From the desk of the Executive Director This past month has been exceptionally busy with the Benefit Auction and then International Day of Persons with Disabilities- December 3rd, 2012. The support for the Benefit Auction was amazing again. Northern businesses, individuals and groups generously gave of their goods, time, services and money to help raise funds to support services and programs for people with disabilities across the NWT. In the end we raised over $36,000.00. It was an evening filled with surprises, entertainment, fun and the spirit of giving and the holidays. I give heartfelt thanks to everyone involved in the auction and ask all Northerners to support these businesses that so generously support our communities. Please visit our website for a list of all that donated to the Auction at www.nwtability.ca. To all those who gave and continue to give so selflessly, to help create an Inclusive and welcoming North for all people, a heartfelt thank you. During the Auction we announced a new event that will take place in June 2012, the NWT Disabilities Council’s Soap Box Derby. Mikey McBryant committed to being the M.C. for the event and Yellowknife has been buzzing with interest since the announcement. Already discussions of corporate challenges, designs and categories are underway. We will be advertising for the event, how to order a kit and how to get involved in the New Year- so stay tuned!
This New Year greets us with new challenges and goals for the Council. We will continue to address waitlists, community concerns and families in crisis. We will also look to relocating back to the downtown core as many of the clients we support and other service providers have indicated that this would make our services much more accessible. We will continue to meet with the government to address these and many other issues.
If you require service or have any issues or concerns regarding disabilities in the North, please contact us at 873-8230 in Yellowknife and toll free outside the Yellowknife area at 1-800-491-4124. We will be happy to assist you. From all of us at the Council, we wish everyone a safe and happy holiday season. Denise McKee
(If we have accidently left out your name, or have made an error in spelling, we apologize for doing so)
The following pages include the names of organizations and persons who helped make our 32nd Annual Benefit Auction possible through donations and volunteerism. We thank the community for its continued support, as well as our Members who show their dedication to the Council and the people we help.
Long Term Supporters
Yellowknife Elks Lodge #314
Canadian North
Quality Furniture
RBC
Scotiabank
Roy’s Audio & Video Unlimited
Pido Productions
Northwestel
Janet Pacey Designs-Signed
UNW
Gwitch’in Tribal Council
Many of these supporters work behind the scenes to ensure the auction runs smoothly.
Volunteers BOARD
ST. PAT’S INCLUSION CLUB
50/50 DRAW
Don Gillis
Daniel Garcia
Janet Diveky
Judy Sharp
Alannis McKee
Moe Miller
Bill Burles
Alysson McKee
Heather Hayne
Cor Van Dyke
Kleinberg Fernandez
Marie Francoise LeDoze
Susan Dauphinais
Nara Dapilos
Lillian McOuat
Terry Hawkins
Lucinda Kanapetradu
Sharon O’Rourke
Adelle Shea
Mischelle Remigio
Raymonde Laberge
Sharon Oldford
Gabby Peach Gemma Song
RBC
OTHER VOLUNTEERS
Priya Jacob
Neil McKee
May Ly
Jennifer Fischlin
Joy Roberts
Mark Bogan
Michelle Martin
Donna Nash
Lusine Balasanyan
Emelda King
Mary Chambers
Helen Warren
Greg McLaughlin
S.A.D.D Michele Thom’s students
Rosalind Minault Lynda Balsillie Karen Jefferson Steve Versteeg
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Monetary Contributors $10-$100 Glen Abernethy Bob Bromley Wendy Bisaro Premier Bob McLeod Robert Hawkins Polar Bear Storage David Ramsay Kim Staples-Lakhani Sun Life Financial
$101-$500 Aggie Brockman Daryl Dolynny Homelife Real Estate Pin Taylor Architects Structure All Ltd Stewart Weir MacDonald Ltd Yellowknife Liquor Store
$1000 + Gwich’in Tribal Council Union of Northern Workers
In Kind Supporters Robert Hawkins Tony Whitford Cold Mountain Computing For Women Only Heather Clarke InCity Moving Jessica Heine David Jessiman
Karen Jefferson Neil McKee Northern News Services NorthwestTel Pack Rat Mini Storage Ltd Pido Production Ltd RBC Royal Bank Signed.
St. Pat’s Inclusion Club Tyler Shea Yellowknife Elks Lodge #314
Silent & Live Auction Contributors A Taste of Saigon
Aurora Sensations
Choice Video
Adam Dental Clinic
Autotec
Christina Vernon
Adelle Shea
Babylon Hair Design
City of Yellowknife
Air Tindi/Discovery Air
Barb Kardash
CJCD
Alex Debogorski
Becks Kennels
CMS -Comfort Solutions
Amanda Grobbecker
Beth Covvey
Coast Frasier Tower Hotels
Arbonne
Blue Raven/Tessa McIntosh
Cold Mountain Computing
Arctic Appliance
Bonnie Fournier
Conlan McKee
Arctic Defensive Driving School
Borealis Kennels
Art Au Fax
Boston Pizza
Artico Biota
Buffalo Air
Artistic Hound
Canadian North
Ashoona Studios
CBC North Chef Pierre
Special Holiday Edition
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Live & Silent Auction Contributors (Continued)
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Co-Op
Ian McCrea
Old Town Glassworks
Tli’Cho Government
Cornelius Van Dyke
Igloo Building Supplies
One of a Thai
Top of the World
Corothers Home Building Centre
Janet Pacey
Originals by Instinct
Tru Hardware
Jaret Moshenko
Originals by T-Bo
Tyler Shea
Coyotes Bar & Grill
Jennifer Winsor
Overlander Sports
UNW Staff
Creative Basics
Jiffy Lube
Pamela Taylor
Visual Effects
Damsels in Blue Jeans
Joan Hiron
Pat Braden
Vixens Hair Den
Dancing Moose Café
Jofran
Priscilla Crapeau
Wal Mart
DeBeers
John Dzurka
PSAC
Walbridge Law Office
Dene Nation
John Lodge
Quality Furniture
Weaver & Devore
Denis Alain
Jolene Dauphinais
Rebecca's Flowers
Wendy Stephenson
Dennis Bevington MP
Judy Sharp
RMW Counseling Services
Westown Tire Services
Dimensions
Kingland Ford
Robbie Craig
Williams Engineering
Dolores Hunter
Konge Construction
Ron’s Auto
Wiseguy Foods
Dominos
Kopykat North
Roy’s Audio Video Unlimited
Yellowknife Chrysler
Don & Ann Gillis
Life Care Planning
Ruth McKeown
Yellowknife Fish Company
Down to Earth Gallery
Looney Gallery
Scotia Bank
Yellowknife Motors
Ducks Unlimited
Mainstreet Donair & Falafel
Sears
Yellowknife Ski Club
Embleton B&B
Malcolm & Faye Stark
Shawna Lampi-Legaree
Yellowknife Veterinary Clinic
Explorer Hotel
Mark He
Sheryl Thomas
YK Fire Department
Extra Foods
Marks Restaurant
Shoppers Drug Mart
YK Golf Club
Fetch Some Training
Mary Van Dyke
Side Door
YK Guild of Arts & Crafts
Flowers North
Matco Transportation
Sport North
YK Inn Smoke Shop
Folk on the Rocks
Merle Norman
YK Seniors Society
For Men Only
Michelle LeBlanc-Lupton
Staff at Union of Northern Workers
For Women Only
Mike Bryant
Staples
Free Geek Vancouver
Naked North
Strata Studios
Gallery of the Midnight Sun
North Best Distributors Ltd.
Sundog Yoga
Gallery on 47th Street
North Country Stables
Superior Auto Body
Garry Hubbert
Northern Fancy Meats
Susan Dauphinais
Gastown
Northern Images
Sushi Café
Glen Abernethy
Northern Interiors Window Fashions
Sutherlands
GNWT -ITI Gourmet Cup
Northern Souvenirs
Terry Hawkins
Great Slave Animal Hospital
Northern News Services Ltd.
The Book Cellar
Grey Gritt
Northern Territories Federation of Labor
The Brick
H&R Block Harleys Shirt Shack
Northern Transitions
The Explorer Hotel
Headgear
Northwestern Air Lease
The Medicine Shoppe
Helen Balanoff
NWT Pipe Band
The Quilted Raven
Hot Shots Pub & Grub
NWT Tourism
Theresa Watson
Inkit
Office Compliments
Tim Horton’s
Tamarack Computers
The Chopping Block
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A very special Thank-You goes out to all of our members for their continued support & dedication to our organization. Branko Babic
Bob Dunsmore
Janice King
Normand Plante
Judith Wright-Bird
Liz Bailey-Hopf
Violet Edji
Judith Krause
George Poirier
Barbara Wyness
Patrick Balsillie
Wavey Ellsworth
Vitaline Lafferty
Bill Powless
YKACL
Renold Baroryee
Roy Epp
Frank Lafferty
David Prichard
Kathryn Youngblut
Donald Beach
Reginald Evans
Elizabeth Lafferty
Aranka Raffai
Maureen Zimmerman
Andrea Beacock
Mark Eveson
Therese Lafferty-Apples
William A. Reid
Leonard Beaulieu
Donald Fabien
Leonard Lalonde
James Robertson
Pauline Bellis
Harvey
John Lapierre
Jean Robertson
Stephen Bellis
Joan Findlay
Lawrence Allan Larocque
Les L Rohac
Monique T. Bird
Jiri Foltyn
E. Yvonne Larocque
Linda Sanguez
Bev Black
Fort Smith HSSA
Michael Larson
Penny Saunders
Ted Blondin
Honore Fortier
Nicole Lavertu
Kurt Scheiwiller
Kelly Bothamley
Ron Fuller
Marilyn J. Lee
Judith Sharp
Esther Braden
Don Gillis
Norman Mair
Ajjie Shaw
Linda Budgell
Ann Gillis
Sheila McGrath
Ruben David Silverio
Gabriel Buggins
Elaine Girrior
Carl McInnes
Janice Silverio
Bill Burles
Keyona McKay
Agnes Silverthorn
Margaret Byers
Rev Richard Birch Glad Tidings Church
Denise McKee
Archie G. Smith
Anne-Mieke Cameron
Tessie Gonzales
Neil McKee
Kirsten Snyder
Xavier Canadien
Maryse Good
Kyle McKee
John Soderberg
Prakash Chugh
Aaron Gray
Conlan McKee
Mohannad Soliman
Pawan Chugh
Gray Jay Enterprises
Alannis McKee
Maurice St. Martin
Pooja Chugh
Patricia Groves
Allyson McKee
Siva Sutendra
City Cab (1993) Ltd.
Jose Guardado
Garry McLean
Fibbie Tatti
Rita Cli
Bruce Gudeit
Laurie McLean
Sandra
Calinda Constant
Jozef Hajcik
Jennifer Menzies
Jose Maria V. Tolentino
Mervyn
Terry Hawkins
Paulette Mercredi
Thi Tran
Eva Henderson
Lawrence Mercredi
Fred Tsetta
Eric Henderson
Heather Merilees
Cherryl Van Dyke
France Cumming
Sermin Heyck
Yoganathan Naidoo
Christian Van Dyke
Elizabeth Dawson
Sheila Hodgkinson
Marie Nendsa
Cornelius Van Dyke
Ardith Dean
Lillian Hoehn
Georgina Nitah
Vital Abel Boarding Home
Vaughn Del Valle
Erwin Holowachuk
Hans Nolting
Alida Walsh
Melissa Dempster
Lily Howden
Ingo Nolting
Judy Watsko
Judy Desjarlais
Delores Hunter
Maxine Norwegian
David Watson
Hai Samuel Do
Damon Huynh
Paul Nyland
Barbara Weatherby
Corbin Dolphus
Darren Jacquard
Ray Oxford
Gordon Weatherby
Cristin
Albert Jewell
Diana Pallones
Hugh Wetmore
Bruce Donlan
Joan Jones
Anthony Patrick
Helen White
Ed Dowbush
Simone Julien
Lucy Pelletier
Tony Whitford
George Drybones
Charles Kennedy
Kelly Peters
Jerry Wong
Anita Dube
Dorothy Kennedy
Gerry Petrin
Stacey Wood
Melanie Dumont
Marilyn Kenny
Jean Piro
Debbie Worsley
Craig
Ralph Creed Robert Michael
Domingo
Crews
Field
Taylor
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(If we have accidently left out your name, or have made an error in spelling, we apologize for doing so)
The Staff of the NWT Disabilities Council would like to extend our best wishes to everyone across the North. Have a very Safe and Happy Holiday Season
Remember to stay safe at this time of year. Please Don’t Drink and Drive.
