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CEREBRAL PALSY ASSOCIATION OF BRITISH COLUMBIAissueFALL 2011
Merry ChristMas and/or
happy holidays!
It is already nearing the end of Novem-
ber. The busy me of the holiday season
is just around the corner. There is a chill
in the air and many of us have receivedthe rst snow urries of winter. It has
been wonderful to see more and more
of our youth and young adults showing
their respect for those who have fought,
for those who have died and for those
who connue to serve and protect the
freedom of our great naon, Canada -
again we say, thank-you!
We would like to express our appre-
ciaon for all contribuons from our
donors and funders. CPABC is proud to
be able to oer campership subsidies
and the Tanabe Bursary. These are op-
portunies for us to give back to you as
members and to those living with CP.
The contribuons from the Kinsmen
Foundaon have allowed recipients of
our Tanabe Bursary to move forward
with their educaonal goals. We wish
success to all Tanabe Bursary recipients
in their future endeavours.
We are also pleased to acknowledge
that the CPABC is now beneng in a
special way from the bursary program.
With pleasure we welcome James
Jordan, a Tanabe Bursary recipient, as
a new member of CPABCs Board of
Directors.
The bursary program also supplied us
with three well spoken guest speakers
at our AGM in Sept. - James Jordan -
Victoria, Dallas Benne - Campbell
River, and Tara Kowalski - Chilliwack.
Here are some of CPABCs accomplish-
ments for 2011:
awarded 9 bursaries, at $1000 each,
to students living with CP to assist
with their post-secondary educaon
assisted 11 children and adults with
funds to aend a special needs camp
of their choice total funds dispersed
- $4,400
contributed $2000 to the Agur Lake
Camp project. This camp will be
unique in BC and will provide fun,
respite and support for children with
special needs and their families.
provided presentaons to children
from kindergarten through high
school at more than 26 dierent
schools on topics ranging from inclu-
sion to eology, CP and the aging
process, and succeeding despite
challenges in life.updated the website as of Feb. 2011.
We provide general informaon
about cerebral palsy and link people
with others living with CP.
received over 393,000 hits on our
website since January 2011!! Clearly,
we are connecng with people living
with CP and their families. We are
also linking individuals with groups
supporng those with Cerebral Palsy.
connected with people through face-
book and twier
received over 300 requests for
informaon throughout BC, across
Canada and as far away as Nepal, Po-
land, Mexico, Australia, South Africa,
France, Iran, United States and India.
The CPABC operates with three won-
derful part-me staers: Feri Dehdar
(Director of Programs and Administra-
on), Tammy van der Kamp (Family and
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Individual Support Worker), and Wendy
Hawryzki (Administrave Assistant).
We are aliated with United Cerebral
Palsy. This allows us to access a wealth
of informaon on all aspects of CP; asa result, we have improved our ability
to respond to inquiries for informaon
and support.
Through 2012, The CPABC Board will be
focusing on two priories:
1. Improving the Associaons connec-
ons, with:
yu mmb
We want to hear from you about your
needs and wants
We want to know what you enjoy
about CPABC
What you would like to see oered
To help us with this, we will be distrib-
ung a survey for your input
Other CP Associaons across Canada
Nov. 09/2011, the Board met with
Janice Busheld, Execuve Director
for the CP Assoc. of Alberta
We discussed our core services, the
clothing program and other fundrais-
ing ideas
We also discussed the need to con-
nect with our members
It was a very producve meeng and
we look forward to ongoing dialogue
with her
Other BC disability organizaons
We will connue to be acve with the
Emergency Preparedness and Plan-ning Working Group, led by the BC
Coalion of People with Disabilies
and representaon from several other
disability organizaons
We will connue to support the need
for beer Wrongful Death Legislaon
in BC
2. Expand the Advocacy component of
CPABC:
We want to be able, and ready, to
assist our members aected by theconnuing government cutbacks
Connue and build upon CPABCs
Individual and Family Support Worker
posion
Eventually hire more advocates to
meet the increasing need for this
service by our members
These two priories will provide the
necessary focus the Board needs to
move CPABC forward and to beer
respond to your needs and concerns asmembers.
We need your help as members and
donors to bring reality to these priori-
es. We ask that you consider CPABC as
part of your 2011 holiday and Christmas
oering. We encourage you to make a
donaon, maybe even a larger amount
than your usual contribuon. Consider a
commitment to making regular monthly
contribuons. Every dollar - every cent,
will get us closer to reaching our goals
and to serve you beer. Your donaon
will allow us to fund campers living with
CP, persons with disabilies to connue
post secondary educaon, purchase
books, print our booklets, update manu-
als, maintain our toll-free inquiry line,
connue our Roundtable Newsleer
and our other services. Please see the
donaon form on the last page of this
Newsleer. What can you contribute??
We are always very appreciave of yoursupport!
The CPABCs Board of Directors and sta
wish you and your family all the best
during the holiday season and success
and happiness for 2012. Stay safe and
have a happy new year.
Your President,
Craig Langston
sPotlighton our Volunteer
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CPaBC neWs Fall 2011
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has been quietly working b
the scene since early 2011. H
booked over 95 volunteer
working on our website - twe
this, updang that and dealing
various web issues that arose.
A couple of Mahews projects
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easier for our members to easily
through available library reso
without coming into our oce.
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our text-to-speech funcon, fo
hard of hearing, up and running
The Cerebral Palsy Associa
grateful for all that Mahew
done for us over the past few mo
including the training of two o
CPABC sta on basic Joomla we
maintenance.
Mahew has currently appli
UBCs and McGill Schools of
cine. He will be a great miss wh
leaves us. We wish Mahew a
best in his future endeavors.
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Bursary reCiPientsfor 2011!
Conscienous, posive, hard-working,
industrious and inspiring these are
some of the words that were used to
describe this years bursary applicants.
Phrases such as exceeds expectaons,
exemplary work habits, and excellent
aendance were found in each and ev-ery leer of recommendaon. These
applicants all stand out in a crowd aca-
demically and socially. Many of them
have put in countless volunteer hours
and none of them use their disability
as an excuse to turn out less than out-
standing work. These 8 young people
come from around the province - Prince
Rupert, Gibsons, Fort Nelson, Campbell
River, North Vancouver, Nanaimo,
Victoria and Williams Lake and rangein age from 18 - 21. Each were chosen
by our Bursary Commiee to receive a
$1000 award.
James Jordan is in the business Program
at Camosun College, in Victoria, with his
view on obtaining a law degree. I will
connue to take on all the challenges
life has to oer and nd a posive way
to do things the best way for me, in my
own way.
Sherdan White is working part me
to support his studies in Business
Administraon at Vancouver Island
University. I have always viewed my
cerebral palsy as less of a disability and
more of an opportunity to show others
that someone with cerebral palsy does
not have to be held back by it.
Kathleen Dorsey has the strength and
determinaon to do whatever shed
like with her future, said riding coach
Michelle Meacher. At the moment
wring is in the cards. Kate is aend-
ing Capilano University, part me, and
majoring in creave wring.
Ryan Monita makes teaching a genu-
ine pleasure, states M. Homan of
Columneetza Secondary School. Ryan
is currently in his third month of the
Aircra Maintenance Engineering Pro-
gram at Northern Light College in Daw-
son Creek. It is a 15 month program
followed by 2 years of apprence
work.
Rebecca Dallas Benne was acceptedin the faculty of sciences at UBC. She
currently plans to pursue a doctorate in
Human Genecs. I am very apprecia-
ve of the CPABC of having this money
available for dierently abled youth
like myself, so that we can further our
educaon.
Conan Winkelmeyer is in his h year
of university study working towards
a major in educaon and psychology.
His end objecve is to create a sum-mer camp for kids at risk and kids with
disabilies. I have set out to be an
example to others and help improve
peoples understanding of what indi-
viduals with disabilies face.
Samantha Riesco would like to become
a service dog trainer for people with
disabilies. She is currently in the Arts
and Sciences program at Capilano
University. Samantha never uses her
disability as an excuse for late or sub-
standard submission, states CapilanoUniversitys Dr. Sandra Enns, Sociology
Instructor.
Josh OBrien is interested in soware
development. He is working on his
Computer Technology Degree at
Northwest Community College and
will then connue his studies at BCIT.
He plans to become a game designer
and is well on his way having formed
a small independent developing team
which has been creangshort games for two
years. As Ms. Bur-
gess from Charles
Hays Secondary
said, Josh has
never let his physi-
cal challenges hold
him back.
The CPABC would
like to acknowl-edge that it is only
because of the
connuous and
gracious support
of the Kinsmen
Foundaon that
we re able to
help so many
s t u d e n t s
pursue their
dreams. Thank
you KinsmenFoundaon! Your
cheque for $10,000
presented to us, by
Philip Jewell, at our
September AGM is
the foundaon of our
bursary program.
Samantha Riesco Josh OBrien Kathleen Dorsey Ryan Monita Conan Winkelmeyer
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This should all be very simple. The
health professional is in a power posi-
on vis a vis the paent. As such the
relaonship between paent and health
professional is one based on trust. The
paent must trust that health profes-
sionals will act in the best interests of
the paent - to put the paents interest
above their own.
The power posion of the health
professional is grounded on vastly
superior knowledge. When things go
badly, anything less than full disclosure
of both the mechanism of injury and
the various reasons why the injury may
have occurred, would ignore the ethical
basis underlying the trust relaonship.
This is simple and obvious to the pa-ent. It needs to be codied for health
professionals. Various ethical codes,
such as the Canadian Medical Associa-
ons Code of Ethics states that should
harm occur, it must be disclosed to the
paent.
From a legal point of view, there is
also an obligaon to disclose medical
mistake. If a lawsuit ensues and there
is a nding by the court of a failure
to disclose, harm caused by the non-disclosure may result in an award of
damages to the injured person.
Although the paent has both a moral/
ethical entlement and a legal right to
know the circumstances of an unex-
pected medical catastrophe, the dodge
comes in a variety of ways.
First, the dodge is based on disclosure
that is watered down, vague, and non-
commial. Common jargon includes
language such as unfortunate, compli-
caons, dicules, the baby didnt do
very well, the baby wasnt able to get
the oxygen from the mom, etc. - its
arully craed language which misses
the goal of frank disclosure, but is close
enough to the line to prevent those
responsible for disclosure from being
held accountable either for the harm
or the non-disclosure. Its all well and
good to have codes of ethics and laws
regarding a duty to disclose, but when
theres no way of holding healthcare
professionals accountable, we have the
unsasfactory reality in which medical
consumers nd themselves.
Second, the dodge is based on poor
denions of the extent to which infor-
maon must be disclosed. Nowhere, is
it spelled out that health professionals
need disclose there may have been
carelessness that caused the harm. The
duty extends to disclosure of informa-
on that there was harm, not what
might have caused it and certainly
not that anything they did might have
caused the harm.Third, the dodge is based on the ming
of the disclosures. During inial dis-
closure meengs health professionals
get away with saying its too early to
say what happened. This is a problem
because the real internal invesgaon,
which provides real answers, is shielded
from public view by provincial law.
Provincial disclosure law in BC
mately brings us to secon 51 of
Evidence Act. This secon prov
for commiees to be approved
established by hospital managemeinvesgate care or pracce within
hospital. It is illegal for anyone to
ask any queson or seek produco
any document, relang to the inves
on, conducted by such a commi
Disclosure of any informaon, rec
or nding by a commiee is prohib
except under strict circumstances
certainly not to the public or e
the paent involved. So for the
dodge - the law prohibits Post Ana
Disclosure. That is to say, in the
they cant say what happened bec
of provincial non-disclosure laws.
If this doesnt make sense to
consider what author Tom Cl
said: The dierence
between con and
reality is that con
has to make sense.
dutyof
health Professionalsto disCloseadVerse eVentsBy Don Renaud, Lawyer - CPABC member & former Board Member
CPaBC neWs Fall 2011
Changeis in theairAt our AGM in September,
announcement was made that
members of the board, Eliza
Calder and Danielle Guern,
made the decision to step do
The sta and Board of Direc
would like to thank both these lafor the many volunteer hours
have contributed to the Associa
Best wishes to you both as you
new ways to contribute to
community.
Elizabeth has been with the CP
for about 20 years, and has Connued on p
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The Cerebral Palsy Associaon of BC
CPABC) welcomed special guests SarahYates-Howorth, Dr. Nancy Vertel, and
Phillip Jewell to its 57th Annual General
Meeng at Bonsor Recreaon Complex
n Burnaby, September 22.
Ms. Yates-Howorth is a successful Win-
nipeg author whose work reects an
nmate understanding of disability
nd issues related to the challenges of
ving with cerebral palsy (CP). Ms.
Yates read an excerpt from her latest
work, Lucky Lou gets Game, a young-
dult novel starring a seventeen year
old heroine named Lucky Lou who lives
with CP. In the story, Lucky Lou has to
ake on her enre neighborhood so she
an live her life to the fullest. With the
help of friends, family, and the game of
baseball, she wins her ght, and learns
o advocate for herself in the process.
Ms. Yates- Howorth also shared her
houghts on advocacy and what it
means to her.
Ms Yates-Howorths other books feature
a child whose cp comes with speech dif-
cules. Cant You Be Sll? and Heres
What I Mean to Say are books that
showcase strong disabled role models
that children with or without disabiliescan relate to and learn from.
Ms. Yates-Howorth has also appeared
on several television programs includ-
ing Chicagos ABC-TV News, Disabilies
with Karen Meyers, and on Winnipegs
Shaw TV. She has been featured in
arcles in the Winnipeg Free Press,
Toronto Star, Good News Toronto and
many other publicaons. She has also
developed story-based puppet shows
for children and adults that have been
performed in hospitals, schools andlibraries across Canada and the United
States.
Ms. Yates-Howorth uses her talents as
a writer to advocate for people who
have disabilies, and to inspire people
with-or-without disabilies. For more
informaon about Ms. Yates-Howorth,
see www.gemmab.ca
Dr. Nancy Vertel, our other featured
guest for the evening, gave an informa-
ve overview of denstry for children
with cerebral palsy and other special
health needs. She spoke about some of
the common denstry issues that can
occur, and some of the unique equip-
ment used to overcome those issues.
She also outlined accommodaons
somemes used by densts to make
the whole experience of vising thedenst less traumac, and provided
some great ps on how parents and
other caregivers can best work with
dental professionals.
Dr. Vertel is working as a Trainee Clinical
Invesgator at the University of Brish
Columbia. She is in her 2nd year of
study working towards an MSc in Cran-
iofacial Science & Pediatric Denstry.
Quesons? Contact her via vertelna@
interchange.ubc.ca .
The CPABC was also happy to welcome
Kinsmen Vice President Philip Jewell,
who presented the Associaon with a
generous donaon of $10,000. With-
out the support of organizaons like
the Kinsmen Foundaon, the CPABC
could not oer its members the post-
secondary opportunies aorded by
the Tanabe Bursary.
Rounding out the evening, some ofthis years Tanabe Bursary recipients
James Jordan, Dallas Benne and Tara
Kowalski were on hand to express their
appreciaon, and share about their
plans for the future.
Once again, the CPABC Annual General
Meeng provided a great opportunity
for members to meet, network and
socialize.
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CPaBCs 57thagM sPotlights
many posions - her latest being a member of the Bursary Commiee. She is a
igh school counselor in Fort St. John and the president of the local CP Sports
Associaon. We are grateful for the many years she has oered her advice
o the Associaon through telephone conference meengs, emails, telephone
alls and visits to the oce.
Danielle Guern is a Vancouverite who joined the board in 2007. She has
iligently been aending monthly board meengs and oering her input ever
ince. Danielle has a background in physiotherapy but currently works for aharmaceucal company.
Our AGM brought two new faces to our board - the mother and son team of
anice and James Jordan from Victoria. James may be a familiar name to some
f you as he is a past recipient of our Tanabe Bursary.
And on a nal note, the Associaon was pleased to once again welcome Carol
nson, from Burnaby, to our Board of Directors. Carol currently works part
me with Burnaby Associaon for Community Inclusion and has been a long
me member of our Associaon.
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Kinsmen Check Presentaon
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With school out in June, CPABCs
Family & Individual Support Worker
Tammy van der Kamps presentaon
schedule slows down a bit. July was
her vacaon month and she spentmost of her three weeks catching up
on some rest and relaxaon at home,
and taking PADS Service Dog Breeze
for walks to the o leash park to
spend me with her doggie friends.
The summer wound up with a mostly
quiet August, but September came
with its usual wave of presentaons
and new projects.
On September 15, Tammy and CPABCsPresident, Craig Langston, were on
hand at the Burnaby Lougheed Lions
Club dinner to accept a generous
donaon of $500 for the Associaon.
Tammy kicked o the autumn round
of presentaons and fairs at Douglas
College on September 28, where she
spoke to SEA (Special Educaon As-
sistant) students, with a strong focus
on what inclusion ought to mean.
She discussed issues like disabilityequee, and encouraged students
to use empathy when working with
children who have disabilies. Tammy
appreciated the opportunity to share
a few anecdotes about her own expe-
riences as a student with a disability
in the early days of inclusion.
This fall also brought a rst for CPABC
with Tammys applicaon video for
UBCs Dollar Project, which qua
CPABC for a chance to win a
donaon to expand the Disa
Awareness Presentaon Progra
elementary schools. The UBC DProject is one of the most acve
on the universitys campus; it
motes collecve growth, leade
and a sense of social respons
through recognion of small ac
kindness, and a belief in the im
tance of ny improvements
me.
Besides the inial qualifying
pitch and wrien applicaon, the
Dollar project involves aendinclubs annual conference The
ing on January 25, 2012 to pres
ve minute pitch to sway parci
to vote for her cause. Tammy w
compeng with four others fo
prize.
The CPABCs Disability Awar
Presentaon Program for ele
tary school students mainly w
to break down atudinal barrie
school-aged children by using h
and personal stories to lead stu
to the realizaon that disability
another aspect of human divers
Finally Tammy visited Anmor
ementary School in Coquitlam
November 16 and Langara Colle
Vancouver on November 22 wit
disability awareness presentao
For more informaon, or to a presentaon, please contac
Cerebral Palsy Associaon of
604-408-9484, or see the we
www.bccerebralpalsy.com
CPaBC neWs Fall 2011
CPaBC
suMMer 2011
highlights
it Was a Blast!i loVe CaMP!
Camp gave my son asense of independence;
something he really needs
as he gets older.
- C Fregin
Our girls were happy and
full of joy. Each day they would come
home exhausted but with big grins on
their faces. - S & O Aziz
These are just a couple of the upli-
ing comments we love reading at theCerebral Palsy Associaon regarding our
Special Needs Camp Program. Since
its incepon in 2008 the BC Cerebral
Palsy Associaon has been able to oer
nancial assistance to 40 people: ten in
2008, eight in 2009, eight in 2010, and
14 in 2011.
At camp it is so much easier to be happy
and free! -AnjaCamp was awesome! Thanks for help-
ing to send my support worker with
me. I was too nervous to go to camp by
myself. -J FriesenComments like these help us to know
we are making a dierence in the lives
of others, one person at a me. If you
would like to help make dreams of
camp, for special needs kids and adult,
become a reality you can donate to our
Camp Program by calling 604-408-9484or 1-800-663-0004 or online via this link
http://www.canadahelps.org/Charity-
ProlePage.aspx?CharityID=s2736
T. LeMere
Anja
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disaBilityandlife insuranCelegal QuestionsandansWers series
heard that a person with a disability
s not eligible for life insurance, true?
Many people use life insurance as a part
of their estate plan. Insurance can be
used for a variety of purposes includ-
ng: leaving a legacy for dependents,
covering debts, and/or helping the
community through providing a payout
to a favorite charity.
have been asked: is it true that
people with disabilies cannot get life
nsurance? We can start to nd the
answer with another queson: what is
the disability?
Life insurance is, in its simplest form,
a contract. You pay the insurance
company a certain amount of cash, and
n exchange, the insurance company
agrees to pay your estate (or whoever
else you ask them to pay), a certainarger amount of cash if you die during
the term of the agreement. The com-
plicang part is, the insurance company
wants to pay you as lile as possible
- so they make a bigger prot - and you
want to get as much money as possible.
Put another way, it is essenally a form
of legalized gambling - you are placing
a bet with the insurance company as to
whether you will die.
f you ask an insurance company to in-sure your life, it will assess the risk of
your death, and if concerned that you
have a higher than average risk, it will
either: a) charge you a higher premium,
b) prohibit payment if death is caused
by certain factors, or c) decline to insure
you. As provincial human rights codes
do not cover insurance issues, the only
thing that insurance company needs to
focus on is how high the risk is that you
will die during the term of the policy.
This is where disability kicks in. If your
disability is such that it will cause you to
die very soon - such as a heart condion
that has already caused three heart fail-
ures in the past year - you likely wont
get insurance. Alternavely, if your dis-
ability is psychiatric in nature and there
is a history of suicide aempts, the
insurer might agree to sell you insur-
ance, but with a condion that it wont
be paid if your death is self-inicted. Fi-
nally, if your disability is such that your
life expectancy is reduced, but death is
not imminent, the insurer might issue
a policy, but charge a higher premium
based on your reduced life span.
The problem with this approach is that
the determinaons are not always
accurate. The risk assessments are
only as good as the data that the insur-ance company is relying upon. As an
example, I have cerebral palsy. Having
a large mortgage and a young son who
will be nancially dependent on me for
a long me, life insurance seemed like
a wise idea. Unfortunately, the insurer
wouldnt issue a policy for me, stang
that I was too much of a health risk.
I found the response a bit odd, so I
pushed them into disclosing how they
concluded that I was a risk. The com-
panys explanaon was that as I hada life expectancy of 35 years, I should
have died a few years ago. Aer further
discussion, it became clear that the
stascs they were relying upon had
been compiled during the mid to late
1950s. The life expectancy stascs for
a person with cerebral palsy are consid-
erably dierent today. Aer realizing
their error, a life insurance policy was
issued for me with a regular premium,
because my disabil-
ity was not a factor.
When it comes to
life insurance, thedisability in itself is not necessarily a fac-
tor. The issue is the risk of death - and
some disabilies do cause a reduced
life expectancy. However, if the insurer
has a mistaken idea about the nature of
the disability, it could result in a refusal
to issue a policy. If your applicaon for
insurance is rejected, or your premium
seems very high, it may be worth chal-
lenging the insurer on its decision. This
is where belonging to a group insurance
plan can be really helpful. Threateningto get annoyed at the insurer may not
have much impact. But threatening to
convince the whole group to take their
insurance elsewhere can have a signi-
cant persuasive eect.
Please note that this column is provided
for general informaon only. As spe-
cic facts aect how the law is applied
to your circumstances, it is always wise
to get the advice of competent legalcounsel.
I always welcome quesons to be in-
cluded in future columns. Please email
them to me at: Halldor@Trustlawyers.
ca
www.Trustlawyers.ca
By CPABC member, Halldor K. Bjarnason, Lawyer - Access Law Group
Cerebral Palsy Associaon of BC
would like to thank SAFEWAY for
their generous donaons of food
and beverages to our 2011 AGM,
held on September 22, 2011 at
Bonsor Community Centre.
sPeCialthanksto
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It is with great sadness that the
Cerebral Palsy Associaon of BC
bids one of its long me volunteersfarewell. Ron Wyant began with us
about ten years ago when we were
at 317 Columbia in New Westmin-
ster. He had just completed a full
me college program, in computer bookkeeping,
and was looking for a place do to his praccum. The
CPABC was the place. The rest is history.
Ron was responsible for all things to do with mem-
bership and donaons - updang lists, sending thank
you leers and issuing tax receipts. He was also
responsible for that dreaded monthly task of recon-ciling the bank statement.
Every Tuesday Ron would faithfully show up at our
downtown oce to volunteer 5 - 7 hours of his me.
If there was more to be done, you could count on Ron
to be there. He was always an extra pair of helping
hands at ALL oce funcons - annual general meet-
ings, open houses and informaon fairs where Ron
had a chance to interact with the public on behalf of
the Associaon - something he thoroughly enjoyed.
Aer so many years serving, Ron felt that it was me
to go and let someone else enjoy the opportunity.
It is rare to nd such a dedicated volunteer. Ron,
the sta and members of the board all thank you for
serving so faithfully. You were an important part of
our team. You will be missed!
Cerebral Palsy Associaon of Brish Columbia
801-409 Granville St. Vancouver, BC V6C 1T2
Phone: 604.408.9484
Toll-Free (Enquiry CP): 1.800.663.0004
Fax: 604.408.9489
Email: [email protected]
Office Hrs: 9 AM to 5PM, Monday to Thursday
PLEASE RECYCLE THIS
ROUNDTABLE BY PASSIN
IT ALONG TO SOMEONE EL
BOARD MEMBERS STAFFCRAIG LANGSTON President
TRISH MCKAY Vice President
ANDY YU Treasurer
CAROL STINSON Secretary
RONALD BLACKMORE
TERREANE DERRICK
JANICE JORDAN
JAMES JORDAN
TONY KRUSE
JONN OLLDYM
FERI DEHDAR
TAMMY VAN DER KAMP
WENDY HAWRYZKI
Director of Programs &Administraon
Family & IndividualSupport Worker
Administrave Assistant
ron Wyant - We thank you!
MANY THANKS to the following for their generous nancial
contribuons in 2011:
Cerebral Palsy Associaon members
and individual donors
Douglas Road School
Burnaby Lougheed Lions Club
One Square Foot LTD
Suncor Energy Foundaon
The Kinsmen Foundaon of BC & Yukon
The Hamber Foundaon
Royal Canadian Legion Branch # 20
Discovery School Acvity Fund
BMO Employees Charitable Foundaon
Gibbs-Delta Tackle
Royal Canadian Legion Branch # 170Wawanesa
South Coast Plumbing & Heang
Provincial Employees Community Services Fund
Discovery School Acvity Fund
Face The World Foundaon
Every Bodys Gym
Haebler Construcon
Donald J. Renaud Law Corporaon
The Victoria Drive Community Hall Assn
2010 Employee Charitable Giving Program
sPeCialthanks
CPaBC neWs Fall 2011
(Ron is 63, lives with Cerebral Palsy and is a long memember of the Cerebral Palsy Associaon of BC.)
in MeMoriaM
CPABC extend sincere sympathyto all who have lost a loved one.
We thank you for designang
CPABC as the charity of choice
to receive In Memoriam gis. All
contribuons are truly appreci-
ated and acknowledged.
in aPPreCiation
Theres Nothing Stronger The Heart Of A Volunt
CPABC would like to THAN
eryone who donates their
and energy to our Associa
Board and oce volun
make a vital contribuon an
acknowledge the countless
in which each volunteer
our members, our organiz
and our causes.