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MS Climb '09 - Raising $1 Million for MS!
MS Climb is the coming together of one person's love for travel and a passion for raising money for MS. Out of this came a commitment to raise $1 Million to support people living with MS and MS research.
In September '08, the inaugural MS Climb took place with 23 climbers tackling a 4 days trek on the Inca Trail in Peru to the lost ancient city of Machu Picchu, together raising over $155,000 for MS! In '09 the program is expanding with a return trip to Machu Picchu and adding a 7 day climb up Mt Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. With every step we are on step closer to endMS.
Climbs leave on Sept 26th and Oct 10th, 2009. In order to participate Climbers must raise $7500 for Machu Picchu and $10,000 for Mt Kilimanjaro - climbers are responsible for their own flights and other expenses.
MS Climb is a 5 year program with every year adding a new and challenging climb: it started with Machu Picchu, then added Mt Kilimanjaro. In the next few years climbs to Everest Basecamp, Great Wall of China and the Chilkoot Trail in the Yukon will be added.
For more information, check out www.msclimb2009.com or email Ralph at [email protected] or Leah at [email protected]
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Shop for the Cause with We-Care.com
The Canadian Abilities Foundation and We-Care.com are pleased to announce a unique way for you to shop and support our efforts working for people with disabilities across Canada.
In these challenging economic times, when we need your help the most, it's a way to turn the diapers, contact lenses, and cell phone plans you need - not to mention travel and financial services - into donations to the Canadian Abilities Foundation.
Now, when you shop at more than 600 online merchants, a percentage of your purchase can support our work - with no extra cost for you. All you need to do is click through our www.caf.we-care.com and then shop from the merchants you use every day - directly from their websites. It's effortless giving.
Our partnership with We-Care.com not only makes these donations possible; it also provides you with coupons and special offers that save you money. We-Care.com even offers a free plug-in - a safe browser extension that ensures your donations count even if you forget to visit our marketplace. It's quick and easy to use, so please visit our new marketplace at http://caf.we-care.com.
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Québec... accessible to all: Tourism and the disabled
Québec is going to great lengths to ensure that its tourist sites are more accessible to people who have restricted physical abilities. Its territory may be big, but thats no reason to place limits on where travellers with reduced mobility can go or to deprive them of the countless natural and cultural sites for which Québecs tourist regions are known!
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The Canadian Society for Social Development (CSSD) is a federally incorporated
non-profit with charitable status that provides free online entrepreneurial & web design training to persons with
disabilities across Canada.
They offer: The Internet Business Development for Entrepreneurs with Disabilities (IBDE), a web design program, (funding assistance available); and The Business Abilities Program, a one-year self-paced business planning and management course. |
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The IntimateRider offers sex ability for gentle motions, intriguing positions
and stronger relationships. The IntimateRider is designed by a C6-7 quadriplegic
to provide a natural fluid motion to enhance sexual relations with your
partner. Experience sexual performance like never before on this small swing
chair that glides with only minimal upper body movement. Personalize the
IntimateRider with a selection of colorful slip-covers and optional transfer kit.
The RiderMate is the perfect companion for added support and comfort. Fashionable
Rider cushions match the slip covers and provide a boost in all the right places.
Learn more by visiting www.intimaterider.com . |
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This American website is a resource centre that aims to ease the overwhelming
process of accessing web-based information by collecting quality information
specific to health care questions. Unlike traditional search engines, The Healing
Project serves as a personalized patient guide that offers professionally
screened web pages. The Healing Project is currently developing "Voices Who Care,"
an online social network designed to connect the patient community by providing
individuals with a forum where they can meet online.
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Scarborough Centre for Employment Accessibility Events
Funded in part by the Government of Canada and the Government of Ontario,
Toronto District School Board's Scarborough Centre for Employment Accessibility
(SCEA) is a self-service Employment Resource Centre that provides employment
assistance to all job seekers, including Persons with Disabilities. Visit
SCEA's website for a list of events.
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New Guide About Raising a Kid with Special Needs
Lisa Bendall, former managing editor of Abilities, has just published her second book. "Raising a Kid with Special Needs: The Complete Canadian Guide" (Key Porter Books) is a complete, comprehensive and friendly new guide for parents raising a child with disabilities. In clear language, Lisa presents a step-by-step guide to getting past the "special needs" and on to the business of living. For more info, visit amazon.ca, or check out Lisa's new website .
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Access to Recovery Spreads Awareness About Substance Abuse
Access to Recovery is a national project by the Canadian
Association of Independent Living Centres (CAILC) in partnership
with the Canadian Abilities Foundation that focuses on people
with disabilities and substance abuse. CAILC has spoken with both
consumers and substance abuse service providers about how it
can help increase the level of support available to people with
disabilities who are seeking help with their substance use.
Read the full story for the Access to Recovery project.
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Access 2 Entertainment
The Motion Picture Theatre Associations of Canada and the National Advisory Council of Disability Organizations have developed a program that will provide discounted admission to the support person accompanying a person with a disability to member movie theatres across Canada. Visit the following link to find out more: http://access2.ca.
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