Monthly Archives: December 2015

What Kindness Isn’t

  Photo Description: the image of a broken window with the word Lies in red letters behind the break. We pulled over and the driver opened the door and then stepped aside to wait for the woman who was making her way from the door, walking slowly, to the bus. When she got on I […]

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Special Olympics Dec Newsletter 2015

Web Version   Like Tweet Forward TABLE OF CONTENTS • December 2015 Newsletter • SOBC year-end newsletter available now • Team BC 2016 action on snow and ice • Give the gift of sport • Healthy Athletes Screening Day in Nanaimo a ‘huge success’ • Government of B.C. a vital backer of SOBC youth, health programs, […]

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Special Olympics B.C. Year End Newsletter 2015

Read all about it! The SOBC year-end newsletter is hot off the presses, featuring great stories and moments from around the province in 2015. Check it out and share with your family and friends:    

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A Community Christmas Tree

I was sent  a link to this picture yesterday and I’ve come back to it several times. I, of course, checked out the link and found that it was for spinal cord injury, peer support. I also liked their tag line “enabling independence through social interaction.” It’s a site that clearly gets the need for […]

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Welcome Home

I woke up this morning and nothing had changed. Nothing. At all. Canada, or the part of it I could see out the window, was unchanged. The larger Canada, the one that I hold in my heart that looks remarkably like the map from the grade 5 classroom with the provinces all different colours, was […]

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Tips for a Safe New Year’s Eve

New Year’s Eve is a night to have fun, celebrate the coming year and reminisce about the year passed. Many people look at it as a fresh start — a time to make resolutions and changes to help you ensure a prosperous and happy year to come. As 2013 quickly draws to a close, many […]

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Christmas Season Safety

Please click on any of the links below to go directly to your specified topic within this document. Choosing Safe Gifts for Children Decorating the House Gift Wrapping Entertaining During the Holidays The holidays are rapidly approaching and many a wide-eyed child will be bubbling with excitement as they anticipate the great and wondrous events […]

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SEASONAL SAFETY TIPS

Christmas For many people, the holidays see an increase in shopping and socializing. The VPD is offering the following tips to get you through the holidays safely. Online Shopping It’s wise to do some research on a website before you purchase something and hand over your credit card information. log on to the company website […]

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The Kamloops Self Advocate Newsletter December,2015 Edition

The Kamloops Self-Advocate is a newsletter for people with diverse abilities published by Krystian Shaw.     December  Newsletter 2015  contains This newsletter is all about Christmas and celebrations from around the world.     Click here to read the newsletter:Dec KSA’15 (5)   If you would like to contact the newsletter, you can email thekamloopsselfadvocate@yahoo.com

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How we put on our first Conference Overcoming Barriers: Living Life to the Fullest

Our self-advocate group chose to have a conference in our area because we enjoyed the one we went to the year before in Kelowna. We wanted to do something for the community so people could meet us and we could be involved. We met and brainstormed ideas. We thought about how we wanted the public […]

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