Monthly Archives: May 2020

BC People First May 12th,2020 Newsletter

  May 12, 2020 In this newsletter: FY19/20 BC People First Annual Report BCPF Raffle – You Could Win a Brand New $600 Bicycle! Self Advocate Leadership Network (SALN) News We’re In This Together Tuesdays: Virtual BC Self-Advocate Meetings BC People First Annual Report Checkout our annual report for this past fiscal year, April 1, 2019 – […]

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CLBC is Calling for Stories from Self-Advocates!

The CLBC Editorial Board is looking for stories from self-advocates for the 2020 Summer Edition of Celebrate Diverse Abilities. The theme for next publication is: Stories of hope and connection We are looking for 250-word stories about the creative ways people with diverse abilities have stayed hopeful and connected during the challenging times of COVID-19. […]

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Special Olympics BC COVID-19 update May 7,2020

Special Olympics BC welcomes the Government of B.C.’s May 6 announcement about their plan to restart B.C. safely. We’d like to share what the next steps look like for SOBC. We are currently developing plans to safely reactivate each of our sports and all of our programs and activities. Provincial officials will need to approve […]

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Joint statement on Child and Youth Mental Health Day

Victoria Thursday, May 7, 2020 7:00 AM Judy Darcy, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions; Katrine Conroy, Minister of Children and Family Development; and Rob Fleming, Minister of Education; have released the following statement in recognition of National Child and Youth Mental Health Day: “Every child has the right to mental-health care when and where […]

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Making Masks For Others

Written By: Joan Pope I am Mrs. Pope, I’m 75 and I’ve lived on my own for a long time. I wished for things that maybe would help me and found Semiahmoo House. I have worked with Semiahmoo House Society since I was 67 and I’ve learned a lot, including how to make things. I […]

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Coping With The Covid 19 Virus

  Submitted by Kyle Youmans Over the past several months, I have avoided the COVID-19 virus by washing my hands a lot, using sanitizer, wearing a mask and gloves when I go for walks and not going to grocery stores much.  In addition, Darryl Harrand, the Chair of the Okanagan Self-Advocate Group and I, the […]

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COVID- 19

  Written by: Krista Milne Hi, my name is Krista Milne. I am a member of SAS and I live at Chorus. I am telling you my story about COVID-19 and how I am coping with it. Some days are a bit hard, some days are not. But I always have support if needed from […]

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