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REAL ESTATE WEBMASTERS HELPS SEND KIDS TO CAMP!
December 2017 – On December 13, Real Estate Webmasters (REW) gave Easter Seals an early Holiday gift – a $21,000 donation through the CENTURY 21 Kids to Camp Program! Real Estate Webmasters’ President and CEO, Morgan Carey, presented Easter Seals with a cheque at the annual C21 Hot Cocoa 4 Kids event held at the CENTURY 21 Canada head office in Vancouver, BC.
CENTUM Canada
Leveraging the power of its more than 260 mortgage centres and over 2,700 Mortgage Professionals nationwide, CENTUM Canada helps to raise the funds necessary to purchase and provide life-changing assistive technology and equipment for kids living with disabilities across Canada. For these kids, assistive technology and equipment provides freedom, independence and accessibility. It dramatically improves their quality of life and enhances their well-being by providing the tools they need to live healthier, more active, more engaged and more connected lives.
Easter Seals and CENTUM Canada also launched CENTUM Tech4Kids Club—an exclusive group of CENTUM Mortgage Professionals who go above and beyond to raise more than $1,000 in a calendar year for the CENTUM Tech4Kids Program. Through CENTUM’s “Take it off the top” employee giving program, along with a variety of local fundraising events and online initiatives, CENTUM Mortgage Professionals can gain Club membership and help ensure that every child living with a disability in Canada has access to the essential assistive technology and equipment they so desperately need.
CENTUM Canada was founded in 2002 with the first offices opening in Regina, SK; St-John, NB; Olds, AB; and Vancouver, BC. With its launch, CENTUM was soon recognized as the most innovative organization in Canada having introduced the concepts of volume bonuses and group buying power to the industry. Having helped tens of thousands of Canadians obtain billions of dollars in mortgage financing, CENTUM continues to lead the industry with some of the most innovative technology, systems, training and partnerships exclusive to the CENTUM franchise network.
For more information about CENTUM and their services, visit their website at www.centum.ca.
The Kol Hope Foundation
The Kol Hope Foundation for Children is a Canadian charitable organization, the first of its kind in North America, that provides support to children born with Trisomy-related disabilities and chromosomal disorders.
Easter Seals Canada is proud to be a beneficiary of the Kol Hope Foundation for Children through the Kol Hope Fund at Easter Seals.
The Foundation is named after Kol, who was born with Trisomy 13, a fatal genetic syndrome. Expected to survive only 3 months, Kol was severely disabled and was unable walk or talk. But incredibly, Kol lived to the age of 14 before passing away on October 9, 2011. He left behind a profound legacy of love, charity and hope that serves as the inspiration behind the Kol Hope Foundation for Children.
Easter Seals Canada is proud to be a beneficiary of the Kol Hope Foundation for Children through the Kol Hope Fund at Easter Seals. Created in Kol’s memory, The Kol Hope Fund at Easter Seals provides life-changing summer camp experiences and assistive technology for kids living with disabilities, as well as respite care programs for families.
The Kol Hope Foundation for Children is also a key funding partner of Easter Seals Canada’s UNSTOPPABLETM campaign. Through this national fundraising and awareness initiative, Easter Seals is honoured to spread the message of the Kol Hope Foundation for Children, and serve Kol’s memory by helping to improve the lives of kids living with disabilities all across Canada.
J.P. Bickell Foundation
Easter Seals Canada’s partnership with the National Alliance of Children & Youth (NACY) and Family Resource Program Canada (FRP), with their 500+ members, has uncovered a need for a comprehensive, engaging online directory of services and programs for parents with young children of all abilities, particularly first-time parents.
Getting our kids the treatment, support and/or resources they require as early as possible is critical to promoting their healthy development, optimizing the integration of individuals with emerging special needs with other children & youth, and helping young Ontarians reach their fullest possible potential – all core elements of Easter Seals’ mission and mandate.
The need for such a directory builds on the Make the First Five Count Program—a national initiative led by Easter Seals Canada. Through this robust and informational website, the program illuminates the critical importance of the first five years of a child’s development and the need to be aware of the developmental milestones through which a child progresses at each phase of development.
In 2016, The J.P. Bickell Foundation funded the creation of an online infrastructure to house a national Directory of Programs and Services for parents with young children of all abilities, and specifically, a comprehensive hub for Ontario at www.makethefirstfivecount.ca. The hub features service/program descriptions and location mapping by community/town/city, along with contact information for any further inquiry. Currently there is nothing like this in Ontario’s vast and complex marketplace of programs and services for parents.
Getting our kids the treatment, support and/or resources they require as early as possible is critical to promoting their healthy development, optimizing the integration of individuals with emerging special needs with other children and youth, and helping young Ontarians reach their full potential—all of which are core elements of Easter Seals’ mission and mandate.
Canadian research indicates parents are increasingly challenged in their roles. Although they believe this to be “the most important job they will ever have”, they often struggle with the knowledge, skills and confidence to be the parents they dream of being. Add to that an information overload that forces parents to continually question what is most valid and relevant. This Directory of Programs and Services will launch in early 2017 and will become a trusted destination for all Canadian parents.
About Make the First Five Count
Make the First Five Count is a national initiative led by Easter Seals Canada. Through this robust and informational website, the program illuminates the critical importance of the first five years of a child’s development and the need to be aware of the developmental milestones a child progresses through each phase of development.
The Early Years
The first five years of life are truly the miracle years. This is the time of greatest human development and the time when we as adults have the most profound influence on a child’s future.
A child’s ability to learn and create, to communicate, to love, to trust and to develop positive self-esteem happens during these first five years. A child’s experiences in these critical early years help determine how that child will relate to the world around them for the rest of their life.
Although every child is unique and develops at his or her own pace, understanding the basics about child development will enable you as parents and caregivers to better anticipate and track certain skills a child typically acquires through each age and stage of development.
All original content found within this site was developed by the experts at Invest in Kids, a national charitable organization with a mission to better support Canadian parents. Invest in Kids experts were thought leaders in coming to better understand Canadian parents: how they felt and thought about their roles as parents. Often their work impacted policy and provided great insight into the world of child development and parenting.
Learn more at www.makethefirstfivecount.ca.
Safeway Canada
Safeway Canada is a National Partner of the Feeding Ability Program—an initiative focused on educating and informing children and families of all abilities about nutrition, healthy food choices and cooking in a fun and interactive way. Safeway Canada and Easter Seals believe that good nutrition plays a significant role in improving quality of life for everyone and is especially important for those with health issues and disabilities.
Caring about their community is a Safeway tradition. Since 2006, more than $8 million has been raised for Easter Seals Canada through the fundraising efforts of Safeway Canada staff and the generous support of Safeway customers.
Safeway Canada and its more than 30,000 employees also believe strongly in supporting Canadians living with disabilities—a passion and priority that has long been part of the Safeway Canada culture. Through the in-store Help Feed Ability campaign and the generous donations from its customers, Safeway Canada raises money to send kids living with disabilities to Easter Seals’ specialized, fully-accessible summer camps across Canada—a truly life-changing experience these kids will never forget.
Caring about their community is a Safeway tradition. Since 2006, more than $8 million has been raised for Easter Seals Canada through the fundraising efforts of Safeway Canada staff and the generous support of Safeway customers.
Safeway is owned by Sobeys Inc. which operates 205 stores under the Safeway banner across Western Canada. More information about Sobeys Inc. visit www.sobeyscorporate.com. To learn more about Feeding Ability, visit www.feedingability.ca.








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