Huntington Society of Canada - Vancouver Island and Gulf Islands Chapter

03/21/2024

Save the Date!

Our Community Education Forum (CEF) will take place virtually on Saturday, April 13th at 1:30 PM EDT and will feature Jasmine Cload, a Speech Language Pathologist from BC
If you haven’t registered yet, here is the link:

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02/27/2024

Hello all,

It is with my dearest sympathies that I inform you all that we have lost a dear friend and wonderful man from within our chapter and community.

Stanley, (Stan) Emerick has passed away; he left us on January 30th, 2024.

His loving and deeply saddened wife Irene has informed me that there will be a Celebration of Life for Stan on Sunday, March 17th, 2024, 2 pm at the James Bay Rugby clubhouse. Please join Irene and her family in celebration of a highly respected husband, father, grandfather and life long member of the community.

The clubhouse address is, 205 Simcoe Street, Victoria, BC.

06/20/2023

Did you know that…

Huntington disease affects oral and facial muscles. Speech can be difficult to understand and facial expressions may be difficult to read accurately.

To learn more, please refer to our "IMPROVING COMMUNICATION IN HUNTINGTON DISEASE (HD)" fact sheet: https://www.huntingtonsociety.ca/hd-fact-sheets/

06/20/2023

Carla Wall is also a Huntington hero

06/20/2023

06/04/2023

LAST CHANCE! Make sure to get all of your donations in before Monday, June 5th to be included in our National Walk tally: https://p2p.onecause.com/hscnationalwalk

Don’t forget - an anonymous donor will MATCH your fundraising. That’s even more motivation to make that final ask for donations!

The National Walk is one of our most important fundraisers and we can’t wait to share the results of this heartwarming tradition with you. Thank you!

05/24/2023

Great article about our chapter President, Hedley Cullen 🤩

In this week's edition of : New crash trainer enhances ship readiness, former RCN Steward leads Huntington Walk, and want to improve your commute and have a chance to win a pizza? Read the full edition here: https://bit.ly/43k48yU

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Dans l'édition de cette semaine de : Un nouveau simulateur d'accident améliore l'état de préparation des navires, un ancien steward de la MRC dirige une promenade à Huntington, et Vous voulez améliorer votre trajet et avoir une chance de gagner une pizza ? Lisez l'édition complète ici : https://bit.ly/43k48yU

05/05/2023

Hello all!!

First off, please accept my apologies for not getting this information to you sooner.

Susan Nickerson has been very busy with the chapter to put the light ups together for HD Awareness and I dropped the ball on relaying the information on. For this, I am truly sorry.

Susan has put together the following for ...

May 3 to 12 - City hall in Parksville will be lit up in blue 💙

May 4 - City hall in Victoria is lit up in blue 💙; the BC Legislature is lit up in blue 💙 and purple 💜

May 5 - City of Nanaimo Bastion will be lit up in blue 💙 and purple 💜; Town of Esquimalt Municipal hall will be lit up in blue 💙

May 15 - Saanich Municipal hall will be lit up in blue 💙

Hopefully you're able to get out and see the lights!!

Thanks for your time!!!

Hedley

05/04/2023

Welcome to our new page!

Please join us for the 2023 walk on Saturday, May 27. Click on the link to our web page for all the details. Start recording all the kilometres you walk in the month of May and add them to your registration page to help us achieve our goal. It will be a great event and we hope you can join us!

If you are interested in getting involved, we would love to have you on board! We are looking for volunteers to join our Chapter Executive as well as helping out with various events planned throughout the year. For more information, please contact Hedley Cullen or myself. Our new email address is hscislandschapter@gmail.com.

Please invite your friends and family and we'll see you there!

https://p2p.onecause.com/hscnationalwalk/event/vancouver-island-walk

Join the Vancouver Island and Gulf Islands (VIGI) Chapter as we walk on May 27th for Huntington disease (HD) alongside Huntington Society of Canada (HSC) chapters and participants Nationwide. ​​Our collective efforts will help to raise funds and awareness for HD not only in the Victoria area, bu...

04/27/2023

LAST WEEK TO ENTER OUR STARTING LINE DRAW!

Register for the National Walk and raise $300 before May 1st at 11:59 PM for your chance to win a 50th Anniversary long sleeve and mug.

Every additional $100 raised earns an additional entry. Two winners drawn on May 2nd. Start fundraising now: https://p2p.onecause.com/hscnationalwalk