CVS is excited to be hosting a virtual Paint Night for our community on Thursday December 3rd at 6:30pm. Our past events have been so much fun & we\’ve all been able to create some incredible masterpieces & memories!
In an effort to socially distance but still create a beautiful painting to enjoy over the holiday period, we\’re excited to bring back Palette Posse Paint Parties to lead us through this event. On Dec 3rd, we will be painting A Cup of Cocoa (16×20 canvas – see attached) – a perfect painting for your home & to get into the winter spirit.
Details:
Where: via Zoom (RSVP to Miriam & Zoom details will be sent out to you on Monday November 30th, 2020)
When: Thursday Dec 3rd, Zoom room will be open at 6:25pm & Painting will start at 6:30pm; have all the supplied materials ready to paint when you login
How much: $15 for Paint Night (includes all painting materials – brushes, paint, canvas)
RSVP to Miriam Hoolahan by email by Monday November 23rd, 2020. Payments should be made by etransfer to [email protected]. No password is required but please include \”Paint Night\” in the reference.
Once we receive your RSVP & payment, we will contact you to arrange a time to drop off / collect the supplies before the event on December 3rd. Zoom details will be emailed out on Monday November 30th to all attendees.
We hope to see you at this special Paint Night. It\’s going to be a great night of fun for everyone!
CVS will be hosting a virtual Bingo night on November 19th from 6:30pm – 7:30pm. We will be letting people into the virtual room at 6:25 – 6:35, then we will have the instructions and do any Q&A needed and then we\’ll get started. We hope to have up to 40 families & individuals so we ask everyone who wants to join to register (see details below).
This virtual Bingo Night is part of a new series of evening programs we are launching at CVS. We are able to deliver this Evening Program due to the being awarded a grant from the Port Moody Foundation. We are very grateful for this grant and the Foundation, so we can enhance our programming at CVS for the individuals we serve and their families.
Please RSVP by November 12th at noon to Linda King by email ([email protected]). Once you register with Linda, you will be sent Bingo cards and you will receive them before the event on November 19th. Also, people can come to the office to pick them up, we just need to work out a mutually convenient time. In your RSVP to Linda please also send your mailing address (or email) if you want the Bingo cards mailed/emailed out to you.
We are planning to play 4-6 rounds of Bingo depending on how long each round is as we plan to finish by 7:30pm. And yes, there will be prizes that will then be dropped off or mailed out AND there will also be door prizes.
Bingo Night will be held via zoom, and a zoom link will be sent out a few days before the event.
We hope you can make it – it\’s going to be a lot of fun!
Thank you for everyone who came out to our virtual Halloween Party today (Friday October 30th) over Zoom. It was a lot of fun & I think everyone enjoyed dressing up and getting into the Halloween spirit. We had cowboys, aliens, farm animals and many many more…
Congrats to all the winners for their wonderful costumes this year!
Community Ventures Society is so excited to be the winner of the Tri-City News A-List competition for the 3rd year in a row. Thank you to everyone who voted for us as the Best Community Service Organization in Port Moody.
Your support for all that we do means the world to us!
For a full list of winners, check out the A-List magazine that will also be in every Tri-City News paper, published yesterday (Thursday October 29th).
We wanted to take the time to congratulate one of the individuals we serve, Robyn Ratner on completing her very first 5KM run last weekend. This was a personal goal of Robyn\’s and we\’re happy she persevered and did it – even in the face of the challenges with COVID-19.
CVS staff came to cheer on Robyn last Friday and while the day was freezing, we were so warmed by her completing this big accomplishment. Here\’s a picture of Robyn on her run to the finish line.
CVS was recently presented with the results of CLBC\’s Include Me! Quality of Life initiative that took place from October 2019 to January 2020.
We were delighted to receive fantastic results from the initiative and are excited that the response was so positive. The quality of life surveys measure agency performance based on pre-set criteria that assesses the following categories for the individuals we serve –
Emotional well being
Physical well being
Material well being
Personal development
Self-determination
Rights
Interpersonal relations
Social inclusion
CVS ranked above average in all categories above compared to the overall results across agencies in BC apart from one category (self-determination) where we were on par with the average. For full details on the report, please check out the full report on our website by clicking here.
We want to thank all of the individuals we serve, families, caregivers and staff for participating in this survey. It really helps us all to assess how we are doing and areas for improvement.
We are sad to say that one of the individuals we serve through our Footloose program, Richard Patenade, passed away early this morning. Richard has been with CVS for over 25 years. He had been unwell and in hospital. Richard was well liked by all at CVS and will be deeply missed.
CVS will announce the details of a service when they become known.
If you haven\’t hit the polls yet, please take the time to read the information below courtesy of Inclusion BC to help you as you cast your ballot –
Election Day is this Saturday, October 24th! In this email you\’ll find information about where the parties stand on issues that matter, tools to help you vote or to help you support someone else to vote
Inclusion BC wrote to the three main political parties to find out where they stand on a number of issues important to people with intellectual disabilities and their families. Read our questions here.
Inclusion BC Executive Director Karla Verschoor spoke with the Tyee about the failure of all political parties to address issues important to people with disabilities in their platforms and campaign messaging.
\”The pandemic has highlighted the big gaps in supports for people with intellectual disabilities in B.C., says Inclusion BC, which represents families and more than 60 advocacy organizations.\”
On October 14, 2020, Inclusion BC welcomed Melanie Callas, Outreach Coordinator with Elections BC, to host the 5th webinar in our Virtual Learning Series.
Melanie talked about the voting process and answered questions about voting and the election.
We wanted to extend our sympathies to the family and loved ones of Cyndy Kirk-Foreman who passed on October 16th, 2020.
Cyndy served on the Community Ventures Society Board and was our Treasurer for many years. She was also a key advocate for keeping our Coffee House going with Kinsight. She was a major ambassador for CVS with Tri Cities city councils.
To read more about Cyndy and her life, please read her obituary in the Vancouver Sun by clicking here.
Support Inclusion. Support Social Enterprise. Support DisDaBomb.
Have you seen Community Ventures Society\’s ads for Community Inclusion Month in The Tri-City News? This year, we are trying to draw support from the community for our social enterprise – DisDaBomb – so it can have another record year even in the face of COVID-19. Check out the editorial that was published in the Tri-City News yesterday on October 15th –
Posted: November 21, 2020 by cvsadmin
Join us for a Virtual Paint Night on Thurs Dec 3rd!
CVS is excited to be hosting a virtual Paint Night for our community on Thursday December 3rd at 6:30pm. Our past events have been so much fun & we\’ve all been able to create some incredible masterpieces & memories!
In an effort to socially distance but still create a beautiful painting to enjoy over the holiday period, we\’re excited to bring back Palette Posse Paint Parties to lead us through this event. On Dec 3rd, we will be painting A Cup of Cocoa (16×20 canvas – see attached) – a perfect painting for your home & to get into the winter spirit.
Details:
Where: via Zoom (RSVP to Miriam & Zoom details will be sent out to you on Monday November 30th, 2020)
When: Thursday Dec 3rd, Zoom room will be open at 6:25pm & Painting will start at 6:30pm; have all the supplied materials ready to paint when you login
How much: $15 for Paint Night (includes all painting materials – brushes, paint, canvas)
RSVP to Miriam Hoolahan by email by Monday November 23rd, 2020. Payments should be made by etransfer to [email protected]. No password is required but please include \”Paint Night\” in the reference.
Once we receive your RSVP & payment, we will contact you to arrange a time to drop off / collect the supplies before the event on December 3rd. Zoom details will be emailed out on Monday November 30th to all attendees.
We hope to see you at this special Paint Night. It\’s going to be a great night of fun for everyone!
Posted: November 6, 2020 by cvsadmin
Join Us for Bingo Night on November 19th
CVS will be hosting a virtual Bingo night on November 19th from 6:30pm – 7:30pm. We will be letting people into the virtual room at 6:25 – 6:35, then we will have the instructions and do any Q&A needed and then we\’ll get started. We hope to have up to 40 families & individuals so we ask everyone who wants to join to register (see details below).
This virtual Bingo Night is part of a new series of evening programs we are launching at CVS. We are able to deliver this Evening Program due to the being awarded a grant from the Port Moody Foundation. We are very grateful for this grant and the Foundation, so we can enhance our programming at CVS for the individuals we serve and their families.
Please RSVP by November 12th at noon to Linda King by email ([email protected]). Once you register with Linda, you will be sent Bingo cards and you will receive them before the event on November 19th. Also, people can come to the office to pick them up, we just need to work out a mutually convenient time. In your RSVP to Linda please also send your mailing address (or email) if you want the Bingo cards mailed/emailed out to you.
We are planning to play 4-6 rounds of Bingo depending on how long each round is as we plan to finish by 7:30pm. And yes, there will be prizes that will then be dropped off or mailed out AND there will also be door prizes.
Bingo Night will be held via zoom, and a zoom link will be sent out a few days before the event.
We hope you can make it – it\’s going to be a lot of fun!
Posted: November 6, 2020 by cvsadmin
Halloween Party a Success!
Thank you for everyone who came out to our virtual Halloween Party today (Friday October 30th) over Zoom. It was a lot of fun & I think everyone enjoyed dressing up and getting into the Halloween spirit. We had cowboys, aliens, farm animals and many many more…
Congrats to all the winners for their wonderful costumes this year!
Posted: October 30, 2020 by cvsadmin
We Made the A-List!
Community Ventures Society is so excited to be the winner of the Tri-City News A-List competition for the 3rd year in a row. Thank you to everyone who voted for us as the Best Community Service Organization in Port Moody.
Your support for all that we do means the world to us!
For a full list of winners, check out the A-List magazine that will also be in every Tri-City News paper, published yesterday (Thursday October 29th).
Posted: October 30, 2020 by cvsadmin
Congrats to Robyn on her 5KM Run!
We wanted to take the time to congratulate one of the individuals we serve, Robyn Ratner on completing her very first 5KM run last weekend. This was a personal goal of Robyn\’s and we\’re happy she persevered and did it – even in the face of the challenges with COVID-19.
CVS staff came to cheer on Robyn last Friday and while the day was freezing, we were so warmed by her completing this big accomplishment. Here\’s a picture of Robyn on her run to the finish line.
Posted: October 30, 2020 by cvsadmin
CVS Receives Excellent Results for CLBC Include Me! Quality of Life Surveys 2019/2020
CVS was recently presented with the results of CLBC\’s Include Me! Quality of Life initiative that took place from October 2019 to January 2020.
We were delighted to receive fantastic results from the initiative and are excited that the response was so positive. The quality of life surveys measure agency performance based on pre-set criteria that assesses the following categories for the individuals we serve –
CVS ranked above average in all categories above compared to the overall results across agencies in BC apart from one category (self-determination) where we were on par with the average. For full details on the report, please check out the full report on our website by clicking here.
We want to thank all of the individuals we serve, families, caregivers and staff for participating in this survey. It really helps us all to assess how we are doing and areas for improvement.
Posted: October 23, 2020 by cvsadmin
Richard Patenaude
We are sad to say that one of the individuals we serve through our Footloose program, Richard Patenade, passed away early this morning. Richard has been with CVS for over 25 years. He had been unwell and in hospital. Richard was well liked by all at CVS and will be deeply missed.
CVS will announce the details of a service when they become known.
Posted: October 23, 2020 by cvsadmin
BC Votes 2020 – this Saturday!
If you haven\’t hit the polls yet, please take the time to read the information below courtesy of Inclusion BC to help you as you cast your ballot –
Election Day is this Saturday, October 24th! In this email you\’ll find information about where the parties stand on issues that matter, tools to help you vote or to help you support someone else to vote
Inclusion BC wrote to the three main political parties to find out where they stand on a number of issues important to people with intellectual disabilities and their families. Read our questions here.
This is how they answered:
Inclusion BC has updated the plain language \”You Can Vote\” participation guide with information about the 2020 BC Election.
View the guide on our website
Inclusion BC Executive Director Karla Verschoor spoke with the Tyee about the failure of all political parties to address issues important to people with disabilities in their platforms and campaign messaging.
\”The pandemic has highlighted the big gaps in supports for people with intellectual disabilities in B.C., says Inclusion BC, which represents families and more than 60 advocacy organizations.\”
Read the full article here
Learn More about Voting through the video below –
On October 14, 2020, Inclusion BC welcomed Melanie Callas, Outreach Coordinator with Elections BC, to host the 5th webinar in our Virtual Learning Series.
Melanie talked about the voting process and answered questions about voting and the election.
Helpful Links from Elections BC
Posted: October 23, 2020 by cvsadmin
Cyndy Kirk-Foreman
We wanted to extend our sympathies to the family and loved ones of Cyndy Kirk-Foreman who passed on October 16th, 2020.
Cyndy served on the Community Ventures Society Board and was our Treasurer for many years. She was also a key advocate for keeping our Coffee House going with Kinsight. She was a major ambassador for CVS with Tri Cities city councils.
To read more about Cyndy and her life, please read her obituary in the Vancouver Sun by clicking here.
Posted: October 16, 2020 by cvsadmin
October is Community Inclusion Month.
Support Inclusion. Support Social Enterprise. Support DisDaBomb.
Have you seen Community Ventures Society\’s ads for Community Inclusion Month in The Tri-City News? This year, we are trying to draw support from the community for our social enterprise – DisDaBomb – so it can have another record year even in the face of COVID-19. Check out the editorial that was published in the Tri-City News yesterday on October 15th –
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