Canadian  Helen   Keller  Centre

Winter 2004

Welcome to CHKC on the web

The Canadian Helen Keller Centre (CHKC), the only training centre of its kind in Canada, provides free training in skills of daily living and technology to individuals who are Deaf-Blind. These programs help individuals who are Deaf-Blind to increase and maintain their independence and autonomy, access services in the community and decrease isolation.

For more information on the Centre, please visit  About the Centre.

Second Annual JuneFest to celebrate Deafblind Awareness Month
 
And now for a major event announcement ... CHKC is happy to announce the return of JuneFest.
 
JuneFest 2004, a family festival to celebrate Deaf-Blind Awareness Month, takes place on Thursday, June 10th from 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm at Mel Lastman Square - 5100 Yonge Street, just north of Sheppard Ave., in North York.
 
The event promises to be a great festival for all ages featuring a charity barbeque hosted by M&M Meat Shops, performances by the Wonderful World of Circus, live music, magicians, games, interactive activities and much, much more! Raffle tickets will be available for fantastic prizes, with an early bird draw for passes to the Molson Indy at 6:00 pm at the site. Visit Fundraising & Public Awareness Events for more information and a list of prizes and sponsors.
 
JuneFest 2004 brings together the local community, consumers, friends, volunteers, and affiliated organizations to celebrate the summer and raise awareness about the needs of individuals who are Deaf-Blind. Last year this festival was big - this year, it promises to be even bigger.
 
June is Deaf-Blind Awareness Month in the province of Ontario. JuneFest 2004 is a great opportunity to become aware of this unique disability and also for North York to show their pride in having 2 exclusive organizations who support persons who are Deaf-Blind in their community.
 
This year JuneFest will be hosted by Rotary Cheshire Homes Inc., with the proceeds of the event going to support the Canadian Helen Keller Centre. Please contact rcheshire@rogers.com for more info

Garden Club of Toronto and CHKC offer new gardening course
 
The gardens at CHKC have been adopted by the Garden Club of Toronto. This year, they will continue to beautify the landscape and will offer their expertise in CHKC’s Newest Course: Gardening.

• Do you want to learn how to grow fruits and vegetables at CHKC?
• Are you interested in volunteering to help maintain our participants' flowerbed?
• Do you need to relax and get more fresh air?
• Would you like to help grow food for the food bank?

If you have answered yes to any of these questions, the Course in Gardening may be for you. Please contact CHKC for more details. For a listing of all our courses, please visit What Programs We Offer.

Spring 2004 Special Junefest Edition of Bridging Hands 
 
Hot off the press - this newsletter is full of information on events, services and CHKC Centre updates - just in time for June - Deaf-Blind Awareness Month in Ontario.
 
Please click here to download your Word Copy.

Past issues of Bridging Hands are also now available in Word format for downloading. Read the Winter 2003 , Spring 2003 or Winter 2004 issues.
 
To become a subscriber, please contact CHKC.
 

Toronto Star articles on CHKC and provincial intervenor funding
 
The Toronto Star ran an article titled “Life Is Better at the Helen Keller Centre” on February 26 in the Perspective’s section. It focused on the newest residential participant, Sara Quinton, and her learning experience. Please click here to download a Word Copy.

The newspaper also ran an article titled “Cloudy Future for Vital Service” by Helen Henderson on February 28. In this article, Ms. Henderson outlines the plight of Ontario’s Deaf-Blind community – the lack of provincial funding for Intervenor services. Please click here to download a Word copy.

What's New

Upcoming Events
including
JuneFest 2004
Thursday June 10 2004
Mel Lastman Square


Past Events
including
Achilles St. Patrick's Day
5K Run/Walk

Potential Students

Learn 2 Hand Manual ONLINE

Click here to learn 2 Hand Manual online at www.chkc.org

The Canadian Helen Keller Centre is the first skills training centre in Canada for Deaf-Blind individuals to upgrade or gain independent living and technical skills to keep current with technology.

Through our web site, we hope to inform persons who are deaf-blind, their families, service providers, volunteers, supporters, and the general public about the needs, concerns and challenges of persons living with both vision and hearing loss.

Click on the trillium for more information

The Ontario Trillium Foundation, an agency of the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Recreation, receives annually $100 million of government funding generated through Ontario's charity casino initiative.  It allocates grants to eligible charities  and not for profit organizations in the arts, culture, sports, recreation, environment and social service sectors.

TO CONTACT US:

The Canadian Helen Keller Centre, Inc.
210 Empress Avenue
Toronto ON   M2N 3T9

TEL/TTY: (416) 225-8989
FAX: (416) 225-4871
e-mail

Registered Charity #86423 9082 RR0001

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