Happy New Year to all....
....I hope you are able to stay dry and warm.
We have our first of the year, Chronic Pain Support Group Meeting, on Thursday January 28th 2010. We welcome you to join us 1pm to 3pm. We hope to see you there - Mollie Nye House at 940 Lynn Valley Road, Lynn Valley, North Vancouver.
We are a small group of people who meet once a month to discuss issues that affect us and new ways to deal with the things that just pop up. We are a positive group, with eyes on the future and ways to "Live a Life worth Living". We have a very small library to share. Our origins began with the 'Chronic Pain Association of Canada'. We have a pain focused forum annually.
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Christmas Greetings
Hello follow chronic pain suffers, we are facing the end of the year, and an end of a great year with Linda at the helm of our successful support group. I would like to look back at our years highlights. For me, it was taking the first step to come to a meeting last April.
Our group has grown with the lovely ladies joining us from the "Living well with Chronic Pain" course run by the University of Victoria, Center on Aging. All good reports coming from those that have done the course. Our own Heather Divine, took the training to be a coach and then got to co-lead the very first class here on the North Shore at Silver Harbour. Congratulations Heather.
We experienced another one day forum on PAIN to celebrate (International Pain Week). This year the speakers were outstanding and the Kay Meek Center staff were fantastic. Another big thanks to Heather for all her hard work to make this successful event happen. Many thanks go to the speakers for their interesting, educational, and informative topics, and for donating their time to us. We appreciate that you added your visual material to the Chronic pain website. Thanks also to all the members who posted our PAIN forum informational posters and told friends and family about the event. It would not have been successful with out all collaborating.
Linda was extremely busy with planning, arranging and re-arranging wonderful speakers each month. Congratulations on an extremely successful year of leading alone, Linda. You have done a very courageous job marvellously.
We look forward to giving Linda more support in the new year. It is hoped that each member will bring one speaker to the group, at least once in 2010. And that means we need your participation folks. E-mail, phone, call or chat and share with the group your ideas for speakers. (Remember to ask the person first to see if and when they would be willing and able to come share their speciality.)
Location, as far as we know, at this point, we will be meeting at the same time and day, in the New Year. So mark your calendars for the last Thursday of the month, 1pm to 3pm at Mollie Nye House, 940 Lynn Valley Road, Lynn Valley, North Vancouver. But please check back to this site to see if there are any changes, we will always give notice of a change here and by e-mail. Please remember to give us your e-mail address.
With all the government cut backs, we may have to ask you for a $20 donation to ensure that we can keep the location.
We have had such a diverse and very interesting group participants, you're wonderful and it was so great to have you on board and actively interested.
Merry Christmas to you all. And may your New Years Celebration be successful and a delight. We look forward to getting together with you in 2010.
Our group has grown with the lovely ladies joining us from the "Living well with Chronic Pain" course run by the University of Victoria, Center on Aging. All good reports coming from those that have done the course. Our own Heather Divine, took the training to be a coach and then got to co-lead the very first class here on the North Shore at Silver Harbour. Congratulations Heather.
We experienced another one day forum on PAIN to celebrate (International Pain Week). This year the speakers were outstanding and the Kay Meek Center staff were fantastic. Another big thanks to Heather for all her hard work to make this successful event happen. Many thanks go to the speakers for their interesting, educational, and informative topics, and for donating their time to us. We appreciate that you added your visual material to the Chronic pain website. Thanks also to all the members who posted our PAIN forum informational posters and told friends and family about the event. It would not have been successful with out all collaborating.
Linda was extremely busy with planning, arranging and re-arranging wonderful speakers each month. Congratulations on an extremely successful year of leading alone, Linda. You have done a very courageous job marvellously.
We look forward to giving Linda more support in the new year. It is hoped that each member will bring one speaker to the group, at least once in 2010. And that means we need your participation folks. E-mail, phone, call or chat and share with the group your ideas for speakers. (Remember to ask the person first to see if and when they would be willing and able to come share their speciality.)
Location, as far as we know, at this point, we will be meeting at the same time and day, in the New Year. So mark your calendars for the last Thursday of the month, 1pm to 3pm at Mollie Nye House, 940 Lynn Valley Road, Lynn Valley, North Vancouver. But please check back to this site to see if there are any changes, we will always give notice of a change here and by e-mail. Please remember to give us your e-mail address.
With all the government cut backs, we may have to ask you for a $20 donation to ensure that we can keep the location.
We have had such a diverse and very interesting group participants, you're wonderful and it was so great to have you on board and actively interested.
Merry Christmas to you all. And may your New Years Celebration be successful and a delight. We look forward to getting together with you in 2010.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Christmas party get together
Hi folks, hope your keeping warm and dry in this wicked winter weather.
We will be meeting this week on December 17, from 1pm to 3pm. Mollie Nye House, 940 Lynn Valley Road, Lynn Valley, North Vancouver.
All are welcome for a chat and to be in community together as a support for each other. This time of year can be very emotionally difficult; so we have a chance to offer ourselves to another to listen, hold, laugh and cry together.
Feel free to bring a friend or family member, for tea, coffee and cookies, all are welcome. There will not be a speaker this month. It has been agreed no Secret Santa please. But if you would like to bring your favourite Christmas cookie/bar, or treat to share with others we wont say no!
We will be meeting this week on December 17, from 1pm to 3pm. Mollie Nye House, 940 Lynn Valley Road, Lynn Valley, North Vancouver.
All are welcome for a chat and to be in community together as a support for each other. This time of year can be very emotionally difficult; so we have a chance to offer ourselves to another to listen, hold, laugh and cry together.
Feel free to bring a friend or family member, for tea, coffee and cookies, all are welcome. There will not be a speaker this month. It has been agreed no Secret Santa please. But if you would like to bring your favourite Christmas cookie/bar, or treat to share with others we wont say no!
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