Easter Seals Nova Scotia 2010 Annual Report
Announcing the publication of our 2010 Annual Report! Click here to download the report online.
Thank you to all those who support our efforts!
Take PART summer sports camp for youth with physical disabilities – now open for registration!
Register for Easter Seals’s Accessible Recreational Sports Camps in Windsor, Truro, Antigonish and Syndey beginning in July. Each camp will involve a variety of fun accessible sports and games. Participants with physical disabilities (and friends, sibling, etc.) between ages 8-21 are welcome to join. There is a $30 cost associated with each day of camp per participant.
Sports Camps offered in 2010:
Windsor: July 5 – 7, 2010
Truro: July 12 – 13, 2010
Antigonish: July 15 – 16, 2010
Sydney: July 21 – 23, 2010
Easter Seals Nova Scotia believes that Nova Scotians with physical disabilities should have the opportunity to experience the exhilaration, self confidence, and joy of participating in physical activity, regardless of the equipment or assistance used.
Click here for more information & registration forms.
Sydney Sports Camp 2009
Share on FacebookThank you to all our donors & sponsors during March is ES Month!
On Tuesday March 30th Easter Seals Nova Scotia Chairperson Barry Saunders and Active Living Program Coordinator Heather Macdonald attended the passing of the motion in the House of Assembly that March is Easter Seals Month. This resolution was moved by The Honourable Maureen MacDonald, Minister of Health and passed without debate. The resolution read:
“I hereby give notice that on a future day I shall move the adoption of the following resolution:
WHEREAS for the past 79 years Easter Seals Nova Scotia has been helping children, youth and adults with physical disabilities obtain necessary devices such as wheelchairs, walkers and communication aids; and
WHEREAS Easter Seals provides family and community support including job skills training for adults with physical disabilities, support networks and information for families with disability concerns; and
WHEREAS March is Easter Seals Month
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED all members of this the dedication and commitment of Easter Seals Nova Scotia to the people of the province.”
During the month of March and beginning of April Easter Seals Nova Scotia fund-raising and awareness events were well attended & contributed to raising over $125,000 for Easter Seals Nova Scotia’s programs and services for Nova Scotians with physical disabilities. These events included a Giant Easter Egg Hunt at the Mic Mac Mall; the sale of Paper Eggs throughout the province, a coin box campaign in the NSLCs across the province, and the Easter Seals Mail Campaign. Thank you to our many volunteers, sponors and donors throughout this campaign!
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Easter Seals Giant Egg Hunt!
Join us at the Giant, in-door Easter Seals Egg Hunt in partnership with the Mic Mac Mall Saturday April 3,2010 from 9am – 10am at Mic Mac Mall in Dartmouth, Second Floor (Enter from Old Navy). Registration opens at 8am. Come early! Registration is $5 per child and $2 per adult. Register in advance online at www.easterseals.ns.ca. All proceeds go to support Easter Seals Nova Scotia’s programs and services for Nova Scotians with physical disabilities.
Activities include scavenger style hunt for treats for kids 6-12 from 9-9:30 am and Bunny Walk escorted tour for kids 0-5 to collect treats 9:30-10am. Special prizes for finding the one Golden Egg and 3 Silver Eggs include up to $100 to Cleves Source for Sports. Bunny Land will be open in the mall from 10:30-8pm for photos with the Easter Bunny for $7 each and colouring contest ($2 to enter).
Share on FacebookThank you HXA!
The Halifax Executives Association, an historic Halifax club of business owners and executives, presented Easter Seals Nova Scotia with a donation of $2100 at their recent Valentines Dinner & Dance. Easter Seals provides programs for Nova Scotia children and adults with physical disabilities. Pictured are HXA President Mike Hatter and Easter Seals President Tom Merriam.
March is Easter Seals Month! An urgent call for public support.
Easter Seals Nova Scotia launches “March is Easter Seals Month” the first of our new annual fundraising and awareness campaigns across Nova Scotia called “March is Easter Seals Month.” Funds raised throughout this campaign that runs until Easter, will help Nova Scotians with physical disabilities in many essential ways.
The commencement of this year’s event marks an urgent call for public support for Easter Seals programs and services in 2010. Increased program demands are exceeding available funding. We need public support. We need your help.
How can you help?
Easter Seals Nova Scotia needs to be proactive and fill this gap between meeting our communities’ needs and having the means to do so, by demonstrating to Nova Scotians that this must be a shared responsibility.
There are many ways to get involved and to give:
- Easter Seals’ Paper Egg campaign: March 8 to April 4th Purchase an “egg” for $2 at participating stores across Nova Scotia: Lawtons, TB!S, Price Chopper, Money Mart, The UPS Store, Sylvan Learning Centres, New Leaf Cafes, Sobeys and Walmart (starting March 25). Paper Eggs will also be sold in the Mic Mac Mall at Bentley Leather, Bombay Company, Frame It, Gap, and Orange Julius.
- Easter Seal’s Giant Easter Egg Hunt! Saturday April 3 from 9-10am, for $5 each, children can participate in the largest Easter Egg Hunt in Atlantic Canada, held indoors at the Mic Mac Mall in Dartmouth. Register online at www.easterseals.ns.ca.
- Easter Seals’ Spring Mail Campaign Donations can be directed through the mail in response to the Easter Seals’ spring-time mail campaign.
- Easter Seals Nova Scotia online Donations can be made online at www.easterseals.ns.ca.
- Easter Seals Nova Scotia’s upcoming events Individuals, families & teams can register for exciting community events to raise money for Easter Seals. Visit www.easterseals.ns.ca for information about upcoming summer and fall events: Zip Zone (Rappelling off the Macdonald Bridge), Drop Zone (Rappelling off 1801 Hollis Street CREIT Building), and the Adventure Challenge (a Geo-Cache race!)
Why give to Easter Seals Nova Scotia?
Easter Seals Nova Scotia is a provincial charity where all money raised through fundraising events in the province stays in Nova Scotia directly helping individuals and families in need. Easter Seals Nova Scotia works in collaboration with the government of Nova Scotia to ensure that no family gets left behind regardless of annual income.
Donations made to Easter Seals Nova Scotia help families and individuals with physical disabilities afford wheelchairs and other assistive equipment; attend accessible summer camps and recreation programs; and participate in adult day programs, work training and community employment.
Easter Seals Nova Scotia is a registered provincial charity. Charitable tax receipts are issued where applicable.
Share on FacebookNew Leaf Cafe Grand Opening
New Leaf Café opens at Parkstone Enhanced Care (156 Parkland Dr in Halifax), operated by Shannex Inc. On Tuesday December 15, 2009 Joyce Ballem, member of the Resident’s Council at Parkstone cut the ribbon officially opening this New Leaf Café – the fourth community café operated by New Leaf Enterprises – the job skills & adult training center program of Easter Seals Nova Scotia.
“New Leaf Cafés give our clients the opportunity to be independent, to learn something new every day, and be contributing and valued members of our community. We are excited to be opening at Parkstone Enhanced Care and look forward to fostering new relationships and learning from one another.” says Veronica Dale, Manager of New Leaf Enterprises. As Joyce puts it, this initiative is about “community helping community.”
The Resident’s Council at Parkstone was instrumental in seeing a New Leaf Café in their residence. Shannex invited the Resident’s Council to select a retail venue of their choice. Ballem said the reason they chose New Leaf Café was because of a very positive experience she has at New Leaf Café at the Rehabilitation Hospital on Summer St and because she figured staff and residents both would appreciate a café venue.
“Everybody wanted it, everybody supported it. We went to all (194) residents to see what everyone wanted, and they all wanted a New Leaf Café. We wanted it for our staff too, they are part of our family.” – Joyce Ballem
2009 Gala & Auction a Success!
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Balloon Pop!
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Barry Saunders, Kyla Young and
Owen Caldwell announce raffle winners |
| Thank you to all our guests, sponsors, and volunteers together making our 2009 Gala Auction & Dinner on Tuesday Oct 27th a great success
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Drop Zone 2009 Success!
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| Easter Seals DROP ZONE hit Halifax September 18, 2009 on a beautiful sunny day – with a little wind! 70 excited (and nervous!) participants rappelled 23 stories at 1801 Hollis St!
Congratulation to all the superheros who conquered their own fears to make their leap into action!! In total these individuals raised $120 000 for Easter Seals Nova Scotia! Click here to view photos from Drop Zone September 18, 2009: Click here for a list of our 2009 superheros.
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 In Photo: Barry Saunders, Mike Crosby, Samantha Budd, Tom Merriam |
A special thank you to Mike Crosby who raised the most for Easter Seals Nova Scotia this year – at $15, 000!! He is the winner of West Jet’s 2 tickets to anywhere West Jet flies – Prize and the Veloteq Scooter supplied by Green P.
Raffle winner Michael Edwards takes home his own Veloteq Scooter! |
| Many thanks to our sponsors, volunteers, and especially to our RAT crew for your expertise and calming reassurance to our superheros!
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Latest News – September 15, 2009
Prepare for the Easter Seals Drop Zone to hit Halifax this Friday September 18. All day supporters of Easter Seals Nova Scotia will rappel 23 stories from 1801 Hollis St. (corner of Hollis and Duke). Come watch from the sidewalk, or view live streaming at www.thedropzone.com or www.easterseals.ca.
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