enjoy delicious soups from local restaurants, a fresh-baked SIRCH roll, and take home a beautiful ha...
08/21/2026

๐„๐Œ๐๐“๐˜ ๐๐Ž๐–๐‹๐’ ๐ˆ๐’ ๐๐€๐‚๐Š!

Enjoy delicious soups from local restaurants, a fresh-baked SIRCH roll, and take home a beautiful handmade bowl created by a local potters, all while supporting ๐’๐ˆ๐‘๐‚๐‡ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐Š๐ข๐ญ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ง and ๐Ÿ’๐‚๐ฌ ๐…๐จ๐จ๐ ๐๐š๐ง๐ค.

Tickets are $40 and available at SIRCH Bistro & Bakery, 49 Maple Ave., and the Legion Club Room, 719 Mountain St., in Haliburton, or online at:

https://haliburtonlegion.com/events

๐๐„๐– ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ...๐“๐–๐Ž ๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ '๐ฌ
๐Ÿฅฃ Lunch: Soup served at 1 p.m.
๐Ÿฅฃ Dinner: Soup served at 5 p.m.

Be sure to choose the correct seating when purchasing your ticket. Hope to see you all there!

Weโ€™ve heard from many of our Thrift Warehouse shoppers that having the option to return clothing would make shopping wit...
08/14/2026

Weโ€™ve heard from many of our Thrift Warehouse shoppers that having the option to return clothing would make shopping with us even easier...so we heard you!

Thrifting should feel good from the moment you walk through our doors to the moment you get home.

๐“๐ก๐š๐ง๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž๐๐›๐š๐œ๐ค ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ญ ๐–๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ.

โ˜€๏ธ ๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐…๐š๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐ˆ๐‘๐‚๐‡!Our final Summer Staff Spotlight is for our dynamic Front of House duo at the SIRCH Bi...
08/13/2026

โ˜€๏ธ ๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐…๐š๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐ˆ๐‘๐‚๐‡!

Our final Summer Staff Spotlight is for our dynamic Front of House duo at the SIRCH Bistro, ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐ก ๐Š๐š๐ฒ๐ญ๐š๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐’๐ญ๐ž๐ฉ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ข๐ž ๐‘๐จ๐ ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ!
These ladies have worked hard and bring plenty of energy, enthusiasm, and friendly faces to the Bistro this summer, helping create a warm and welcoming experience for our customers.

๐ƒ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐ก: โ€œ๐˜ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜š๐˜๐˜™๐˜Š๐˜ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ. ๐˜ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜ด๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ด, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ป๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฑ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด.โ€

๐’๐ญ๐ž๐ฉ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ข๐ž: "๐˜ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ซ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜š๐˜๐˜™๐˜Š๐˜ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜ด๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ด, ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ. ๐˜'๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜š๐˜๐˜™๐˜Š๐˜".

Weโ€™re so glad to have you both with us this summer!

Next time youโ€™re at SIRCH Bistro & Bakery, be sure to say hello!

Address

49 Maple Avenue, Unit 4
Haliburton, ON
K0M1S0

Opening Hours

Monday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 9am - 4:30pm
Thursday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Friday 8:30am - 4:30pm

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705.457.1742

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