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Archived News 2004CWAC Loblaws (Merivale/Baseline) Table
Display Fundraiser & Christmas Gift Baskets & Dog Bed
winners During this event we were pleased to give out information on CWAC to the many people interested, we accepted donations towards a chance to win one of our Christmas baskets and beautiful dog bed, sold some T-shirts and Christmas cards. The total collection came to $542! Thank you to all who made it possible!
CWAC wants to thank all the businesses and individuals that contributed with donations towards these fantastic baskets and dog bed:
We also want to thank our wonderful volunteers who came to this fundraising event and were of much help:
Special Thank you to the innocent hands that pulled the lucky names from the jar: Joseph H., Emma H. & Karen H.: Christmas Basket # 1: Jackie
More (see list of contents here)
Christmas Basket # 2: Lars
& Maria Ohman (see list of contents here)
Super Dog Bed from All
for Paws: Holly Lajoie
Contents of Christmas Basket # 1:
Contents of Christmas Basket # 2: Murchie's 12 tea bags
International Disability Day CWAC was invited by MDAC (Members with Disability Action Committee) of PSAC (Public Service Alliance of Canada) to do a presentation at Ottawa City Hall during The International Day for People with Disabilities. We also had the great pleasure to learn about other organizations and businesses dedicated to improve the lives of those affected with a number of disabilities. The Members with Disability Action Committee kindly presented CWAC with a beautiful Thank You card, a beautiful coper mapleleaf pin 'Under one Roof' (OCAPDD) and a very generous donation to our charity. Thank you, Pat Mc Grath, Rachelle Halpenny and all the members at MDAC for giving us an opportunity to share what Assistance Dogs are, what Canines with a Cause is about and also learn about other so very interesting groups and organizations in our community.
CWAC Founder nominated for 'O Canadian'
CBC Weekend News On November 28, CWAC Founder, Miriam Mas appeared on CBC News during an interview after being nominated by one of their viewers as a 'True Canadian' for their program 'O Canadian'.
As a result of this interview, a similar interview has been requested by another producer of CBC for the program called Country Wide. Stay tuned for details about when this interview will air.
Letter from the CWAC Founder: Hello, I wanted to share with you a bit more about my appearance on National CBC News: Today's Weekend Edition for a show called O Canadian. This came as a result of being nominated by one of their viewers as a 'True Canadian'. Needless to say I feel very humble and tremendously honored with this special nomination. One of CBCs viewers who also happens to be a tremendous volunteer for our organization, Susan Gold, sent them the most wonderful letter nominating me and this past Friday, CBC asked me to appear in their show Sunday November 28th. It is very hard to express the feeling of great gratitude to someone who sees me in their eyes worth of such honorary title and amongst such great Canadians! This TV appearance evolves very closely around CWAC and how it all got started. What makes this work of service so special and how we are making a difference in the community. I want to share the letter Susan Gold sent to CBC as it is just so beautiful and well written. Thank you, Miriam Mas Letter from CBC Viewer nominating CWAC Founder: “O Canadian” – Miriam Mas May I draw to your attention a great Canadian, Miriam Mas of Ottawa, a woman who, when faced with her own death, managed to evade that destiny, and resolved, subsequently, to devote the remainder of her life to community service. Thus began the organization, Canines with a Cause (CWAC), founded by Miriam in 2001, devoted to the acquiring, training and placing of assistance dogs as companions for individuals with physical disabilities, for seizure and hearing response, as well as to ongoing community-based education about the work of assistance dogs. The training programme is based on positive reinforcement, giving CWAC dogs a sense of confidence about their appropriate behaviours, while ignoring and redirecting the unwanted ones. Today Miriam works tirelessly on everything from administrative duties and website management; fundraising at both the community level and the corporate level; giving presentations to youth groups; training CWAC dogs, and providing support to CWAC dog trainers; taking dogs to a seniors residence for friendly visiting; and coordinating all aspects of volunteer activities. While maintaining the ongoing concerns of the organization, Miriam also has her eye on the future, developing and maintaining connections with breeders; temperament testing on puppies who show potential for service; searching out a wheelchair accessible site where training and office facilities can be combined; and participating in the development of a newly formed Canadian coalition of service dog agencies. All of this while being a spouse, a parent, and working. Miriam Mas is one of those silent heroes who does so much for others, honouring her volunteers, her donors, CWAC clients, and the dogs, and in her humility does not expect recognition or material benefit. Devoted to the improvement of life for others, Miriam Mas is a Canadian in the truest sense of the word. Susan Gold
Silent Auction & Christmas Bake
Sale at Westcliffe Community Centre - 681 Seyton Drive - Bells
Corners See list of all the items you can bid on
Thank you and enjoy your shopping! CWAC Sale at Orleans Christmas Bazaar
at Cairine Wilson Secondary School
Thank you to all our supporters and in particular our wonderful volunteers who helped raise $370 and helped create awareness on assistance dogs and CWAC! Great job! Awareness presentation at Queenswood
Public School Canines with a Cause had the pleasure to put forward 2 presentations
for the children and staff at Queenswood Public School. Both the
group with the younger half of the children as well as the second
half with the older were very eager to learn about assistance
dogs and became very enthusiastic when they saw Doughboy (AKA
Cogan) and Noah do tasks such as turning the light switch on/off,
press buttons, trigger an alarm, open/close cabinets, pick up
coins, bring the phone, etc.
Thank you Mrs. Walker for organizing this event! To schedule a school or children's group presentation, contact us. To learn more about these presentations, click here. Upcoming Canines with a Cause AGM
In 2001, Mike Nemesvary, a former world champion freestyle skier, became the 1st quadriplegic to drive around the world after a seven-month, 41,000 kilometer grueling journey through over 20 countries. Today, Mike continues to inspire many people with and without disabilities to live their lives to the fullest. Mike is one of the 13 Canadians who was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal by her Excellency the Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson, Governor General of Canada. Mike will be offering a multimedia presentation which will recount the Round The World Challenge and some of the lessons learned on his trip. He will talk about how he’s learned to cope with severe disabilities and still achieve his goals. Mike and his assistance dog in-training, Sassy, have recently joined the CWAC program and look forward to furthering their training so he can reach greater independence. RSVP by September 16 by phone (613) 721-4145 or email cwac@cyberus.ca AGENDA:
In June 2004, Dr. Van Delst, DVM representative of Hill's Pet Nutrition Canada approached CWAC with the offer to donate a free 40 lbs. bag of quality prescription dog food for each of the dogs in our program so we could try the quality this product has to offer.
We are pleased to say that we have come to a partnership were Hills Pet Nutrition Canada will provide this very special dog food for the puppies and dogs in our program as well as those who are certified from our program at a very special rate. We kindly want to acknowledge our appreciation and gratefulness to Dr. Van Delst for his efforts to look into this opportunity for our dogs as well as Hills for providing at a special rate such wonderful quality food for our dogs.
Andrea Gowing, Centennial Branch Ottawa Public Library Children's Activity Director invited CWAC to provide 2 presentations for children in the community. The first presentation with 22 registrations was oriented to a younger audience (ages 5 to 8) and the second presentation with 24 registrations to a group of older children (9 to 12). Both Noah and Jazz participated in demonstrating some of the tasks Assistance Dogs are trained to do to help their partners such as picking up coins, wallets, turning light switch on/off, open/close cover doors, push buttons, trigger alarm systems, bring the phone, pick up laundry items and carry a light laundry basket, bark on command to help create attention when in need for help, showed control around food offered to the dog, etc. Children's brochures and fun-pack activitiy booklets were given out to the children. This was possible thanks to the financial assistance provided by the Ministry of Citizenship- Ontario Government. Read more here. In appreciation for providing the presentations, CWAC received a large bag of dog food and a beautiful 'Thank You' card from the Ottawa Library Centennial Branch representatives. If you would like to organize a presentation for your group, school, association, please contact us. Media articles printed in preparation to the June 26 CWAC Fundraiser from The Ottawa Citizen, The Nepean Weekender & The Bells Corners News Saturday June 26, 2004 Canines with a Cause is very grateful to the local Newspaper Media for their wonderful help in communicating to the community our events and assisting in creating awareness on disabilities and assistance dogs.
Read more about this great event.
Our first CWAC Street Sale/Silent Auction/Bake Sale Fundraiser was a total success! We had a bright sunny day and a great turnaround. Many of the wonderful neighbors, volunteers, and supporters drooped off baking and goods for the event, participated in the raffle for donation, face painting, jelly bean contest and bid for wonderful items in our silent auction. We are very grateful to all those who helped prior and during this event as well as the businesses who supported it by donating items for the silent auction and raffle price. Read about the heroes. What a community at work! Everybody who participated can be proud to have helped raise a total amount of $888! As we had received great feedback from this event, we are looking to have it again next year and include BBQ as well. The Ottawa Citizen helped promote this event with an article. As well the Ottawa Pennysaver and the Bells Corners News newspaper had a Notice regarding this fundraiser. A reporter from the Bells Corners News newspaper came during the event to take pictures and interview the founder.Our thanks goes out to them as well as the radio stations who also helped in sharing the news about this event to the Ottawa community. Here are some of the pictures of the event:
Read more about this event here. Valerie Knowles Animal Welfare Fund
- Supporting CWAC through Community Foundation of Ottawa On the advice of Mrs. Valerie Knowles, the Community Foundation of Ottawa was pleased to present CWAC with a very generous cheque for the amount of $800 to help cover some of the costs involved in acquiring, training and placing Assistance Dogs for someone in our community. As Gillian W. , Donor Services Associate of Community Foundation of Ottawa says in her own words: '...As always, we appreciate the opportunity to connect donors with meaningful causes like yours in our community'. With great gratitude for such wonderful statement of support for the work we do in our community, we thank Mrs. Valerie Knowles, the Valerie Knowles Foundation and the Community Foundation of Ottawa. CWAC Table Display @ Bells Corners
Public School Fun Day Bells Corners Public School celebrated their 50th anniversary on June 12 by organizing a fabulous Family Fun Day. We were asked to come along and hold a table display. The day was perfect, and everybody had a wonderful time. Below are some pictures of that event.
Thank you, Laurie S. for inviting us to participate!
This came as a result of their decision to choose Canines with a Cause was as the charity of their choice back in January following one of our presentations. They also organized a 'Trinity 67's day' selling tickets for a trip to a 67;s game with proceeds going to help CWAC. With great honor, we accepted a very generous cheque for $298.06. We are very grateful to all the children at Trinity United Church, Arlene, (Sunday School Co-ordinator) and the rest of the congregation.
On Sunday May 30 Canines with a Cause held a table display at Carlingwood Mall from 10 AM to 5 PM. We would like to thank the coordinator of Community Events at Carlingwood for helping make the arrangements for CWAC to have this event, as well as the wonderful CWAC volunteers who took the time to come and help out during this event. Here are a few pictures of the mall display taken that day:
During the table display, we had a special draw for all the children who presented a donation to CWAC. They could then write down their names, and also choose the names for the 2 stuffed toy CWAC puppies (see picture below). The winner would get to keep one of the two puppies of their choice and the second one would be sent and donated to CHEO on their behalf and that of CWAC.
At the end of the day, Noah picked up the lucky name, Karen U. who chose to keep Cocoa (brown pup) and Snowdrop (white pup) was selected to be sent to CHEO. Thank you to all those who participated in this draw and to all the supporters that came to learn more about CWAC and Assistance Dogs.
On Sunday May 30 Canines with a Cause will hold a table display at Carlingwood Mall from 10 AM to 5 PM. Come and stop by to meet us and meet some of our puppies in training. We will have a special draw for children which consists of naming a pair of toy staffed dogs for a donation. By the end of the day,we will pull the name of the lucky winner who will get to keep one of the staffed dogs and the other will be donated to CHEO on their behalf and that of CWAC. We will be selling beautiful doggie bandanas made by our volunteers as well as other items.
Come and join us on Sat. June 26, for a great Street Sale at Trevor Cres. and Ridgefield Cres in the Lynwood Village, Bells Corners (West Ottawa) We would like to gratefuly acknowledge the support from the following businesses who contributed towards the silent auction:
We would also like to thank the following people and businesses in Trenton who contributed to the Raffle prize:
As well as the support of all our wonderful Volunteers and the following individuals who have kindly donated items for our silent auction, garage sale and/or bake sale Tara Egan - Susan Gold - Karen & Bob Paynter - Loretta Lerioux - Janus Wilson - Cheryl Roach - Debra Barlow - Shannon Devine - Karen & Steve Halchuk - Mr & Mrs Oman - Francine & Dave Friberg - David & Nancy Wilson - Laurie, Albert & Sabrina Seangio - Grant Brazier - Karen & Geoff Robertson - Jean & Dave Venables - Alison & John Randall - Sally & John Ross - Ellen & Bob Boynton - Jean & Jerry - Billie Cissoko - Kyle Sitka - Kurk, Kristina & Maria Moffat - Bill Wimpers - Joan Evans - Gloria & Roger - Viola Larkin - Katie Castleton - Jane & Dave Venable - Women's Auxiliary Group H.S. - And other anonymous donors and supporters. Here are some of the items you will be able to bet on:
Free coffe / ice-tea Bake Sale Children can have their face painted for a donation Jelly bean contest and more! Click on the image to get more details on this fundraising event.
Please contact us if you have a way to support this event by donating gift certificates, in-kind services or items for our silent auction.
Karen Crawford and Susan Shackell requested a Canines with a Cause presentation and demonstration for their group of Sparks in Manotick. The girls were very excited to see our dogs, and to learn what they do to help their partners. The girls also learned not to distract these dogs when they see them in public as they would not be able to concentrate in providing the assistance needed.
Canines with a Cause was pleased to provide a presentation and demonstration to the group of Cubs at St. Matthias Anglican Church. We would like to thank Gwen, one of their Leaders, for organizing it and to all the children who were very interested in learning about assistance dogs and also provided a donation to the charity.
Canines with a Cause could not be more proud of the hard work these girls have done in not only raising money for CWAC but also for the great job they have done and do in helping create awareness on Assistance Dogs and the role they play in our society.
Click here to read this newspaper article.
Ontarion Ministry of Citizenship
& Immigration - Community AccessAbility (CAA) Project Grant
for CWAC
Canines with a Cause is pleased to share the good news that the Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration has granted funding to CWAC to persue the Community AccessAbility (CAA) Project titled: CWAC Youth Educational & Awareness Project on Disabilities and Assistance Dogs This one year project is oriented to help create awareness on disabilities as well as help our youth understand how different types of assistance dogs can help their partners become more independent. CWAC Youth Educational & Awareness Project on Disabilities and Assistance Dogs is oriented to the children in our community. Our goal is to help our youth foster acceptance of each other's differences, understanding of the needs of others with disabilities and to communicate the importance each one of us can play in enhancing our community. Helping the youth in our community understand that they too, no matter the age, can help make Ottawa a better city. The funding that CWAC will receive from The Ministry of Citizenship will assist in the costs that will be involved in the following:
Included are 20 short videoclips describing the following tasks performed by the dogs:
___ Corporations, Foundations, and individuals interested in becoming CWAC Sponsors are welcome to contact us to learn how they can receive a free copy of this informative interactive presentation. This CD ROM is also available for purchase to the general public for $14 CAN. To order one, please check our CD order page. Computer Requirements for the CD ROM: For Windows Operating Systems. Minimum 400 Mhz Pentium II or better, CD-Rom Drive 16X, 128# MB RAM. Read more about the process of this project.
Show will air on:
We are grateful to Rogers Television for their support in helping create awareness in our community!
Canines with a Cause was pleased to provide a presentation and demonstration to the 2nd Bells Corners Sparks group. Some parents attended the presentation as well. This wonderful group of young girls were keen on learning about how different types of assistance dogs help their partners. Thank you Alice for organizing this, and thank you to all the group and leaders for the beautiful Thank you card and donation!
We were pleased to present the school with a special CWAC Certificate of Appreciation for their efforts in helping create awareness, educating the children about disabilities and the important role assistance dogs play in their partner's life and for their continuos support.
A special thank you to the Brownies leader Cristin for organizing this event and for the wonderful donation.
Our most sincere Thanks for the beautiful support from the young members of the Trinity United Church and to Arlene, who took the time to learn more about Canines with a Cause and decided to invite us to their children Sunday school.
This promises to bring a very professional solution for a couple of projects, one being a very informative interactive presentation that would be presented to potential corporate sponsors and another one is oriented to educate the younger members of our community in a fun and light way. Thank you to the coordinator of the course Mrs. Hawley and their teacher Mr. Kozodoj and in particular to the 3 students assigned to assist us: Sarah, Soo, and Meghan! Ottawa Law firm continues to support
Canines with a Cause
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