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Bleeding Disorders Newsletter Winter 2012

2012 The Year at a Glance

January 25th 50/50 Draw to the London Knights vs. Kitchenr Rangers Hockey Game

March 1st – 2nd Opening Doors – Closing the door on Stigma 

March 3rd Education Conference and Regional General Meeting

April 15th Polar Bear Dip (fundraiser) on World Hemophilia Day, Little Beach, Port Stanley, ON Celebrating World Hemophilia Day by educating the community while raising funds for regional programs

April 21st Hemophilia Ontario Annual General Meeting – Ottawa, Ontario

May 25th CODErouge 1st Canadian Conference on Bleeding Disorders in Women

July Member Event –date TBA – Kustermans Berry Farm

July 8th – 12th World Federation of Hemophilia Congress – Paris, France

July 9th 5th Annual Golf Tournament for Hemophilia and Inherited Bleeding Disorders, Highland Golf and Country Club, London, ON

Funds raised through this event provides training, education, financial assistance and moral support to more than 300 children, youth, and adults with an inherited bleeding disorder in our community

July 21, 2012 Ride for the Record

August 22th – 26th Pinecrest Adventures Camp, Camp Menesetung Goderich, ON This 5 day residential camping experience for children with a bleeding disorder and their siblings aged 5-15 years, provides respite to parents while providing the campers the opportunity to experience camp as all children do.  The only camp in Ontario specifically designed to meet the special medical needs of these children which includes their siblings, offers knowledgeable and specially trained volunteer staff (medical, co-directors and counselors) on site 24 hours per day.  August 21st will be a staff training and preparation day on site.

September Hemerocallis for Hemophilia September Daylilies joint regional fundraiser

September 21st – 23rdJust the Guys, Camp Ki-Wa-Y, St. Clemens, ON This three region event held at Camp Ki-Wa-Y in Kitchener Waterloo provides fathers (or male role models) and their sons from Southern Ontario (SWOR, CWOR, TCOR) the opportunity to learn more about hemophilia and other inherited bleeding disorders and meet others that face similar challenges

September Adult Education Session – TBA

October Youth Speakers Bureau - TBA

October Commemorative Tree Planting - TBA

November Winter Celebration – details TBA

November Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month

November / December Holiday Wreaths, Swags and Pots sales

December 1st HIV/AIDS Vigil