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Thank you for celebrating Deafblind Awareness Month with us!

To our Sensity community, many thanks to the individuals who donated their time and talent by creating so many beautiful knitted squares.

Pauline Marsden, Carol Lewis, Henny Loughran, Janet Mannen, Sue Hall, Michelle Borton’s mom, Barb Severs, Mandy Purkiss, Susan Shouldice, Janis Polischuck, Sharon Polishchuck, Heather Ruttan, Vanessa Wassink, Jan Lamont, Virginia Melo, Brenda Richardson, Kelly Baker, Deb Lawson, Aarda Griffith, Rena, Jordan, Josh, Sayanthy, Alecia, Richard, Talice, Darla, LeeAnn and Brittany.

Thanks also to Community Living Wallaceburg for participating, Shelby Johnston, communication and business specialist, and consumers Krista and Allan.

We are grateful for support from our local media -- Patti Berardi @TVPattiBrant from Rogers from Rogers TV Brantford, Brian Thompson @EXPbthompson from The Expositor and Jason Freeze @JasonFreeze from BScene – who stopped by to provide coverage.

The Sensity community came together for a colourful and tactile celebration of National Deafblind Awareness Month #NDBAM by “yarn bombing” on Wednesday, June 16.

The sensory garden at the Resource Centre in Paris was covered with dozens upon dozens of knitted, crocheted and loomed squares, blankets and afghans. And there were plenty of smiles to go around as the volunteers, including individuals who are deafblind, intervenors and other staff worked together on the fun project.

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A big thank you to Rogers Community TV for coming out to our Yarn Bombing event for National Deafblind Awareness Month. The story for #BrantLife by producer Patti Berardi begins at the 10-minute mark.

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#SpottedInParis Wincey Mills - a market hall with local, quality vendors welcomed yarn bombing on June 18^th This building invites the community to engage in various culinary and cultural experiences and is a great spot for eats and treats.

Having Good Thymes in the Garden

We are grateful to Equal Ground Community Gardens and chair Cheryl Didtrek Antoski for donating the herbs, which included summer savory, stevia, lavender, hot and spicy oregano, Italian parsley, French tarragon, curly leaf parsley, sage, basic, thyme, marjoram and Siam queen.

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On June 15^th we got ourselves moving and grooving with Joan Minnery for CROONERsize! This head to toe full body workout combines both singing and exercise together paired with mixed genres, body movement, dance and a lot of fun!

Cookies for a Cause

Leading up to our Yarn Bombing installation day that took place June 16th, Café coordinator Ashley Tavares and Alecia decorated seven dozen “I love you” ASL shaped cookies, all dipped in Sensity branded colours. These cookies also included the hashtag #NDBAM for Deafblind Awareness month.

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On Friday, June 25th we made a wave through music!

Performances by Sensity individuals, our children’s music therapy program and Connecting in Rhythm staff from all across the province came together to celebrate deafblind awareness month.

In this video, Alex and mom, Susan Graham performed ‘You Raise Me Up’ by Josh Groban together with intern Markeeta.

Other acts included, Courtney, Natalie, Citlali, Campbell, Alecia, Marlene, Steven and Sensity group performance.

A huge thanks to everyone who worked together to make this all happen!

Make a Wave Concert Thank You Song

Catch a wave and you're sitting on top of the world
No one afraid to try with Kyla leading (Catch a wave, catch a wave)
Markeeta, Tiana and Hailey too
Those who love music have to put it down
You sing out turn around and play
And baby that's all there is to the music therapy craze
We caught the music wave and we’re sittin' on top of the world

Not just a fad cause it's been going on so long (Catch a wave, catch a wave)
All the music making going strong
They said it wouldn't last too long
They'll eat their words with two drum sticks!
And watch 'em they'll hit the road and all be making music soon
And when they catch a wave they'll be sittin' on top of the world
We caught the music wave and we’re sittin' on top of the world

So take a session from a top-notch music therapist (Catch a wave, catch a wave)
Every day, any day!
And now slowly we rejoice
Start to get away from the computer screen
And baby go catch some rays with music in the Sensory Garden!
And when you catch a wave you'll be sittin' on top of the world
We caught the music wave and we’re sittin' on top of the world

THANK YOU to Kyla, Markeeta, Tiana and Hailey for all of their efforts for two incredible performances Friday, June 25th. Thanks for catching the wave with all of us throughout the month of June!

Sarnia Journal: "Deafblind woman finding joy in life"

“When I first saw her cut vegetables I was amazed to see someone who is blind use a sharp knife and cut everything so uniformly,” says Anne Marie MacDougall, who co-ordinates the five intervenors who facilitate her day."

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As June comes to a close, London will light up in BLUE for Deafblind Awareness Month on Wednesday, June 30th at the following locations:

City Hall of London
JA Taylor Building (Wellington and Dundas)
RBC London Place
Sifton Properties (Dufferin)
Canada Life Building in London and Toronto

Join us - Virtually!
To register for one of the listed activities: 1-877-760-7439 EXT 102 or activity@sensity.ca

Sensity Deafblind and Sensory Support Network of Canada

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Paris, Ont.
N3L 2E2

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On June 15th we got ourselves moving and grooving with Joan Minnery for CROONERsize! This head to toe full body workout combines both singing and exercise together paired with mixed genres, body movement, dance and a lot of fun!

Sarnia Journal: "Deafblind woman finding joy in life" “When I first saw her cut vegetables I was amazed to see someone who is blind use a sharp knife and cut everything so uniformly,” says Anne Marie MacDougall, who co-ordinates the five intervenors who facilitate her day." Keep Reading

On June 15^th we got ourselves moving and grooving with Joan Minnery for CROONERsize! This head to toe full body workout combines both singing and exercise together paired with mixed genres, body movement, dance and a lot of fun!

Sarnia Journal: "Deafblind woman finding joy in life"

“When I first saw her cut vegetables I was amazed to see someone who is blind use a sharp knife and cut everything so uniformly,” says Anne Marie MacDougall, who co-ordinates the five intervenors who facilitate her day."

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