February is Heart Month, and the Vancouver Island Society for Adaptive Snowsports (VISAS) reached out to another non-profit Valley organization, the Comox Valley Child Development Association (CVCDA), and its Project Inclusion (PI) participants to make B次元官网网址淚 love X-Country Skiing with VISAS @ Mt WashingtonB次元官网网址� buttons.
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Project Inclusion runs Mondays to Fridays and its 16 young adults work on different community projects such as bottle drives, gardening, button making, as well training for work in local businesses, like Starbucks, Shoppers Drugmart, and Comox Valley Volkswagen. For more information on Project Inclusion, contact Wendy at wendy@cvcda.ca
Visit VISASB次元官网网址檚 website:for information on its snowsports program, as well as its upcoming VISAS Awareness Day on Sunday, March 6, VISASB次元官网网址檚 annual fundraiser and silent auction.
