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RSVP for Family Advocacy How-To Sessions

March 6, 2018

Abilities Manitoba & St.Amant present

Family Advocacy: The nuts and bolts!

Families learn early on that advocacy plays a critical role in accessing needed supports and services for their loved one.
Join family members Anne Fountain, Lorraine Klymko, Susan McKelvie, Deb Roach, and Gloria Woloshyn for a discussion on advocacy and current issues.

  • You’ll leave with tips and a variety of tools that will assist you with issues important to your family.
  • We’ll leave with a better understanding of the issues critical to your family.

We’ll all benefit from new connections!

Thank you to Community Living Manitoba & Employment and Social Development Canada for the grant to undertake this work.

Dates and locations:
March 12: St.Amant, 440 River Rd 7pm – 9pm

March 20: 430 Lucas Ave 7pm – 9pm

March 26: 120 Maryland Ave 7pm – 9pm
Register at: www.abilitiesmanitoba.org/events or email: admin@abilitiesmanitoba.org

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