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October 2015 the West Island Multiple Sclerosis Self Help Group • HORIZON October 2015 The West Island Multiple Sclerosis Self Help Group 3869 Des Sources blvd, Suite 204, Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Qc H9B 2A2 Tél: 514-676-1588 email: [email protected] Up coming events: November 25 Casino December 13 Christmas Party 4-8 pm January 11 Potluck (Karnak) (Glen) Super Hospital Montreal We recently had a new super hospital built in Montréal. The McGill health center. This facility replaces the old Victoria hospital which was located on Pine and University. Also on the same site, we have the Shriners Hospital which is primarily used by young people with mobility issues. Any hospital will have many clients who need to use wheelchairs or other mobility devices. This is especially true for the Shriners Hospital which is devoted to caring for young people with mobility issues. You can easily access the hospital using public transport. From the Vendome Metro station the Metro can be accessed by way of a tunnel but not if you're in a wheelchair or any other mobility device. Vendome Metro station has no elevator which is the case of the majority of Montréal's Metro stations. In fact there are only nine stations with eleva- tors and they are all located on the orange line. In order to use the Metro system ,if you are in a wheelchair, you must first check if your station has an elevator. (Glen) Super Hospital Montreal And also at the station where you debark. With the billions of dollars spent on building the McGill health center, wouldn't you think that someone would give a thought for assess ability to the disabled? Toronto has a Metro system and over half the stations have an elevator. As we previously stated only nine stations, all located on the orange line are equipped with elevators. The nine Montréal station's that have elevators are as follows. Montmorency station. Enter from 1800 Jacques-Tetreault or Lucien-Paiement. De La Concorde station. Enter from 250 Montee du Moulin. Cartier station. Enter from 5 Cartier Blvd. Jean Talon station. Enter from 430 Jean Talon Est. Berri-UQAM station. Enter from St. Denis Street. Champ-de-Mars station. Enter from 940 rue Sanguinet. Lionel-Groulx station. Enter from 620 Atwater Ave. Henri-Bourassa station. Enter from South corner of Henri-Bourassa and Cote-Vertu station. Enter from Cote-Vertu North entrance. Lajeunesse Montréal should be doing more in the way of adapting Metro stations. The more the physically challenged are able to use public transport, the less strain on the system. TOM Lunch at Madeleines On October 19th, we had the pleasure of having a wonderful lunch at Madeleine's residence at Les Verrières du Golf. 39 of members and volunteers attended. We started off with a cream of vegetable soup, followed by an artichoke salad. The main course consisted of either cordon bleu chicken or salmon casserole. White or red wine was offered alongside our meal. To top of our tasty lunch, a sweet chocolate dessert was enjoyed by all. The highlight of the lunch was when we got to watch an old video of our members. Thank you Madeleine for inviting us. We all had a great time! CONDOLENCES GINGER PETTY BBQ On 22 July, we were invited by Ginger Petty to attend a picnic at her residence Our sincere condolences to in Ile -Bizard. 21 members of our group Claudette Roy whose partner Velco participated. We all enjoyed the Cesco passed away on August 5th. delicious burgers and the Häagen –Dazs ice cream. 3 singers enthralled the audience with their amazing voices. The SUMMER CAMP opera singer, Colleen Bartelt was What a great first experience! spectacular! The comedian brought out Although the rain continued to much laughter amongst the crowd. We come down, I was pleased to see all had a wonderful time! We would like that everyone was having a good to thank Ginger Petty for her great time. There was never a dull generosity and commitment to our moment during the four days. Out of cause. the 31 people, 6 groups were created: the cougars; elites; blue whale; multiple winner; fab 5; and the rooster and his chicks. Each group was eager to win and showed great enthusiasm for each game. The Rabaska and the pontoon were quite an experience! I truly enjoyed sitting and talking with most of the members during camp. It gave me a chance to get to know and understand them better. It was fantastic! I'm already looking for new games to tempt you next year! See you soon! Christina VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR Congratulations Laurent Gingras! You are our 2015 volunteer of the year!Nicole Laurent Duchastel has volunteered with our group since 2004. He is always smiling and ready to greet and assist our members on a weekly basis. He enjoys playing cards with them and making them laugh. Thank you Laurent for all your support and dedication! The A & W day to end MS took place on August 27th and was a great success. A record was set at the seventh annual A & W day to end MS! In total, $ 160,000 was raised in Quebec and $ 1.5 million was raised from coast to coast. Thank you to everyone who bought a Teen Burger on this special day. A & W CORN ROAST BBQ On September 14th, we had our annual The annual BBQ was held on July 19th at the corn roast at Karnak. Many of the members Surrey Centre in Dorval. Despite the rain, 94 joined different tables to help in peeling the people attended. An excellent meal of steak corn. Even though it got a little messy, we and salad was enjoyed by all. The desserts were also a big hit. Over dinner, Nicole got a chance to tell a few jokes and share Montpetit took the time to thank Nicole some laughs. What a great way to end the Duchastel for her hard work over the past year summer! and to celebrate her one year anniversary with the group. WEBINAR (in French Only) The 34th Presented by Dr. Jolivet Urologist at Annual General Meeting the CHUM, the IRGLM and the IUSMM The 34th Annual General Meeting for ___________________________ Friday November 27th at 1pm the West Island MS Self-Help Group will be held Monday March 14th 2016, at the ___________________________ Registration required Nicolas Karnak Centre, 3350 boul. Des Sources, Abguéguen 514 341-7272 Ext. 233or ___________________________ Dollard-des-Ormeaux, at 11:30 a.m. ___________________________ [email protected] Everyone is welcome. ___________________________ ___________________________ Christmas Holiday Thank you The office will be closed from December ___________________________ 22nd until January 4th 2016. ___________________________ Many thanks to Pharmaprix, place de la triade in Pointe- Claire for ___________________________ DEAR SUMMER CAMPERS 2015 their generous support to our This was my first summer camp ever so I cause. Check out their aimez.vous Here is one was full of anticipation to swim in the campaign, putting women first . from the lake. Alas it rained every day with a Notes:______________________ break in the clouds for a few hours one www.pharmaprixaimezvous.ca archives, these ____________________________ day. I took advantage of it and swam girls know how ____________________________ thinking how great it would be on a Octoberfest sunny day. My roommate was interesting to relax. ____________________________ A very special thank you goes out to as we both have an interest in art and Lynn Kozinski’s family for helping out ____________________________ painting. We had 3 good meals a day, I with Octoberfest. A total of $ 2000 was nd ____________________________ changed seats often so I could get to raised our group on October 2 2015. meet and talk to more people. The ____________________________ We would also like to thank Rita volunteers worked hard to entertain us ____________________________ Schlippes for volunteering and Robin by playing cards to horse races. Even Little for organizing such a special event. ____________________________ Queen Elizabeth one night came to see ____________________________ what all the laughter was about but we ____________________________ ended up laughing at her! ____________________________ Thanks for the memories. Donna ____________________________ Thank you ____________________________ A big shout out to our third party ____________________________ fundraisers Kirkland Ladies Slo-Pitch, ____________________________ Smush Run, and Kiwanis club for their continuous encouragement. Notes:______________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ This year, the Quebec division ____________________________ presented its 24th Espoir Famille ____________________________ conference. Beautiful weekend, ____________________________ interesting workshops, a wild Satu- ____________________________ rday evening of networking with ____________________________ very nice people from all regions of ____________________________ Quebec. It allowed us to meet others who face the same challenges ____________________________ as we do. Next year, the division will present its 25th congress in ____________________________ Lévis, and it will be promising. It would be a good idea to book ____________________________ without delay because the Congress is an unforgettable experience. ____________________________ The proof is that many people return year after year. Nicole and ____________________________ Christina were there with other members of our group and seemed ____________________________ to really enjoy themselves. A word to the wise, Jean-Yves Gagné ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________
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