Deafblind Services Society
of British Columbia

Special Events planned for Deafblind Awareness Week
June 21-27

“One can never consent to creep when one has an impulse to soar.”  Helen Keller

This year, we will be celebrating with a special Paddlewheeler Riverboat Tour on Friday, June 26th, 2009, from 11:00 am until 3:00 pm. 

Tickets are $30 and include a delicious BBQ lunch, along with a scenic cruise up the Fraser River, (leaving from the New Westminter Quay) an opportunity chance to meet and talk with deafblind individuals and their intervenors, and a chance to win some great prizes.  Call or email Angie to reserve a space at 778-371-1374 angie@deafblindservices.com.
Watch for some special media interviews that week!   

Ryan folds 1000 Origami Cranes for peace

Ryan learns to fold Origami Cranes (The international symbol of peace due to its connection to an old Japanese legend.) He created 1000 cranes ....

Watch hand to hand sign language in action

Click to see Eddy on You Tube the man with deafblindness, who coordinates our volunteer intervention program. He is talking through hand to hand sign language to his Intervenor Brenda ....

Welcome

DSS was delighted to welcome two new young adults into day programs
this past year.

Coyne is now officially our most “northern” client, as lives in Fort St. John. His family have installed a special trailer for Coyne to use for his day program, on their large rural property, which he will eventually move into. This summer he is busy decorating his new home and planting a special garden adjacent to the house.	Briana who joined us last fall, lives at home with her grandparents in Langley. She enjoys music, crafts, the smell of flowers and singing. She has been able to go out walking in the community with the aid of a therapeutic walker and her intervenor.