Out of the Cold and the Good Shepherd Food Bank

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Bio for Jenifer Pergentile, Executive Director - Alliston Out of the Cold.  

Jenifer considers herself a life-long resident of New Tecumseth,
having grown up in Tottenham.  She and her husband settled in Alliston
after a brief period of time in Hinton, Alberta where they first began their family.
Jenifer started in the social services field by working in youth
centres and women's shelters and eventually settled into a career as
an Addiction Counsellor, where she focused her practice primarily on
prevention and education, working with youth in schools, adults in
outpatient settings and legally mandated individuals.  In 2017,
Jenifer joined the Planning Committee for the Alliston Out of the Cold
program, as a consultant for shelter operations and to assist
administratively in developing operational policies and procedures, in order to open the shelter in November of 2017.
In early 2018,  during the first season of shelter operations, she was
hired as the Program Director.  Alliston Out of the Cold incorporated
as a non-profit in 2019, at which point she transitioned to the role
of Executive Director.  Since that time, the organization has grown to
include 3 streams of programming.  As a relatively small organization,
that operates predominantly on volunteer man--power, Jenifer wears
many hats and oversees many aspects of the organization, both
administratively and operationally - all while juggling being a
stay-at-home mom of 3, with 1 still at home full time!

Dave Bradbury - Who is he?

• Born and raised in Alliston

• Acoustics Technician – George Brown College

• 35 years working for Province of Ontario:

o MOE Noise Control Officer (6 years)

o MOE Inspector then Investigator (16 years)

o MOE Manager then Assistant Director of Investigations &

Enforcement Branch (10 years)

o Manager of Consumer Protection Investigators (3 years)

(fraud investigations)

• Married for 46 years to Paula Parenteau (we met working at Earl

Rowe Park)

o Two children (44 and 41 years old)

• Georgetown Kinsmen member (19 years)

• Retired now for 11 years and moved back to Alliston 10 years ago

• Food Bank Volunteer since July 2016 (currently Vice President)