6/28/2024 0 Comments June 2024 - CLBDI Talks episode 4, the upcoming donation total update, and more...Hello Lewy Warriors!
Happy (early) Canada Day and welcome to July! This year is flying by! We hope everyone had a fantastic June and you are all going to enjoy the long weekend. We have a relatively quick update for you this month so let's get right to it. This past week, we released the fourth episode of our "CLBDI Talks Interview Series" on YouTube. In this new episode, we were joined by Advisory Board member and Pastor David Malina to talk about faith-based support systems for people dealing with dementia, his own experience with neurological diseases, spirituality, and his time with CLBDI. It was a warm and wonderful conversation and we appreciate him taking the time to speak with us. Thank you, David. You can watch it in this blog post (located above), on our LBD Resources page, or on our YouTube channel. Don't forget to subscribe! The next episode will be available before the end of the summer. Keep your eyes peeled for announcements on our Facebook page as we get further into July and August. In July, we will be getting our bi-annual update from our liaisons at UWA on the new donation total! We're very excited to see how much we've raised. This also means you have a few more weeks to donate and help us surpass our next goal. All money raised goes straight to Dr. Pasternak's Lewy Body Dementia research at the University of Western Ontario. Best of all? You get a tax receipt that is valid for next year's taxes. Want to learn more about how to donate? Visit The LBD Research Fund & Donations. You can also click the link below to make an online donation: www.westernconnect.ca/site/SPageNavigator/schulich.html;jsessionid=00000000.app20051a?designee=7682&NONCE_TOKEN=6A19D7EC1D74592D2E71C50BEF086720 That's all from us for June. It was a bit of quiet month for CLBDI but we've got some fun things cooking for later this summer and fall. We can't wait to share them with you. For now, we'll say sit tight and keep checking our Facebook page regularly. That's where any and all information drops first. Have a wonderful July. Best, Joe
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6/1/2024 0 Comments May 2024 - The first CLBDI Community Walk of 2024 and what's in store for the summer months...Hello Lewy Warriors!
First and foremost, we hope everyone is having a tremendous start to their summer and you are all enjoying the warm weather. We are a few days late with our monthly update but have plenty to share. Let's get to it and say goodbye to May. To kick things off, we had a tremendous time on our first CLBDI Community Walk at the end of May. We wanted to thank everyone who came out to join us and everyone we spoke to on the trail/at the cafe for their time and company. It was a lovely May day and we had an excellent afternoon walking the Conestogo River. We wanted to say very special thanks to the folks at EcoCafe (https://ecocafestjacobs.com/) for giving us a space to sit after the walk and for their generous offer of complimentary drinks. We urge everyone to check them out the next time you are in St. Jacobs. The coffee, staff, and atmosphere were all great. We will be hosting other community events throughout the summer and into the fall so keep checking our social media and, if any of them interest you, come on out and join the fun. Coming up in June, we have our next CLBDI Talks interview on our YouTube channel, a planned live CLBDI Q&A on Facebook, and the annual donation to Lewy Body Dementia research from the Robert Edward Schmidt Trust. In July, we're hoping to host another CLBDI Community Event in Waterloo (possibly a picnic in the park or outdoor event) and will be sharing our new mid-year donation total! We will also be making some upgrades to the site over the next few months to make things easier and more intuitive for visitors and will continue to post LBD resources, links, and content on our Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/CanadianLBDInfo/) and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/canadianlbdinfo/). We will be posting on our socials before any website work is underway and, during those times, the site may be unavailable to visitors. Make sure you give us a follow so you can keep up to date on any downtime we may have. We still have the CLBDI Advocacy Letter 2024 available for free on our website and there is still plenty of time to donate to LBD research here in Ontario. Want to help us surpass our summer donation goal? Check out The LBD Research Fund & Donations page for more information on how to donate. We'll see you in a month! Have a fantastic June! Best, Joe |
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