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WALKATHON 2012 Walk2Hear

Stephanie — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:33:13 +0000

Walk2Hear walkathon held in Vancouver, superbly organized by Marilyn Dahl and volunteers, last year was such a great success that many participants want to have another walkathon this year.

The last year’s walkathon was held in conjunction with the one held in Ottawa, organized by the CHHA-National Capital Region. It turned out to be a great way to get the hard-of-hearing and others to come out and get together socially as well to raise public awareness of the hard-of-hearing and to raise funds. CHHA-BC is working closely with CHHA-National and CHHA-Vancouver to make this year’s event a success.

CHHA-BC is hoping to encourage more CHHA-BC branches initiate walkathons in their localities and are working towards to achieving it. Vancouver Branch plans to organize one in Vancouver for this year like the very successful one they had last year.

It is going to be an exciting year!

Rodney George
Vice-President, CHHA-BC

911 Emergency Services/Emergency Notifications Survey

Stephanie — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 04:20:06 +0000

Have you ever had problems accessing 911 emergency services or are you concerned about getting emergency notifications such as storm warnings or natural disaster alerts? Do you feel current technology is limiting your access to these services.

If you have a disability (includes those who are hard of hearing) and are interested in making 911 emergency services and emergency alerts better and would like to ensure these services meet your needs, then please take a few minutes to complete this survey.

http://www.neilsquire.ca/E911survey

The Neil Squire Society is looking for your opinion on how the next generation of emergency service and alerts designed to work with mobile phones should work for you. Your opinions are important.

As a thank you, all participants who complete the survey will be entered in a draw for a $200 gift certificate to The Bay Department Store. The deadline is February 15, 2012.