RDSP Seminars and One-to-One Support Coming to A Community Near You!
PLAN and partnering community organizations will be providing in-person information RDSP seminars and one-to-one support across Ontario, BC and Alberta. PLAN Toronto, in partnership with Ontario PLAN affiliates, Community Living Ontario and Autism Ontario, have already begun reaching out. For more information about the Ontario RDSP initiative, go to PLAN Toronto’s website at www.plantoronto.ca
The PLAN Institute for Caring Citizenship is project coordinating the BC, Alberta and Northern outreach initiative, along with partners: CNIB, Western Institute for Deaf and Hard of Hearing, VELA Microboard, Family Support Institute, BC Aboriginal Network on Disability Society, Canadian Mental Health Vancouver Burnaby, BC Coalition of People with Disabilities and PLAN. The outreach initiative is slated to begin in early April 2010 - check our seminars page for workshop times and dates.
More PLAN families to carry the torch!
Al Etmanski has already been announced as a Paralympics torch bearer, and now we are so excited to announce three more PLAN families have been selected to run in the torch relay.
Kathy Bromley, mother of Shannon, says, "It is so neat to see how excited Shannon’s peers have been about this and it shows how much they care. And within our family, we are all clamoring to be the one who gets to run beside her!"
“I am so proud of Dan" says Nancy Ford, "this really will be a highlight and lasting memory in his life."
Vickie Mooney is the third torch bearer. PLAN invites everyone in the community to come out, cheer and be a part of the celebration of that day.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper hosted by PLAN
On October 29, Prime Minister Stephen Harper accepted a Lifetime Membership to PLAN on behalf of the Government of Canada. He was joined by Minister of State for Democratic Reform, Steven Fletcher, and Rick Hansen, President and CEO of the Rick Hansen Foundation. The event was part of ongoing efforts to raise awareness of the RDSP. To see video of the event, click here.
