CSCL Newsletter Winter 2018 Issue

Winter 2018 Issued January 2018 Newsletter DidDid youyou know...…know...… The Montreal Canadiens Alumni Game is CSCL’s first major fundraiser since 2006 when the Society was involved with fundraising for the Mt. Kilimanjaro/Community Living Climb. The name of the Chilly Wackers, the local team that will play the Habs, was selected from a Name The Team contest back in September. Darlene White’s entry was the winner. The Chilly Wacker logo is a cross between the CSCL “figure” in our logo and the Johnny Canuck silhouette. 2 The Habs are Coming! CSCL is thrilled to be part of a one-of- Lambert. The local team playing the represented by CSCL as there is an a-kind event on Thursday, February Habs, the CSCL Chilly Wackers, employee on the team, (Jeff Gilbank) 15 when we host the Montreal consists of members of the RCMP, a a father of kids receiving services Canadiens Alumni team to a game at Psychiatric Nurse, a Chilliwack school from CSCL (Jason Iverson) and two Prospera Centre. Although we don’t vice-principal, a Chilliwack teacher, a husbands of our management team know exactly who is coming to town local First Nations Chief, local busi- (Jeff Dartnell and Barry Gower). So yet, the official Alumni list includes ness owners and other prominent get your tickets now and support this Guy Lafleur, Steve Shutt and Yvon Chilliwack residents. The team is also great event! Dave and Craig - In Memory 3 3 Dave McConaghy and Craig entire staff team moved with was a significant person in his McKillop knew each other for them to ensure everything went life. They vacationed together most of their lives. Living in smoothly. and met weekly for lunch or Woodlands and then leaving Both Craig and Dave were active coffee. there together in 1989 was the in their community. Craig Dave thought that there was no beginning of a friendship that volunteered at Parkholm; better thing in the world than a lasted until the end of their lives. sweeping and partaking in Hymn handful of balloons. His friend Craig and Dave both moved from sing with the residents there. Art from Hofstedes gave him a Woodlands to Yarrow where they Dave volunteered for the Ann balloon every time he saw him. lived together with two other Davis Society by shopping for and He often had one in his hand roommates. Yarrow House was making children’s craft and toy along with trucks and teddy operated by Unlimited bags. He dropped these off once bears. Dave loved watching big Community Supports until CSCL a month. Both men went to equipment and went to took it over in 2006. Yarrow was Circle of Friends group in construction sites with his friend a welcoming, friendly community Abbotsford for many years. They Keith. These times out were where both gentlemen quickly had friends there that they would highlights for him. Dave loved felt at home and included. They visit for birthdays and other parties and vacationing. He went attended many events in their special events. to visit his family in Prince community and became well Craig’s favorite pastimes were George several times as well as known there. listening to the Price is Right many trips to soak up the sun in In 2010 Craig and Dave along show, napping in his chair, the Okanagan. with their roommates moved collecting and holding keys and Dave and Craig both were loved into Chilliwack into Carleton endlessly squeaking any toy that dearly by their family and the Place. This was a great got into his hands. He was staff team that supported them. transition into a newly renovated cheerful and loved to tease. They brightened up the home home. Being closer to town was Family was very important to they lived in and will be deeply a bonus and they started to Craig and he had regular visits missed by all who knew them. attend more local events. The with his sisters. His friend Randy 4 TheThe ThumbThumb PrintPrint James Landrum of Kansas City The Thumb Print painting lines that form one unique Missouri is the proud owner of a represents individuality as well design, just like a community is one-of-a-kind piece of art as made up of many unique unique as the individuals who James works in Independence, individuals. The background was created it. James was visiting Missouri where he is the painted first, and then the lines CSCL as a CARF surveyor when Executive Director for an were masked off with painter’s he first saw the painting. He organization called TNC tape. The artists applied paint to loved “The Thumb Print” so Community. the unmasked areas and when it much he gave an honorarium to was dry peeled the tape away to Early Risers (where the piece as the power of community. reveal the design. The piece is originated) and shipped the Each person is unique like a done in acrylic on canvas. 15 painting to Missouri. According fingerprint. A fingerprint is Individuals participated in the to “The Thumb Print” creators: made up of many individual painting of this piece. 5 Chilly Wacker CSCL History Player Profile “CSCL Fundraisers” by Brenda Gillette With the February 15th “Hockey Night” on the horizon, fundraising and focusing on community living once again comes together. The history and growth of the community living movement has relied heavily on Jeff Gilbank will be representing CSCL on ice fundraising. In the early years of most when the CSCL Chilly Wackers face off against agencies across the province, fundraising was the only means of survival. There was no the Montreal Canadiens Alumni on February 15. provincial funding available for services so Jeff comes from a hockey Jeff is also -4 time winner families and members had to face the reality of family and like many of the ASHL National endless fundraising or lose what they had already put their hearts and souls into. In Canadian kids started Championships (formally Chilliwack, the Society had door-to-door playing the game at a the Conacher Cup), a campaigns, bake sales and mail-out campaigns. very young age. His Dad Senior Hockey trophy The members spoke to service clubs and was a New York Ranger and was on a team that community businesses requesting donations. One early fundraising venture included “C” card prospect and challenged for the Allan growing corn on the Society’s Sunshine Drive his great uncle, Gordon Cup. Jeff has been a property and then manning a corn booth as it “Phat” Wilson, is in the employee with CSCL for ripened. By the 1970s, the provincial Hockey Hall of Fame. over 10 years and is also government was funding services at a basic level and fundraising was conducted for extra “I have met some the lone representative items largely through craft and bake sales. And incredible people playing of the Society on the then came lottery ticket sales and Bingo; these hockey and have many hockey team. He hopes two activities drove the Society’s fundraising great friends as a result.” all of CSCL will come out ventures for close to 20 years and raised enormous amounts of money that paid for Jeff says, “I played a lot and cheer the team on! vehicles, staff wages, improvements to existing of hockey when I was a Come out and support buildings and the purchase of new ones. As kid and was lucky Jeff and the rest of the government again changed its mandate for enough to be on a pretty CSCL Chilly Wackers non-profit involvement with these activities they ceased. Over time, fundraising took on good Pee-Wee team when they face-off new meanings and in 2006 the “Climb for when we represented BC against the Montreal Community Living” (Mt. Kilimanjaro) became in the Quebec Canadiens Alumni team not only an opportunity for fundraising but International Pee-Wee on Thursday, February also a way to show the community that persons with intellectual disabilities can do Hockey Tournament.” 15, 2018. extraordinary things. 6 NAOSH Winner CSCL was once again honoured to attend the North Staff American Occupational Safety & Health (NAOSH) Week Recognition Awards Luncheon this past November. News! CSCL won the Emergency NAOSH BC Preparedness Health Care video. Paul was Award for an presented the unprecedented award along with 3rd year in a Rachael D’Silva row. Paul Kerr and Marianne (pictured) was a Struys. The video very big reason can currently be for this when he seen on CSCL’s and his team YouTube channel. produced an Check it out! Rob and Heather CSCL said good-bye to two long-term Social Capital Update employees in our Independent Living The most important work we can action to address the loneliness Services. Happy Retirement to Rob do is connecting folks to others endured by the elderly, by carers, Battis and Heather Faucher. who share similar by those who have interests and lost loved ones— Erin Irwin - Payroll passions, creating people who have no CSCL welcomed our new Payroll the foundation for one to talk to or Administrator, Erin Irwin, to the relationships and share their thoughts position in late 2017. belonging. Our and experiences leadership team with,” prime Canadian Non-Profit and “social capital minister Theresa Employer of Choice innovators” group May said in a is reviewing the statement. Many thanks to all the employees information and Research shows: that completed the NEOC survey. recommendations Neil Fromhart shows how to more than 9 million Results will be available in February. have fun at work. from the November people always or often iConnect event to formulate the feel lonely around 200,000 older Wage Hike next phase of CSCL’s Social Capital people have not had a conversation The province announced earlier in initiative.

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