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Reach Developmental Preschool North Delta – Newsletter January 2021
REACH Preschool North Newsletter January 2021 Upcoming Special Days: Monday Jan. 4 & Tuesday Jan. 5 – Welcome back! Family Literacy Day – Jan. 27 Remember to read every day. Birthdays this month: Violet Joel Sully Richter Happy Birthday! Dear Families, Welcome to...
Reach Developmental Preschool South Delta – Newsletter January 2021
DEAR PARENTS... Happy New Year and welcome back!! 2020 sure threw us some curveballs, but we made it through with kindness, patience and courage! We would like to extend our sincerest thanks to our Reach community for your continued support in helping us to make our...
REACH Family Satisfaction Survey 2021
Every year, REACH conducts a Family Satisfaction Survey with our community who receive services. If a family receives more than one service from Reach, they can choose to complete a survey for all services or just one survey for the program they feel they got the most...
REACH Holiday Appeal Supports Mental Health
Thank you to all the generous supporters of REACH holiday appeal 2020. We raised just over $20,000 which is an incredible result and so helpful to those suffering mental health issues in these difficult times! Your support is important and will make a difference for...
REACH Virtual Resources Page
With everyone in our province limiting travel and reducing contact as much as possible with the new COVID-19 restrictions , you might be looking for virtual resources. Access our resource page here. We have included a new category with virtual anti-racism resources...
Celebrating Winter Holidays Safely
BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) has advice for safe celebration of the holidays while the pandemic is still with us. Many seasonal events traditionally involve gatherings and BCCDC offers advice for this holiday season in light of the continued restrictions the...
REACH 50/50 raffle winner drawn!
Sending out a BIG THANKYOU to everyone who participated in our 50/50 draw! We were delighted to provide just over $1,500 to the lucky winner who so kindly donated $100 back to us. Proceeds of our Air Canada Foundation, Fairmont Hot Springs hotel/golf get away and...
Tsawwassen Mills Movie Night Benefits REACH
Fresh Air Cinema aired Back to the Future and Toy Story 4 at Tsawwassen Mills. Entrance was by donation to Reach Society in the parking areas of the mall on Sept. 25 and 26, 2020. These events were COVID-19 safe and registrants received a $20 gift certificate to use...
Announcing Reach for the Stars Virtual Gala
Our 8th Annual Reach for the Stars Gala with presenting sponsor Vancouver Fraser Port Authority aired virtually on Oct.03, 2020. The fun-filled atmosphere created by MC Steve Darling was appreciated by guests and REACH is very thankful to all who participated. The...
Delta Summer Scavenger Hunt – Cruising for Clues
Reach Child and Youth Development Society held an outside, physically distanced event in Delta called Cruising for Clues – a Summer Scavenger Hunt on August 27, 28, 29 and 30th. Here are our winners and huge thanks to all who played and to prize donors Newmans Fine...
REACH Annual General Meeting 2020
Here are the smiling faces of our Reach Society Volunteer Board of Directors at last year's AGM. This year, we will be taking COVID-19 precautions and having a virtual event on Zoom, evening of Thursday, September 10th, 2020. Register with us at info@reachchild.org or...
Support REACH COUNSELLING
Mental Health is increasingly a concern as we live with the pandemic. Parents of children with special needs and their parents can receive counselling help at REACH. Due to COVID-19, families are experiencing increased anxiety and stress and we have got a fundraising...
Vancouver Foundation awards $50,000 Grant to REACH
We are thrilled to announce that Vancouver Foundation has awarded Reach Child and Youth Development Society with a Community Response Fund flexible operating grant of $50,000.00. REACH sends out profound gratitude for these funds that mitigate the losses to our...
Summer Music Therapy Virtual Groups
Here are the descriptions of our summer music classes: U CAN UKE - Learn how to play the ukulele! Uke CAN do it! (Must have a ukulele.) This is a great class to do with an older sibling or mom and dad for a great family activity. Nothing is happier than the sound of...
COVID19 Virtual Resource Page
REACH coordinators and therapists have put together resources for you and your family to access at home during the COVID-19 crisis. There are five categories of helpful resources on the Virtual Resource Page - Apps & Websites; Activities to do at Home; Social...
Volunteer Week 2020
REACH is lucky to have 118 dedicated volunteers. We have Volunteer Directors who serve on our Foundation and Society Boards. We have FINDS Children's Exchange in store volunteers and sorting volunteers. We have Events volunteers who help plan and work at fundraisers...
CHOICES Fee-for-Service Virtual Therapies
REACH CHOICES program offers fee-for-service sessions with Speech Language Pathologists (SLP), Physiotherapists (PT), Occupational Therapists (OT) and Behavioural Consultants (BC) virtually during the COVID-19 crisis. If your child (infant to age 19) has a behaviour,...
Coronavirus Update – Fraser Health
COVID-19 Update: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recommends that all Canadians practice social distancing and stay home as much as they can. Access the the personal assessment tool for the virus here. In addition, The province has created a phone service to...
3rd Annual Cheers for Children
Four Winds Brewing Co.hosted their annual fundraiser for REACH at Harris Barn in Ladner featuring music from the Star Captains (Soul, R&B), A2Z (Funk instrumental) and Olin Brix (Pop) on Feb. 8th, 2020. Over $20,000 was raised thanks to Four Winds efforts for...
Music Therapy at REACH
Reach Child and Youth Development Society (REACH) has a music therapy group for children with extra needs aged 8-12! A new session will be offered after Spring Break. The Upstagers - REACH Glee Club is a partnership with Note by Note Music Therapy and successfully...
