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History

This section is designed to give you a brief history of the Amherstburg Community Service and the role it played in our community throughout the years. We also have our Organized History page, which is a page that is organized by year with articles from many newspapers starting in 1973 when the Amherstburg Community Services first opened.

Overview

The Amherstburg, Anderdon and Malden Social Planning council was established in 1973 as a grass roots organization whose focus was to bring social services to the community where they could be easily accessed, particularly in recognition of the difficulties residents had with getting transportation to the larger city centres. It immediately began to oversee the operation of A.A.M. Community Services, a multi-service centre for a number of social service agencies and information and a referral for many others. The group was incorporated as a non-profit, charitable organization in 1976. In 1981 it became a Member Agency of United Way. In 1998, to reflect municipal amalgamation, the agency was renamed "Amherstburg Community Services".