Archive for the ‘Developmental Disabilities Trust’ Category

• Shopping For Charity: DDA Garage Sale

  Date: 2009.09.16 | Category: Developmental Disabilities Trust, Fundraising | Response: 0

  The Developmental Disabilities Association is having a furniture garage sale this coming Saturday. There are 100′s of pieces of furniture to choose from including:

  • Sofas
  • Book Shelves
  • Chairs
  • Medical Furniture
  • Dressers
  • Exercise Equipment
  • Kids Equipment
  • And much more!

  This sale is for one day only and there are no earlybirds. DDA will also be accepting donations of clothing, housewares, cand and bottles during the sale. 100% of all proceeds go directly to funding programs for people with developmental disabilities.

  Details
  Date: Saturday, September 19th, 2009
  Time: 9:00am – 3:00pm
  Location: DDA Donation Station - 2643 No. 5 Rd, Richmond BC

  

• RCBC Annual Zero Waste Conference

  Date: 2009.06.03 | Category: Developmental Disabilities Trust, News, Recycling | Response: 2

  The Developmental Disabilities Association partook in this years 2009 Recycling Council of BC’s Zero Waste Conference, which was held May 27-29, at the Fairmont Chateau Whistler Resort in Whistler, BC. The theme for the conference was ECOnomics: The Green Economy Summit. Members of the Association attending the conference included our president, John Neilson, along with Deanna Barlow, Jason Smith, and Rob Fourchalk. We were very pleased to be this years recipient of a Mobi Award for Non-Profit Achievement in Excellence and Leadership in Environmental Stewardship.

  Rob, Deanna, and Jason with our award and certificate

  John giving an acceptance speech for our award

  Our Bottle Bin in front of Fairmont Chateau Whistler

  The overall conference was a fun an educational experience. In addition to receiving an award, we also had the opportunity to meet a lot of other people who shared similar interests in environmental stewardship. Some of the people we met up with include:

  • Pat Taylor from Carney’s Waste Systems
  • Emy Lai from the City of Richmond
  • Ela Lukowska from Corporations of Delta
  • Tamara Shulman from the District of West Vancouver
  • Ric Mallett from Ecosafe Compostable
  • Sandy Sigmund from Encorp Pacific
  • Mike Hofer from Fraser Valley Regional District
  • Barbara Hetherington and Buddy Boyd from Gibsons Recycling Depot
  • Jodie Becker and Lindsay O’Donnell from the Pacific National Exhibition (PNE)
  • Anna Rochelle and Ben Ramos from the Recycling Council of British Columbia (RCBC)
  • Susan Antler and Dana Uhl-Griffiths from the Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation
  • Jeff Rollins from Rollins Machinery
  • and Dyanne Wayland from Zero Waste Products

  The opportunity to meet with and discuss environmental initiatives with other like-minded individuals was a fantastic opportunity for our representatives from the Developmental Disabilities Association. The entire conference was a great experience and we’re looking forward to attending next year’s conference as well. Thank you everybody for making this an enjoyable conference!