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Fall 2008 - CHKC opened
its doors in May 2001 to provide Deaf-Blind Canadians with
training opportunities and services, and to raise public
awareness about the needs of people who have become
Deaf-Blind.
Since the inception
of the Canadian Helen Keller Centre, our accomplishments
include:
- Developing a capable team of Instructors and Intervenors
- Developing a capable
team of Instructors and Intervenors
- Increasing our national base of
clients and partners
- Providing personalized courses in
skills of daily living, orientation and mobility, technology,
and communications.
- Raising public awareness through
connections to government and organizing events such as 'JuneFest',
an annual event that brings together individuals who are
Deaf-Blind and the organizations that support them.
- Providing Seniors Support Services to
seniors and their caregivers.
- Delivering instruction in a new
workshop format that provides training in a group format to
members of the Deaf-Blind Community and employment
opportunities to Deaf-Blind facilitators.
To find out more, please read:
1.
CHKC Impact at a
Glance for 2007-08. (Microsoft Word)
2.
Learning
about CHKC firsthand. (Microsoft Word)
3.
CHKC Workshops - A Rare Chance to Contribute. (Microsoft
Word)
Please click for
directions to CHKC.
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February
2005 - Executive Director Patricia Grant's speech to the
Rotary Club (Download Microsoft Word format here)
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Update,
March 2004 - Executive Director's Update on the CHKC's
Impact on the Community.
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Executive
Director Report, Fall 2003 - Introduction of the new
Executive Director, Patricia Grant.
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Our Programs - Outlines
of the programs offered at the Canadian Helen Keller Centre;
a national training centre that will benefit all Canadians
who are deaf-blind.
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Executive Director Report, Fall
2002 - "Once
Rotary Cheshire Homes was established it became obvious that
a Training Centre was needed to close the gap in meeting the
needs of deaf-blind Canadians."
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Report
from the Chair, Fall 2002
- "This
past year has been an eventful one for Rotary Cheshire Homes.
As in life, there have been both positives and negatives over
the year."
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Joyce
Thompson - Founding Executive Director of RCH - "Rotary
(Don Valley) Cheshire Homes Inc. (RCH) would like to pay tribute
on her retirement to our Founding Executive Director, Joyce
Thompson — an extraordinary woman who has devoted over 25
years of her life to the field of Deaf-Blindness."
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Report
from the Chair: Fall, 2001 - "After a number
of years of hard work and frustration, we saw the opening
of the Canadian Helen Keller Centre. Initially it will be
used as a training centre, but hopefully it will be expanded
to include Outreach Services for Persons who are Deaf-Blind
and Medical Intervener Services." — Warren Wakefield
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Canadian
Helen Keller Centre Opens its Doors - "As the
new Executive Director of the Canadian Helen Keller Centre,
I am very pleased to announce that CHKC has opened its doors
to the Deaf-Blind community." — Sharon Downie-Clarke
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History
of the Canadian Helen Keller Centre - An outline of
events, beginning in 1985, that have lead to the founding
of the Canadian Helen Keller Centre.
