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CRA Webinars for One-time payment to Canadians living with disabilities

CRA is hosting a number of webinars to help you learn more about the one-time payment that will be sent to Canadians living with disabilities. In the webinars, the following will be discussed –

  • One-time payment to Canadians living with disabilities – The Government of Canada announced a one-time $600 payment in recognition of the extraordinary expenses faced by persons with disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Canada Caregiver Credit – Do you support a spouse or common-law partner, or a dependant with a physical or mental impairment? The Canada caregiver credit (CCC) is a non-refundable tax credit that may be available to you.
  • Slam the scam – Protect Yourself Against Fraud – Taxpayers should be vigilant when they receive, either by telephone, mail, text message or email, a fraudulent communication that claims to be from the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) requesting personal information such as a social insurance number, credit card number, bank account number, or passport number.
  • Medical Expenses – Which medical expenses can you claim?

To learn more about the one-time payment, please visit the CRA website by clicking here.

There are 6 more sessions happening in the next few weeks –

  1. Tuesday August 18th – 4:30pm EST (1:30pm PT) – to register for this session please click here.
  2. Wednesday August 19th – 1:00pm EST (10:00am PT) – to register for this session, please click here.
  3. Thursday August 20th – 1:00pm EST (10:00am PT) – to register for this session, please click here.
  4. Wednesday August 26th – 1:00pm EST (10:00am PT) – to register for this session, please click here.
  5. Wednesday August 26th – 4:30pm EST (1:30pm PT) – to register for this session please click here.
  6. Tuesday September 1st – 4:30pm EST (1:30pm PT) – to register for this session please click here.

We hope you find these sessions useful.

Fall Music Nights

Music Night will now be held virtually – make sure to clear a place so you can dance to Glenn\’s music! Happening every 2nd Thursday, starting September 3rd, at 7-8pm.

This Fall, Music Night is being supported and enhanced, and expect to offer special guest musicians as well as opportunities for more interaction virtually.  We are able to deliver this Evening Program after being awarded a grant from the Port Moody Foundation. We are very grateful for this grant and the Foundation, so we can enhance our programming at CVS for the individuals we serve and their families.

The schedule is as follows –

Sept 3 & 17

Oct 1, 15, 29

Nov 12 & 26

Dec 10

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Bingo Night a Success!

 

 

 

CVS hosted its first Virtual Bingo Night this past Wednesday, July 29th and it was a success! We want to thank everyone who attended and we hope to host another Bingo night soon. Stay tuned to our weekly emails & blog for more details and a future date.

 

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This virtual Bingo Night was made possible through a grant CVS was awarded by the Port Moody Foundation. We are very grateful for this grant and the Foundation, so we can enhance our evening programming at CVS for the individuals we serve and their families.

Summer Air Quality & Heat

We are now in the thick of summer and the temperatures are hot!

We wanted to remind you again of the importance of taking care in the summer.

Remember that during times of extreme heat, it is important to take extra precaution to prevent heat-related illness, particularly for those who may be more vulnerable to these conditions such as the elderly, people on certain medications and those with respiratory conditions.

At Community Ventures Society, we hope that everyone takes the time to ensure that individuals who are being supported understand how to recognize that they may be overheating and how to prevent this from happening.

Consider the following –

  • Never leave anyone alone in a car
  • Stay in the shade when possible
  • Drink plenty of fluids
  • Wear lighter clothing, hats and sunglasses
  • Close curtains during the daytime to block the sun
  • Open windows to promote air circulation
  • Use fans to promote a cross breeze in rooms
  • Apply sunscreen when spending time outdoors

These preventative measures are fairly standard in terms of managing care during the summer months. CVS and all of its staff are committed to taking these extra precautions to ensure that the proper safeguards are in place to reduce the incidence of heat related illness.

To keep a close eye on weather warnings across BC please click here.

Enjoy the summer & let\’s all stay safe while enjoying these sunnier days!

Join Us for Bingo Night on July 29th

CVS will be hosting a virtual Bingo night on July 29th from 6:30pm – 7:30pm. We will be letting people into the virtual room at 6:25 – 6:35, then we will have the instructions and do any Q&A needed and then we\’ll get started. We hope to have up to 40 families & individuals so we ask everyone who wants to join to register (see details below).

This virtual Bingo Night is part of a new series of evening programs we are launching at CVS. We are able to deliver this Evening Program due to the being awarded a grant from the Port Moody Foundation. We are very grateful for this grant and the Foundation, so we can enhance our programming at CVS for the individuals we serve and their families.  

Please RSVP by July 24th at noon to Linda King by email ([email protected]). Once you register with Linda, you will be sent Bingo cards and you will receive them before the event on July 29th. Also, people can come to the office to pick them up, we just need to work out a mutually convenient time. In your RSVP to Linda please also send your mailing address if you want the Bingo cards mailed out to you.

We are planning to play 4-6 rounds of Bingo depending on how long each round is as we plan to finish by 7:30pm. And yes, there will be prizes that will then be dropped off or mailed out AND there will also be door prizes.

Bingo Night will be held via zoom, and a zoom link will be sent out a few days before the event.

We hope you can make it – it\’s going to be a lot of fun!

National Indigenous Day Writing Contest

We wanted to recognize that a child CVS provides services for won 2nd place in a National Indigenous Day writing contest. He was provided with a reward for his efforts and we were excited to hear of this accomplishment.

Congrats!

 

Announcement 2020 AGM – June 22, 2020

We wanted to inform you of the date for the 2020 Community Ventures Society Annual General Meeting. Our 2020 AGM will be held on June 22 at 4:00 PM on Zoom. We will email you the link directly.

CVS is interested in growing our membership base to strengthen our network. Membership enables individuals to participate in our AGM and other events and only costs $5. We have included a membership form with this message – please complete the form with your membership fee to the AGM or send it back to us.

The agenda for the AGM on June 22 is as follows:

  1. Welcome and Introductions
  2. Approval of the Minutes of Annual General Meeting June 24, 2019
  3. Auditors Report
  4. Appointment of Auditors for Fiscal Year 2020/2021
  5. Nominations Report
  6. Election of Directors
  7. Set Membership fee for the coming year
  8. Executive Director’s Report
  9. Program Reports
  10. Adjournment

We look forward to seeing you at the Annual General Meeting. If you have any questions about the AGM or membership, please contact Kevin Lusignan at your convenience.

Simple Mindfulness Practices E-book

We thought we would share this e-book with you as we head into the weekend. We know these times are not easy right now. Taking time for ourselves can make all the difference in the world.

To access and download the E-book click on the image below –

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