Deadlines for our Campership and Bursary program are coming up fast! Apply soon

Camp applications are due June 24 and Bursaries on July 15.

Campership Deadline

Camp is just around the corner

In eager anticipation of the warm weather, the Cerebral Palsy Association of BC is excited to offer members of the CPABC a Special Needs Summer Camp Subsidy to help children, teens and adults with cerebral palsy to attend summer camp. The subsidies are available for any camp, anywhere in BC, to help pay the camp fee and/or transportation charges.

Past participants have used their support to attend accessible day and recreation camps like Club Aviva Gymnastics, Agur Lake Camp, Zaja Ranch for Children, BC Easter Seals Camps, and Camp Jubilee. The options are limitless!

Please tell everyone who might be interested (including parents and individuals with CP) about the availability of these funds. The application form must be received at our office no later than June 24, 2013. The Camp Subsidy Committee will review all applications and recipients will be notified by July 31, 2013.

For more information contact our office at (604) 408-9484 or toll free at 1-800-663-0004.

Bursary for Students with CP

Deadline coming soon

We are proud to announce that the Cerebral Palsy Association of BC is offering 10 bursaries of $1,000 each to any eligible student with CP that is at the age of 17 years or older, planning to attend a post secondary institution or training program during the following year.

Please advise any students, with cerebral palsy, of the availability of these funds.Applications must be postmarked no later than July 15, 2013.

Download the application now!

If you have any further questions or concerns, please contact our office at (604) 408-9484. Good luck to you all!

September 4 - October 1, 2013

Last fall we hosted the World Cerebral Palsy Challenge. Together we raised close to $67,000 to support people with cerebral palsy and other disabilities across Canada. Thank you for making a difference in their lives!

This wonderful event will take place again this coming September.
We have launched a new name for the event; Steptember
Along with this will be new pedometers!

I would like to invite you to participate this year.
Let’s get everyone involved with Steptember!
Please spread the word!
Step it up in Steptember!

This is a unique chance to get involved in a global health and fitness event to support a great cause! Steptember is an exciting event that focuses on health and wellness for the whole month of September. This program is taking place all over Canada, the US and Australia. It is a fun event for families, friends, colleagues, sports teams as well as businesses and is a wonderful and unique team building activity.

Please visit www.steptember.ca to register or to donate!

If you know of any organization that would be interested in joining Steptember, please let us know, and we would be happy to contact them and introduce them to this awesome event.

Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Every Step Counts!

Play this short video for more details on the campaign.

Step up early and win!

Register by Monday, July 15, 2013 and

Steptember is an exciting 4 week team activity that runs for the month of September.

Steptember requires participants to form a team of 4. Each Team Member will then track their daily step count (by wearing a pedometer) or other fitness activity and record this on their personalised Steptember webpage.

Participants don’t just have to walk – you can run, cycle, swim or even play bowls to notch up your daily steps. There are over 40 activities to choose from including activities suitable for people with a disability.

Each participant is challenged to walk 10,000 steps per day and as a team virtual climb the highest peak from each continent. 

Each day, when you enter your steps your team will progress up the virtual mountains.

Participants will be encouraged to fundraise from the time they register until the end of the event with all proceeds going towards helping people with cerebral palsy and other disabilities.

Once a team is registered, each participant will be sent a ‘Steptember Kit’ which will include 1 pedometer.

Register at www.steptember.ca

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World Cerebral Palsy Day is an unique global innovation campaign to change the world for the 17 million people with cerebral palsy (CP). Each year, people with CP, their family and friends post ideas - and then the call then goes out to inventors to make those ideas a reality!

Visit http://www.worldcpday.org/ for more information.

Applications are now being accepted for our 2013 Campership grants.

Every year these grants help children and youth with cerebral palsy live a life without limits by attending summer camp. Past recipients have gone to camps in Mission, Winfield, Squamish and Coquitlam.

The deadline for application is Thursday, June 14, 2013 and recipients will be notified not later than July 31, 2013.