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Remembering Caroline Ashby

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Remembering Caroline Ashby
Saturday, May 7th· 3:30pm – 6:30pm
Douglas College, Lower Cafeteria
700 Royal Avenue
New Westminster

You are invited to join us at a Remembrance Tea on May 7th at Douglas College, Lower Cafeteria from 3:30pm to 6:30pm in honour of our dear friend, colleague and cherished Interpreter, Caroline Ashby.

Caroline spent much of her life giving and doing for others. Please join us in honoring Caro by sharing stories, remembering how she touched our lives and validating the many contributions she made to the community.

Coffee and tea will be provided, Please bring a potluck item.( Sweets and/or Savory finger food)

Please contact Susan Masters at masters@widhh.com if you are Deafblind and require interpreting Services

Taking Control of Your Money- Prince George

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The Well-Being Program is pleased to continue with its province-wide workshops at the end of April 2011.

Workshop title: Take Control of Your Money – Feel Better About Yourself

Workshop description:

– Feel overwhelmed, anxious, & worried about your money?

LEARN more about budgeting & build confidence!

– Tempted to buy, buy, buy.

LEARN tricks that stores play & avoid making mistakes while you shop.

– Stumped to figure out which bank to go to?

LEARN about different banks and banking fees.

– Don’t understand how Credit works?

LEARN about Credit History

Co-facilitated by: Kevin Ettinger, Deaf Mental Health Counsellor & Melanie Buffel, Money Coach (see page 2 on flyer for Biography)

When? Saturday April 30th & Sunday May 1, 2011

Time? 9:30am. – 4:30pm. Lunch provided by N.I.A.D.

Where? B.C.G.E.U., 1070 4th Avenue, Prince George, BC

Registration contacts: Dianna Yager, WBP Volunteer for North BC, e-mail: td.cariboo@shaw.ca OR

Lisa Anderson-Kellett, WBP Workshop Coordinator, e-mail: wbp.workshops@vch.ca OR TTY Toll-free: 1-800-949-1155 OR Fax 1-604-456-0900

Registration deadline: April 15, 2011

Click Here to see the full flyer

FNDC Membership Renewal

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Dear FNDC members, newsletter & email subscribers:

It’s that time of year to renew your membership for April 1, 2011 – March 31, 2012.   Our newsletter and website are a way that we can keep families throughout B.C. informed and educated.  By paying your membership, it is a belief in what we are doing, and an indicator that you continue to support us.

If you received your renewal form in the mail and have returned, please accept our thanks.

Email Info: For those of you wishing to receive our newsletter and ongoing email updates, please make sure that you add newsletter@fndc.ca and fndc@fndc.ca and fndc@shaw.ca to your “safe sender’s list” as well as making sure that these addresses are in your email address book.

We thank you for your continued support.

Click on the following link for the membership renewal form.

https://www.fndc.ca/membership/member_app/

Family Network for Deaf Children
PO Box 50075, South Slope RPO
Burnaby, BC  V5J 5G3
Tel:  604 684.1860
www.fndc.ca
fndc@fndc.ca

VCC Info Night

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For more information, please visit http://www.vcc.ca/infonight/

Vancouver Coastal Health Job Posting- Community Mental Health Worker

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How to Apply: Interested candidates are invited to apply online at careers.vch.ca and search for Reference # 040112

Last Chance To See Mood Disorders Workshop In Burnaby

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The Well-Being Program will be providing Mood Disorders workshop in Burnaby, BC for the last time.

This workshop has circled the province of B.C. and each time it has been provided, there have been improvements made, and it is has been completely revamped from the first time it was provided in Fall 2009.

Come and see Eileen Edinger Marshall share the differences between Anxiety, Depression & Bi-polar mood disorders. She also has an interesting story to tell, and Eileen makes the workshop fun, with audience participants making guesses.

Learn:

What are the triggers – how mood disorders are caused?
What is the difference between Anxiety, Depression & Bi-Polar? (Did you know there are two types of Bi-polar?)
How does a support system help?

When: Thursday May 12, 2011
Time: 6:30 – 9:30pm.
Where: WBP’s Multi-Purpose Room, # 300 – 4211 Kingsway, Burnaby, BC V5H 1Z

Registration?: Lisa Anderson, Workshop Coordinator, wbp.workshops@vch.ca

Click Here to see the full flyer

Money Skills Workshop In Abbotsford

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WBP will provide much-needed workshops that deal with an important topic out in Abbotsford in early May.

Money Skills workshops will be provided to help people understand more about their money and how they use it. This workshop topic is normally a 4 week workshop series, but because of the distance, we are combining 4 sessions into 2 Saturdays instead.

Please mark your calendars, and RVSP with me at wbp.workshops@vch.ca to let me know you want to attend, because seating is LIMITED, only 15 people max.

What?: Money Skills – Financial Literacy Program Theme: Taking Control of Your Money/Feeling Better About Yourself is the theme.

Includes:
Budgeting: Learn HOW to control your money (Spending and Earning)
Banking: Option Choices that are right for you, reduce bank fees and save money
Credit: Grow and Stay on a good credit history and with debt control
Consumerism: BUY! BUY! BUY! Look and see spending choices influenced by advertising and how to be in charge of your own spending

Who is Co-Facilitating?: Kevin Ettinger, Deaf Mental Health Counsellor & Jane Nyjogu from Family Services from Greater Vancouver & sign language interpreters.
When?: Saturday May 7, & Saturday May 14, 2011
Time?: 9:30am. – 4:30pm., includes a 1 hour lunch break (Bring Your Own Lunch)  and 2 hours presentation on Registered Disability Savings Plan (RDSP) by PLAN
Location?: Abbotsford, BC – Location TO BE ANNOUNCED (early next week)

Registration: Lisa Anderson, wbp.workshops@vch.ca, TTY: 604-456-0901, FAX: 604-456-0904
Register ASAP to AVOID disappointment.  Thank you.
Click Here see the full flyer

DYT Summer Jobs 2011

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Check out the summer jobs at DYT by clicking here!

Deaf Bikers Club 10th Anniversary Celebration

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Reminder: deadline for Rockies Deaf Bikers Weekend camp for $50 is by April 15th!

Click here to view the full flyer.

GVAD’s Letter To The CRTC

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Please be advised that the letter below from the Greater Vancouver Association of the Deaf has been posted online on the CRTC website in response to Broadcasting and Telecom Regulatory Policy CRTC 2009-430 Accessibility of telecommunications and broadcast services: request by Telus Communications Company for extension of VRS Trial period.

Click here to view the letter

Thank you very much,
Leanor Vlug, Vice-President External
Greater Vancouver Association of the Deaf
2125 West 7th Avenue
Vancouver, BC V6K 1X9

BC Cultural Society of the Deaf AGM Postponed

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BC Cultural Society of the Deaf’s planned AGM for Friday April 15 2011 is postponed to a later date, to be announced.

BCCSD decided to postpone the AGM when it was announced that Deaf Vagina Monologues was going to be playing Thurs & Friday.

We will be emailing to our members, our new BCCSD Bylaws for review a month before the AGM. Please email us to make sure your name is on the mailing list. bcculturalsocietyofthedeaf@gmail.com

We will be voting to approve the new BCCSD Bylaws at the AGM, this will allow us to apply for a Charitable number in the very near future!

Yoga Retreat

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Namaste everyone:

This summer Yoga PAH! will be offering TWO very different YOGA retreats.

Yoga PAH! is collaborating with special presenters to bring you only the very best.

Deaf friendly? You bet.
Stay tune for the details.

Save these summer 2011 dates:

1)      July 10-14, Bowen Island, BC

2)      August 15-19, retreat centre resort in Langley, BC

The BC-VRS Committee’s Letter to CRTC

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The BC-VRS Committee would like to share the letter the Committee sent to the Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission in response to the March 1, 2011 Telus request in connection with the VRS trial.

We tried to sum up all of the perspectives in one letter, quite a challenge!

Thank you to Susan Masters, Ava Hawkins and Dan LeCours, the Letter-writing Sub-committee for putting the letter together.

Please have a look at the  document below.

Click here to view the letter

BC-VRS Committee may be reached at bcvrsc@gmail.com

Family Network for Deaf Children- Newsletter

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FNDC is pleased to provide a link to their SPRING 2011 newsletter.

View the newsletter in ADOBE pdf by clicking on FNDC SPRING 2011 NEWSLETTER.

For instructions on how to view, download, save, get a copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader or to print this newsletter, please click here 

Your comments and ideas are important to us.  If you have any questions or suggestions, please contact us at fndc@fndc.ca

Please Note: FNDC made a mistake on one of the dates on the front page of the newsletter. The Deaf Family Camp dates are:  Thursday June 30th to Sunday, July 3rd.

Biblical Movie Night

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Biblical Movie Night sponsored by Trinity Lutheran Church of the Deaf will be held at BCSD/Burnaby South Secondary School in the Multi-purpose Room (C248/249).

When:  Thursday, April 14, 6:30 – 8:30 PM
Location:  5455 Rumble St. near Royal Oak SkyTrain
Admission:  Free
Movie: “Resurrection”

Refreshments will be provided
For further information:  Contact Linda and Gregory Desrosiers ldesrosiers1@shaw.ca or 604-574-8694 (TTY)

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