October is Community Inclusion Month and every year all of us at Community Ventures Society (CVS) celebrate the contributions that people with developmental disabilities make in the Tri-Cities.
After having served the Tri-Cities for over 40 years now, we are proud of how we have grown as a society in making our communities more inclusive. At CVS, we have a strong belief that community inclusion is about creating open doors for all in education, in workplaces or in our recreational facilities.
The theme for Community Inclusion Month this year is The Future is Accessible and CVS intends to advocate and contribute to a world that provides greater inclusion and accessibility for everyone.
All of our programs – adult day programs, Children\’s Services and employment programs – help to build bridges betweens the individuals we serve and the community.
Throughout October, there will be a range of communications we\’ll be sending out about inclusion so we hope you have the time to read and share these articles. To kickoff Community Inclusion Month, CVS and its social enterprises were recently featured in the Tri-City News. To read the article, click here. Please share across your networks. In the weeks ahead, the Tri-City News will be running other ads and editorial about CVS so please keep an eye out for these as well.
As well, a number of events will be hosted throughout the Lower Mainland that we\’ll be sharing. We hope everyone across our community can make it out to an event or two in honour of inclusion.
Happy Community Inclusion Month!
Posted: October 25, 2019 by cvsadmin
October is Personal Planning Month
Throughout October, Nidus Personal Planning Resource Centre & Registry has been running its 6th annual Personal Planning month. There have been a range fo webinars its hosted to help individuals learn more about planning for the future.
Visit the website to access information about all four webinars that were hosted in October.
The final webinar is happening on Tuesday, October 29th and is entitled \”Consent: What is the law in BC for health care? It\’s time to update old ideas & old practices\”.
To learn more about these webinars, please visit the Personal Planning Month webpage by clicking here.
Posted: October 25, 2019 by cvsadmin
Free Drop-in Wheelchair Lacrosse in Coquitlam
An exciting new program is launching in Coquitlam for wheelchair lacrosse as a drop-in session.
Sticks, Chairs & Helmets will be provided.
Please see the poster below for more information –
If you have any questions, contact Katrina McCurrach at the City of Coquitlam by phone at 604-927-6119 or email [email protected].
Posted: October 25, 2019 by cvsadmin
CVS Paint Night – Tues November 26th, 2019
Save the date & RSVP today – Tues Nov 26th at 6pm
We are excited to be hosting another paint night event for our community. Our past events have been so much fun & we\’ve all been able to create some incredible masterpieces & memories!
This time instead of canvas we\’ll be painting on wood right in time for the holidays. Our wood-based painting is called Joy and it\’s going to be such a beautiful piece to take home! See attached for an idea of what the finished product will look like. We\’re excited to have Palette Posse Paint Parties lead us through this event. Palette Posse Paint Parties is a new Tri-Cities based business & is making waves in the local community with their fun, innovative & beautiful designs.
Details:
Where: Roo\’s Pub, 2962 Christmas Way, Coquitlam, BC V3C 4E6
When: Tues Nov 26th, Painting starts at 6pm; arrive at 5pm to grab some food from the pub
How much: $15 for Paint Night (food & drinks extra)
RSVP to Miriam Hoolahan and to arrange payment of your ticket before the event on Nov 26th. Space is limited so please RSVP as soon as possible.
Posted: October 18, 2019 by cvsadmin
Thank you to The Burrard Public House!
CVS hosted another Pub Night on Thursday, October 17th. It was a nice, relaxing night to catch up with our community. We wanted to take this time to thank everyone who came out to Pub Night.
A special thanks to The Burrard Public House in Port Moody for its support for this event. Nights like this make a big difference for the individuals we serve, their families and our community as a whole.
Posted: October 17, 2019 by cvsadmin
Community Inclusion Month Featured in The Tri-City News
Did you pick up a Tri-City newspaper last week? If you did, you hopefully saw our editorial on Community Inclusion Month. This year the theme of Community Inclusion Month is The Future is Accessible and we chose to spotlight all the great work everyone is doing across Community Ventures Society. Our employment initiatives and social enterprises were spotlighted in the article below. We hope that it opens up the minds of people across our community to demonstrate the power of inclusion for the adults and children we serve across the Tri-Cities and beyond.
Posted: October 17, 2019 by cvsadmin
Voting & Accessibility Guide – Cast your Vote by October 21st
Election season is here & we hope that you are getting ready to exercise your right to vote!
In partnership with UBC\’s Centre for Community Engaged Learning (CCEL), Disability Alliance BC (DABC) has created a printable guide to accompany UBC’s Centre for Inclusion and Citizenship’s I Am Voting campaign. The guide compiles information on voting and accessibility, including suggestions about what to look for when choosing a candidate.
This guide serves as a useful tool for the community before and on election day. You can access the guide by clicking here.
For more information on the I Am Voting campaign, please visit www.iamvoting.arts.ubc.ca
Posted: October 4, 2019 by cvsadmin
Kids Can\’t Wait Event on October 29th
Inclusion BC is hosting an event on October 29th. See event details below and by clicking the link below –
Posted: October 3, 2019 by cvsadmin
October is Community Inclusion Month
October is Community Inclusion Month and every year all of us at Community Ventures Society (CVS) celebrate the contributions that people with developmental disabilities make in the Tri-Cities.
After having served the Tri-Cities for over 40 years now, we are proud of how we have grown as a society in making our communities more inclusive. At CVS, we have a strong belief that community inclusion is about creating open doors for all in education, in workplaces or in our recreational facilities.
The theme for Community Inclusion Month this year is The Future is Accessible and CVS intends to advocate and contribute to a world that provides greater inclusion and accessibility for everyone.
All of our programs – adult day programs, Children\’s Services and employment programs – help to build bridges betweens the individuals we serve and the community.
Throughout October, there will be a range of communications we\’ll be sending out about inclusion so we hope you have the time to read and share these articles. To kickoff Community Inclusion Month, CVS and its social enterprises were recently featured in the Tri-City News. To read the article, click here. Please share across your networks. In the weeks ahead, the Tri-City News will be running other ads and editorial about CVS so please keep an eye out for these as well.
As well, a number of events will be hosted throughout the Lower Mainland that we\’ll be sharing. We hope everyone across our community can make it out to an event or two in honour of inclusion.
Happy Community Inclusion Month!
Posted: October 3, 2019 by cvsadmin
WOW 2019 Award Winners Announced
October is Inclusion Month & CLBC announced the winners of the Widening our World (WOW) awards earlier this week. Inclusion champions from Princeton, Surrey, Kamloops, Salt Spring Island and Vernon have been selected as this year\’s WOW winners. Learn about the winners by clicking here.
An evaluation committee of self advocates, family members, service providers and CLBC staff scoured the 62 nominations received to identify these four people and an organization who are working in ways large and small to make their communities more welcoming.
Each winner will be celebrated with a presentation event in their home community during Community Inclusion Month.
Posted: September 27, 2019 by cvsadmin
Training – Phase 2 of the Person Centred Planning Tour
Phase 2 of the Person Centred Planning Tour will be coming to the Lower Mainland in October.
The Community Living Society in New Westminster will be hosting the training event which runs on October 26-27th, 2019. This is open to anyone even if they didn’t take Phase 1 training. For more information, read on.
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