The CVCDA Accessibility Project - Before Ramp Demonstration

Описание: At the Comox Valley Child Development Association, we are continually striving to provide physical locations for our services that are not only welcoming but inclusive to all who utilize them. Both the upper and lower ramps were deteriorating with age and were considered dangerously steep for those using them in wheelchairs. Not only were they unsafe but the ramps in some instances would even damage the wheelchairs.

Our Accessibility Project Fund has come together through a number of supporters including fundraising done through our very own 45th CVCDA Children’s Telethon.

Many local businesses and local Rotary clubs have also combined forces to support this project. Angela Zumbo of the Rotary Club of Comox Valley is spearheading the Rotary’s collaboration in their support with both funds and people power.

Additionally, funding has come through a a varity of grants. The first grant came from the Rick Hanson Foundation BC Accessibility Grants program supported by the Province of British Columbia through the Ministry of Social Development and Social Innovation. The program provides opportunity for organizations that have been rated through the Rick Hansen Foundation Accessibility CertificationTM program to apply for funding of up to $20,000 to complete an accessibility infrastructure improvement project. The remainder of the grant funding was a $24,500 grant received through Community Living BC.

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