AP Newsletter Winter 2020

Vancouver Island Society for Adaptive Snowsports

Arts & Leisure SEWING Join us for a fun session of sewing. Projects include crafts & winter wear. Instructor: Samm Bodkin #50264 Tuesdays January 14 - February 25 12:30 - 2:30 pm Lewis Craft Room B $65/7 includes supplies ART CARDS Make beautiful cards to sell. One hundred percent of the proceeds from the sales are shared by the artists. No class February 17. Instructor: Janet Gravoueille Mondays January 6 - March 9 #49787 10:00 - 11:00 am #49788 1:00 - 2:00 pm Lewis Craft Room A FREE but register FUN DROP-IN @ THE LINC (19 years & over) You are invited to come, play and meet people! Family, friends, and caregivers welcome to join the Building Friendships Program. Closed stat holidays, December 23 & 30. Mondays ongoing 2:30 - 5:00 pm The LINC Youth Centre FREE FMI: Karen 250-338-5371

FUNdamental SKILLS A youth program for 5 - 11 years of age, where young athletes learn to develop their motor skills, play cooperatively with others and learn about fair play and sportsmanship. Instructor: Austin Parks #49404 Mondays January 13 - March 16 RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS Rhythmic gymnastics helps develop strength, flexibility and artistry. Ad- aptations performed while sitting, may include activities with rope, hoop, ball and ribbon. Instructor: Tammy Jones Wednesdays January 8 - February 26 1:15 - 2:15 pm Lewis Activity Room B Please register with Comox Valley Special O Special Olympics 3:30 - 4:30 pm Lewis MP Hall $18/9 $2.50/Drop-in Special Olympics • Floor Hockey • Swimming • Bowling • Curling • Nordic Skiing • Powerlifting • And more! www.cvso.ca 250-897-1828

Fitness Classes, Golf & other special events as affordable as possible: • Comox Valley Community Foundation • Monarch Lions • Royston Cumberland Lions • Knights of Columbus • Comox Legion • Comox Legion Auxiliary • Various merchants & businesses. A great job everybody, thanks so much! visasweb.ca/winter-snowsports-festival Please pass this along to anyone you think may have an interest in this pro- gram. We are accepting applications until December 7, 2019 and will notify students of acceptance by December 19. Brian Hammett HB Festival Coordinator The Vancouver Island Society for Adap- tive Snowsports (VISAS) is a non-profit charitable society focused on providing nationally certified snowsports instruc- tion to the physically or developmentally challenged. We believe that people with adaptive needs should have an equal opportunity to participate and enjoy alpine (skiing or snowboarding) or Nordic (cross coun- try) snowsports. For more information, please explore our website at visasweb. ca or watch this 10-min video: https://vimeo.com/56859513 The festival is an annual event put on by VISAS and offered to people with physical or developmental challenges who would like to expand their horizons and learn an exhilarating sport which can become a lifelong activity. Anyone over the age of six years old is welcome. The festival includes 4 days of skiing, snowboarding, or cross-country skiing with nationally certified instructors, all at no cost to the students! Application is available online:

A Year of Gratitude from Adapted & Inclusive Programs Heartfelt appreciation goes out to all the volunteers who help make

management at Sunnydale Golf, your generosity and support contin- ue to make a profound difference. To all of the Adapted Programs in- structors whose continuous dedica- tion, care and hard work contribute to making our programs so great. Thank you for being part of the team! A very special thanks goes to the CVRD and longtime local sponsors who help make Sewing, the Young Adult Club, Dances, Art Cards,

the Christmas Dance & Special Events possible, especially Santa; your support is invaluable and helps make our Christmas magical! Thanks to all the great volunteer bowling coaches, Duwani & Rick at Codes Country Lanes; we couldn’t do it without you. A successful golf tournament was appreciated by so many this Fall. To all the staff, volunteers and

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