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Skip to NavigationWe will be at the Transition Resource Fair for students of diverse abilities, hosted by The Inclusion Action Committee. The purpose of the Transition Fair is to connect students with community resources which will help them make a successful transition from high school to adulthood. Focus areas include access, education, employment, health, wellness and leisure.
The Al Ritchie Community Association had hired Eric for a work placement through our Empower3D employment program for youth with disabilities. Eric’s task was to create a more streamlined, automated process for food and clothing donations.
With funds raised by our sixth annual Princess Ball, our Prairie Regional Office has donated four Assistive Technology Resource Kits — each containing upwards of $1,800 worth of specialized assistive technology — to support students with disabilities at Regina General Hospital and Ronald McDonald House Saskatchewan through our Solutions for Schools initiative.
Cybertronic Penguinz is a FIRST robotics team located in Calgary, Alberta. A big part of the club is also about giving back to the community. So, when they learned about the Clubs That Care initiative, and the opportunity to build assistive devices for Canadians with disabilities, it made a lot of sense to get involved.
Last September, Abdullah joined his brother, Hamza, a Clubs That Care youth leader for Neil Squire’s Makers Making Change program, to deliver adapted toys to the Alvin Buckwold Child Development Program in Saskatoon. The experience made a real impact on him.