The group, along with their support workers, traveled to Vancouver in February 2010. The group fundraised to cover the cost of this once in a lifetime opportunity.

  Each of the four volunteers has an intellectual disability. We’d like you to meet them:

  Sean is 24 years old and lives in a home with support from Community Living. He works as an assembler at Packaging Plus. His hobbies include swimming, hockey, bowling and literacy classes.

  Ben is 24 years old and lives in Mount Albert with his family.  He volunteers at the Society for the Ontario Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (OSPCA) as well as with the Canadian Cancer Society.  His hobbies include swimming, snowmobiling, going to the cottage with his family and cooking classes.

  Daisy is 26 years old and lives in Newmarket with her parents.  She has worked at Value Village for five years and at Starbucks for one year.  Her hobbies include tennis, soccer, basketball and skating.

  Jennifer is 26 years old and lives in Aurora with her parents.  She has worked at Wendy’s for eight years.  She enjoys spending time at the family’s Muskoka cottage and recently earned her pleasure craft license with the Ontario Power Squadron.

Thank you:

Lance Campo – for finding our story, flying to Ontario to interview us and accepting our applications
Steve Scott – for picking us up and driving us around our first day, lending us your van for the week and facilitating our schedules
Steve Dane – for driving us around on day one
Joanne, Moore and Alexandra Reid – for our homey house rental
Claire Langan, Sears Travel – for being so helpful in booking our flights
Nancy Devine - media release
Ron Davidson – for planning and promoting Charity Benefit Concert
Steve, PSN Uniform – for our wonderful agency jackets
Staff of Destinations – for breakfast at Tim Hortons before our flight
Parents - for being so supportive

Thank you for donations:

John Taylor, York Regional Councilor
Bell Canada
Tim Hortons Spring Swing Golf Tournament
Canadian Progress Club, York Region Women
Mayor’s Golf Classic Tournament
S and K McCarty
North Newmarket Lions Club
Staff at Starbucks, Leslie/Gorham
Newmarket Lions Club
Rotary Club of Newmarket
Newmarket Veterans Association
C. Dunn, C and C Holdings
Community Living Newmarket/Aurora District and Board of Directors