Count down for RIBFEST - 7 Weeks to GO
Today's Guests were: Alan McBride, Granddad with a cause, Autism BC, Becs Brocken, Fund Development Manager, of Autism BC, & Grant Rigsby
Nice to see PP Alan back from their Adventure.
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It is the 20th Anniversary of our Rotary Club of Port Moody and we would like YOU to please -
SAVE THE DATE
September 5th, 2019 , Cocktail Party at- Vancouver Golf Club.....6:00 - 9:00pm
Ticket price to be announced.
Port Moody Rotary RIBFEST 2019
Please remind your friends and neighbours that we need their help to make this year's RIBFEST bigger and better than ever.
SHRED-A-THON June 8th, 2019 - Please come out and help.....tell you neighbours, friends and relatives that all the shredding is done by BEST SHREDDING 'on site'.
Lots of Happy Dollars today.....Lots of happy people in our Rotary Club of Port Moody
Meetings and lots of them !!!
Tuesday - June 4th - Moody Ales - International Meeting - everyone welcome
Wednesday - June 5th - Scanning meeting for the 20th Anniversary at Patty's home
Saturday - June 8th - SHRED-A-THON
Monday - June 10th - Core RIBFEST trial - 4:00pm Balzer's - Bring appetizer and beverage of choice
Monday - June 10th - Joint Directors meeting at Balzer's, this year's & next year's Board - 5:00 pm
Bring appetizer and beverage of choice
Thursday - June 20th - Installation Night at Saint Street Grill - 5:30pm - Please bring your money for your guest on Wednesday
Our speaker today was Becs Brocken, Fund Development Manager, of Autism BC. Autism BC is a parent based and directed society that has been working to provide information and support to individuals and families affected by autism since 1975. They are a non-profit, registered charity and acknowledge the financial support to the Province of British Columbia.
Their MISSION is, “To enhance and improve the lives of those affected by autism in BC”.
Their VISION is, “An inclusive society where people on the autism spectrum reach their full potential”.
Autism is a development disorder that affects communication and behaviour. It is known as a spectrum disorder because there is a wide variation in the type and severity of symptoms people experience. There is no one cause as it is a combination of genetic and non-genetic risk factors. Vaccines has been not shown to affect the risk.
People with autism have difficulty with social communication and interaction and have restricted interests and repetitive behaviours. Some of behaviours that are common in people diagnosed with autism may include:
- Making little or inconsistent eye contact
- Having a tendency not to look at or listen to people
- Failing to, or being slow to, respond to someone calling their name or to other verbal attempts to gain attention
- Having difficulties with the back and forth of conversation
- Having facial expressions, movements, and gestures that do not match what is being said
- Having an unusual tone of voice that may sound sing-song or flat
- Having trouble understanding another person’s point of view or being unable to predict or understand other people’s actions
- Repeating certain behaviours or having unusual behaviours, such as repeating words or phrases
- Having a lasting intense interest in certain topics, such as numbers, detail, or facts
- Having overly focused interests such as with moving objects our with parts of objects
- Getting upset by slight changes in a routine
- Unusual responses to sensory stimuli
For over 40 years AutismBC has been making a difference in communities across BC for families impacted by autism. Today autism impacts 1 in every 58 families in BC.
Rotary World Help sending another container.
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