Volunteers needed
- ten educational assistants
Volunteers will be asked to participate in activities between 8am and 5pm.
Each volunteer will be given 1 full day and 1 evening (5pm on) to explore Ottawa.
Five experts in special needs are requested to give workshops. We will alternate between morning and afternoon workshop slots.
Three workshop sessions will take place every weekday.
Workshop sessions will be an hour long, and will be based on special needs. Workshops will take place 3 times every day. The program requires that parents and children attend at least 4 of the 6 workshops offered each day.
We have two experts signed up already!!!
O'Leary's Respite, Reconnection, Relaxation and Renewal
are needed to keep climbing mountains and
sometimes it seems like we have to climb a mountain to
heal a heart!
Your whole family can spend a wonderful week in Ottawa!
O'Leary's 4 Rs will provide the following:
Respite nights
Parents will have the opportunity to relax and reconnect by having a nice meal, and attending a sporting or cultural event.
Children will be supervised in age appropriate activities, parent curfew is 11pm!
Reconnection
Daily workshops led by experts, parent friendly as well as child friendly workshops will be provided each day as well as group activities with all involved
Sensory room with expert assistants will be available to each family for 30minutes every day.
Daily family time and bedtime story time.
Relaxation
Spa treatments, massage, pedicures, manicures and hair cut and styles for the whole family will be provided
Renewal
Spiritual Development through the arts for one hour every day
Frequent fresh air/physical activity breaks throughout the day
Staff The Director of O's 4Rs has a Master of Counseling Psychology and is owner/operator of Healing Hearts and Minds.
Our experts will be qualified persons and experts in their respective field.
All volunteers will be subjected to criminal record checks.
My AAs (Activity assistants) are very mature teens with many talents to share.
There will also be a EA (Educational Assistant) volunteer with special needs training, paired with each family, available from 8-5.
The owner/creator of The Eating Game http://www.theeatinggame.ca/ , Jean Nicol, will provide assistance in planning daily meals for our picky eaters. Denise Neville, owner/operator of Hugz4me-the Sensory Place will be helping design and schedule access to our sensory room. Denise also has Non Violent Crisis Intervention Certification Food
All meals and snacks will be provided by the kitchen staff at the center. Outside food is permitted but can only be eaten in the foyer.
Opportunity and Cost Only 10 families will be invited to participate in this unique event. I want to begin a program similar to this in Alberta in 2015 but first I need to see if this is a viable program with genuine interest before investing the million dollars that it will take to get this program running from the ground up. O's 4Rs will cost $500/family for room and board.
The remaining cost for workshops, events and guest speakers will be calculated on a per event basis but the cost will NOT exceed $3,500/ family for the week. Travel Travel to and from Ottawa is not included in the cost of the event but The Terry Fox Canadian Youth Center does have a travel agent, please contact me if you need help arranging travel. | 
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