Category: health
The majority of the non-profits I’ve donated to so far have been local. Today, I’m going for a non-profit that provides services around the world: Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Our medical teams act fast to save people’s lives in conflict zones, natural disasters and epidemics. We go where we are needed most. https://www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/content/about-us […]
So that powerlifting competition that I’ve been talking about? That happened today. For the competition, you get three attempts. You have to tell the organizers how much you plan to lift for your first attempt and after you do your first attempt, you decide what you want to do for the next one. If you […]
Remember that time I joined Strong Side, the best gym ever and became obsessed with lifting heavy weights and then putting them back down? Well, in addition to all the other things I love about this gym (like the super knowledgeable trainers that help me get super strong in a safe way and the wonderfully […]
Today is Thanksgiving and I am thankful to be able to report that both Watson & Crick got through their dental vet visits last week. Watson needed a premolar extracted and Crick needed a crown amputation on one of her premolars, but they came through their procedures just fine. Both cats have to take meds, […]
Yes, the title of this blog posting should be sung to the tune of YMCA.
CF Canada is working towards a world without cystic fibrosis.
Eighth Day To champion and celebrate the sexual health of all people in BC by supporting, providing, and promoting inclusive and accessible health care and education. Options for Sexual Health Mission Ninth Day Centre for Inquiry Canada fosters a secular society based on reason, science, freedom of inquiry, and humanist values. CFIC’s MIssion
The fifth and final organization that my students worked with this semester was The Equestrian Association for the Disabled (T.E.A.D.) T.E.A.D. provides therapeutic horse riding lessons for people with physical and cognitive/communication disabilities. It operates on a 92 acre farm in Port Hope, Ontario, with a very small staff, an active board of directors, and […]