Just a reminder to you all that the next meeting of CHHAVAN Branch was postponed from the May 24th date to June 7th, due to the CHHA National conference in Ottawa.

So– do be sure to attend our June 7th meeting 7- 9 pm, 3575 Kaslo St. East Vancouver (Childrens Hearing and Speech Centre of B.C.) doors open at 6:30 pm

Program content includes a report from the CHHA Conference; report on the findings of the Branch Planning survey, which ran recently on Survey Monkey; and update on the Walk2Hear2012 Walkathon, scheduled for September 22nd, in Jericho Park. Lots of exciting news followed by an hour’s social time, so do plan to be there and add your ideas to the planning.

Chha Vancouver’s March meeting is coming up and it has been quite a while since we were all together, so we will have lots to talk about and it should be an interesting evening

Please mark this date on your calendar, and plan to attend.

March 15, 7-9 pm  Doors open at 6:30 pm
Multipurpose room   Childrens  Hearing and Speech Centre of B.C.   3575 Kaslo street

Lisa Dillon-Edgett, Audiologist and Instructor in Speech reading at Vancouver Community College, will introduce us to her program  on Speech reading
Speech reading is a skill every hard of hearing person needs to master – it is not only about lip reading but also about managing the various aspects of a living with a hearing loss.

Come and find out about the newer approaches to teaching and learning this necessary skill.

We have received notice that our guest speaker will be unable to attend and present at our CHHAVAN Branch meeting on Thursday, January 19th 2012. Therefore the  meeting is cancelled. Please ensure that you share this news with others as well.

Instead we are planning to hold a different sort of event in February so please watch this space for further news.

Our regrets for this unexpected change of plans.

Marilyn Dahl

MEETING CANCELLED!

The next CHHA Vancouver branch meeting is January 19, 2012. See http://chhavancouver.wordpress.com/branch-meetings/ for more details.

Our speaker is Bill Oakes, from the Rick Hansen Institute, doing a presentation about the “Global Accessibility Map”.    Hearing access in public places, whether restaurants, shops, theatres  or arenas, matters to all of us.  Find out how you can be involved in mapping accessible places online, and accessing this tool as a resource.‎

We look forward to seeing you all there!

MEETING CANCELLED!

Please mark your November calendar for the CHHAVAN Branch meeting on November 17th, Thursday, 7-9 pm at 3575 Kaslo Street, Vanc.
Childrens Hearing and Speech Center of B.C. in the Multipurpose Room.

Speaker: Grace Shyng, Audiologist on What’s New in Hearing Aids.

NOTE: This is also the Annual General Meeting of CHHAVAN Branch. This is an election year, and the positions of : President, Vice-President, Secretary and 2 Members-at Large are up for election, these having completed their two years terms.

Please consider standing for one of the positions, or alternatively, nominating a candidate for one of the positions.  Take a turn at it, thousands will thank you!   to find out more, contact us at this email address.