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July 2020 Online Auction

This year because of COVID-19, we have had to cancel our Bowling for Belonging and Boogie for Belonging fundraising events. This on-line Auction will run from July 1st through to 5:00 pm on July 31st. The winning bidder will be contacted directly to arrange payment and pickup of the item. PLEASE BID FOR BELONGING and […]

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2020 Bowling for Belonging FUNdRaising Event

BOWLING FOR BELONGING DELAYED DUE TO COVID-19! When we can, we’ll be doing this again so please check back after this pandemic passes. In the meantime, please stay safe and stay healthy!  If you’d like to help us through this difficult time, we are accepting donations HERE.  Thank you. Charitable BIN:  771908290RR0001  

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SAVE THE DATE: CAREGIVER CONFERENCE

THE CAREGIVER CONFERENCE HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUR TO COVID-19! Caregivers need caring too and although this years conference has been cancelled, we would ask that you try to take care of yourselves in this stressful time. Please stay safe and stay healthy.    

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Calvin just wants a “good life”

https://www.therecord.com/news-story/9154223-ontario-government-plans-to-axe-program-that-helps-people-with-developmental-disabilities-build-a-life/

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Sign the Petition to Save Independent Facilitation

https://you.leadnow.ca/petitions/save-independent-facilitation

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CBC News – Family fights cuts to persons with disabilities in Waterloo Region

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/waterloo-disabled-funding-cut-ontario-1.4989526?fbclid=IwAR3Jj11fNGlowjHZnQ1kK6doGdpd9A64g7euuBN3qIKCFBOJZnPjfOZy5m0

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Toronto Star Article: Provincial cuts leave adults with disabilities ‘hanging on a ledge’

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2019/01/18/provincial-cuts-leave-adults-with-disabilities-hanging-on-a-ledge.html

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Towards a Scale of Belonging

The APGAR scale is a test administered by doctors and nurses at birth that rates the health of an infant based on five factors: appearance, pulse, grimace, activity and respiration. In this edition of the New Story Group Newsletter, guest editor Isaiah Ritzmann asks: what would an APGAR scale for belonging look like? Here is […]

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Sharing Our Impact: 2016-17 Annual Report

Embracing Possibility, Enriching Community Friends and Supporters, We are pleased to share with you a summary of the impact we have collectively made this past year. It has been a year of learning, of growth, and a year of successes, and none of it would have been possible without the support of the families we […]

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Weaving a Story of Change

We are now on the other side of the original 2 years of the Independent Facilitation Demonstration Project. What have we learned? David Hasbury with the Ontario Independent Facilitation Network, has published “Weaving a Story of Change,” an in-depth look at the history of Independent Facilitation, the stories and challenges shared by people and families, […]

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