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AGM
Everyone is Welcome!
2008 Annual General Meeting
November 29th, 2008
Time: 9:30 am - 3:00 pm
Activity Room #1 Bowen Complex
Guest Speaker: Dr. Bill Code
AGM Info (Available
Sept)
Proxy
Form(Available Sept)
AGM
Agenda(Available in Sept) |
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CENTRAL ISLAND CHAPTER NEWS |
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 August 9th,
2008
MS Central Island Golf Tournament
Pheasant Glen Golf Resort~Qualicum Beach
Pictures now available at
www.mssociety.smugmug.com
What a great day of Golf and Fun!
Thank you to all the players and congratulations to the Winning Team:
Thank you to all the volunteers that made this day great! A special
mention goes out to Jim Follis and Mary Alyward for their tireless
efforts!
Plus, our sincere thanks to Volunteer professional photographers
from the Harbour City Photography Club: Neil Gaudet and Adam
Collishaw. You captured great moments of our special day!
Thank you to all our sponsors
that made our Tournament possible: Telus, Ocean Concrete, A Channel, Island Radio, Aviawest, Caya Signs.
Thank you for our donation of Prizes from: Tigh-na-mara Resort,
Vancouver Island Brewery, A Channel, Telus, Westwood Marine, Royal
Bank and The Port Theatre
Thank you to Tom Harris for the use of their courtesy van.
Lastly, we would like to thank Pheasant Glen for use of their
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MODEL-T Fire Truck
and Roadster Pedal Car Raffle
Congratulations!!
Winner of Fire Truck: Robert
Gribbon of Gabriola Island # 2485
Winner of Roadster: Butch Marocchi and Beth Fossen #4336 (photo) of Port
Alberni
Thank you to everyone for playing!
Valley
Street Rods and
Neil Smith of Chances Rimrock Gaming
Entertainment for the invitation to the Thunder in the Valley Show n
Shine. It was an honour to be their Charity of Choice,
$1900.00 was raised!
Thank you to Malcolm of Harbour City Diesel for donating a portion
of the proceeds from his DynoMeter!!!
David Turner for donating the use of his Golf Cart, Trevor Higgens
for driving the Golf Cart for the 50/50 draws and Signs Now for
supplying a tent and discount on our signs!
Special thank you to Susan Coulson of the Coulson Group for putting
the wheels in motion!
It would not have been possible without
her!
Thank you to Clay Thompson of Blast from the Past to be invited to sell our
raffle tickets at their Show n Shine! Your hospitality was appreciated!
Thank you to Nanaimo Daily News and the Port Alberni Pennyworth for
telling our story! This was a fundraiser to raise awareness of
the services the CIC offers for children with MS and for children
with parents with MS, such as our Camp Adventure all expenses paid
and our Scholarship Program for students.
A
special thank you to all the volunteers who gave of their
themselves to make this fundraiser a success. Special mention to
Barb Gilbert, Glenna Hartlen,and Family, Jill Stedman and Isobel
Gemmell.
Thank you to WAL*MART for their prime location to sell tickets.
Thank you to AJ of Oceanside Overdrive for his hospitality and prime
location at his Show n Shine to sell our raffle tickets and
HarbourCity Sport for supplying a tent.
Special thanks to Randy of Quality Foods of Port Alberni for
sponsoring the Model T Fire Truck.
Thank you to Bill Surrey of the Valley Drag Races Association, and their
invitation to be at the drags to hold the draw and raise awareness
of our CIC Chapter and services we offer!
Attention STUDENTS:
The MS Society of Canada Scholarship
Program,
supported by
Billy Talent and Friends
Get more details.
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Photos of Volunteers Ashley and her
grandmother
FABULOUS FACES OF MS debuté August 10th
Face Painting Fundraiser at Thunder in the Valley Drags
Want to become one of our Volunteers of our Fabulous
Faces?
Want to learn to face paint and donate your time to a FUN-draising
of a time?
Thank you for your community spirit!
 
Photos of Desiree and Yvonne Hedley
Pedal Car Fundraiser Coordinator |
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Thank You 2008 MS
Walkers,
MS Teams,
Volunteers and Sponsors!
You raised over $93,000.00
and counting!!!
WE HOPE YOU HAD FUN
From Yvonne Hedley
MS Society Administrator, Fundraiser, Event Planner and Public
Relations
Isobel Gemmell Community Services Coordinator
and the
MS BOARD MEMBERS of
Central Island Chapter
We bring the "fun" back into fundraising!!!
To be a leader in finding a cure
for multiple sclerosis and
enabling people
affected by MS to
enhance their quality of life.
MS Society Events Photo
Gallery
www.mssociety.smugmug.com
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MS WALK 2009
Register Today Collect Pledges all year long!
www.mswalks.ca
Sunday, April 26th, 2009
MAFFEO SUTTON PARK
NANAIMO'S HARBOURFRONT WALKWAY
Walk, Run or Roll 3, 6 or
9km
FREE MS WALK photos for download
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The MS SOCIETY WELCOMES
Yvonne Hedley as our Administrator, Fundraiser, Public
Relations Coordinator and Events Planner. With her experience
in events planning, she has jumped right in and pulled the WALK
together in our time of need.
She is also a senior artist in fine arts and
digital and has received recognition for her children's activity
book about healthy habits to live by titled, "The NoSmo KING
Experience", designed the databases for the
Building Learning Together Program and the Human Early Learning
Partnership at UBC, plus she designed and painted the murals for the
Children's Discovery Centre. Her experience ranges from
Children's Services Directories to corporation logos, business cards
and photography (underwater pool portraits). Recently, she has
designed a new look for the MS Golf Tournament.
Yvonne brings a great deal of enthusiasm and new ideas to the events
planned for the MS Society in the near future.
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Personal Stories
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Jordan
Sigalet
Surrey, British Columbia
www.shutoutms.com
Goalie shuts out MS
With help from family & friends
Hockey is back and this year, people with MS have a
champion on the ice. Jordan Sigalet, a Surrey BC native,
is a new recruit to the Providence RI Bruins, a
development team for the Boston Bruins. Jordan, who is
24 years old, was diagnosed in 2004 with multiple
sclerosis. But that hasn’t stopped him on the ice or
off.
“I treat MS as a game I have to win. It’s just a longer
game.”
Jordan
had a hockey stick in hand by age 3. Since then, he has
won acclaim as a goalie with the Victoria Salsa and the
Falcons, the Bowling Green State University hockey team
in Ohio (USA). He was a seventh round draft pick for the
Boston Bruins and team captain with the Bowling Green
team. He has been nominated for the Hobey Baker Award –
given to the most outstanding college hockey player in
the US – as well as an ESPN award for “comeback player
of the year”.
Jordan
doesn’t shy away from the fight against MS but takes it
straight on. While attending university for computer
animation in the United States, Jordan spoke out about
his MS, helping raise awareness and funds by promoting
the sale of the MS Bands of Hope for the National MS
Society (US).
In Canada in 2005, he continued this work, educating
people about multiple sclerosis and helping with sales
of the MS Bands of Hope for the MS Society of Canada.
But his family and friends helped him go further than
that.
Jordan’s mother, Genevieve Sigalet, approached the MS
Society in British Columbia to host a sports fund
raising dinner, dance and silent auction cleverly called
“Shutout MS”. The MS Society has benefited from a number
of such events over the years, but with Jordan’s star
presence, this one took on a life of its own.
The media were drawn to Jordan’s story and people
listened when he talked about MS and his own fight
against the disease. The Shutout MS event on June 25,
2005 in Burnaby, BC garnered a lot of media attention.
The event sold out weeks in advance and attracted the
support of Kevin Newman, Global television journalist
and MS Ambassador to the MS Society of Canada, plus
hockey players Brendan Morrison, Ray Ferraro and Kelly
Hrudey. With well wishes from Hockey Night in Canada’s
Don Cherry, and a list of sports memorabilia for the
silent auction, the event was a great success.
One month after Shutout MS took place, the MS Society of
Canada received a cheque for $41,133, the bulk of it
designated towards research to find a cure for MS. With
support like this for the fight against MS, it is only a
matter of time before we truly shut MS out of people’s
lives.
To learn more about Jordan’s story, visit
www.shutoutms.com
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CENTRAL ISLAND CHAPTER
Information & Services
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Contact Information & Services
Our Nanaimo office is located at 200-1585 Bowen Road, Nanaimo, B.C.
Hours of operation vary, please call for appointment 250.754.6321 or
1.888.844.2047
The Central Island Chapter covers:
Ladysmith
Nanaimo
Lantzville
Errington
Bowser
Whiskey Creek
Gabriola Island
Tofino
Ucluelet
Parksville
Qualicum
and Port Alberni on beautiful Vancouver Island BC.
Client Services - we
offer:
- Support Counselling Services
- Caregiver Support Groups
- Support Groups for the Newly
Diagnosed
- Self-Help Support Groups -
facilitated by group members
- Volunteer Legal Assistance
Program (VLAP)
- Equipment Provision Program (EPP)
- Workshops and In-Service
Presentations
- Swim, Gym & Yoga Programs
- Education and Information
- Resource Library
For more information and to set up a
confidential appointment contact:
Isobel Gemmell
Community Services Coordinator
1.888.844.2047
(250) 468.1757
email: info.centralisland@mssociety.ca
Exercise programs (Swim, Gym and
Yoga) in Nanaimo, Parkville/Qualicum and Port Alberni - We make
extensive use of volunteers please give us a call.
Programs
What
We Do
MS
publications
MS Canada
Latest Research
BC
Division
Mobility equipment
Need
Legal Assistance?
For more information please contact:
Yvonne Hedley,
Administrator, Fundraising, Public Relations and Events
Tel: 250.754.632
Tel: 1.888.844.2047
Fax: 250.754.2540
Email:
info.centralisland@mssociety.ca
Mail donations for WALK to:
MS Society Central Island Chapter
200-1585 Bowen Rd.
Nanaimo, B.C. V9S 1G4
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Photos of the 2008
WALK
www.mssociety.smugmug.com
Thank you !!
Time to register for the 2009
www.mswalks.ca
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Privacy issues
The
MS Society respects the
rights of its members and non-members to make their own health management
decisions.
The role of the
MS Society is to
encourage individuals to do their own research, as well as to act a resource
and /or provide assistance in the information gathering process.
The
MS Society does not
prejudge nor evaluate any therapy, holistic or conventional, potentially
applicable to MS.
The
MS Society does not
prejudge nor evaluate the content or sources of the information it provides.
These are the responsibility of each individual in consort with a chosen
health care practitioner or team of practitioners.
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We are a United Way funded agency
Thank you to the BC Government for partial funding of our
exercise programs!
We hope you find our web site informative and helpful.
Mailing address:
MS
Society of Canada, Central Island Chapter
PO Box 304, Station A
Nanaimo, BC V9R 5L3
Phone: 250-754-6321 Fax: 250-754-2540 or
toll free at 1-888-844-2047
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