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Signs of Hope

Affichée le novembre 6, 2009

  • Auteur : Colette Halferty
  • Organisation: L'Arche Daybreak
  • Endroit : 11339 yonge street, richmond hill, ontario
  • Catégorie : Favorisez le bien-être
  • Coût : À gros budget (50 000 $ à 250 000 $)

If it was revealed that YOU could make a difference in someone’s life, wouldn’t you be interested to know how and what you could do? Your support and VOTE could make a difference in the lives of so many adults with intellectual disabilities as well as to thousands of high school students.

It is our hope that the Aviva Community Fund will support Daybreak to enhance two very unique programs - programs which impact a significant number of people in the wider community of Toronto.

Who is L’Arche Daybreak

L’Arche Daybreak is a community centered on the gifts of core members (people with intellectual disabilities). Part of an international network of communities which was founded by Jean Vanier, L’Arche Daybreak is built on the concept of life-sharing where people of all levels of ability live, work and support each other in a community setting. A fundamental principle of L’Arche is that we are all people with gifts and challenges, and that our lives are enriched when we dare to live and work together with people of difference.

Our Challenge

Today there is an extensive waiting list for adults with intellectual disabilities to find day programming opportunities in York Region. Recent studies indicate over 500 people are on this list - a number that is projected to double in four years. These are people who live at home with aging parents and who, upon graduating from high school, have limited opportunity to share their gifts or contribute to society. Therefore, they are not engaged in ways that would allow them to have a sense of belonging or be fully integrated into society. The needs of these individuals are deemed ‘emergency.’

L’Arche Daybreak is embarking upon a $3 million campaign called Signs of Hope. This campaign will provide the resources for L’Arche Daybreak to welcome into our vocational programs more local people with intellectual disabilities.

The Spirit Movers

Expressive dance comes from the soul; there are no physical limits to what the dancer can do.

L’Arche Daybreak is home to The Spirit Movers, a dance and movement troupe which incorporates community members of all abilities. Our unique Spirit Movers dance troupe can broaden its reach to inspire new audiences by expanding its program to five days a week. This will enable many more adults with intellectual disabilities to participate and share their gifts. The troupe has an impressive repertoire of dances and is much sought-after to perform. The Spirit Movers have danced at numerous educational institutions and churches across Ontario, including large public audiences at the Air Canada Centre, and at World Youth Day in 2002.

Student Educational Retreats.

L’Arche Daybreak plays an important role in shaping the moral imagination of young people while promoting a means of social engagement.

In 1998, L’Arche Daybreak initiated an outreach program offering educational retreat days for students. Held in the Dayspring, the main community gathering place at Daybreak, these retreats are attended by 2000 students from around the Greater Toronto Area each year.

Through the leadership and storytelling of our core members, students from across the GTA gain a glimpse of how L'Arche communities provide a model for living and strength through interdependence. In this encounter, core members reveal their gifts as teachers in the “school of the heart”.

Daybreak offers these retreats because it knows that our core members have something to teach young people, and because it is committed to supporting situations that give people with intellectual disabilities the opportunity to be heard. The student retreats are in such demand that sessions are booked a year in advance. Our dynamic program of high school educational retreats can grow to connect with thousands more students each year.

Our Solution

Presently the Spirit Movers rehearse in the Dayspring. During the week, the Dayspring is also home to our student retreat program. This conflict of schedules prohibits the expansion of both programs.

When the Spirit Movers have their own space in the Centre for Expressive Arts, they can expand their program to include other movement activities such as yoga and tai chi which greatly benefit those with physical disabilities. The Student Retreat Program at the Dayspring could also welcome many more high school students. This campaign will allow these retreats to increase by 100% opening the exposure to 4,000 students per year.

The secret of L’Arche is relationship: meeting people, not through the filters of certitudes, ideologies, idealism or judgments, but heart to heart; listening to people with their pain, their joy, their hope, their history; listening to their heart beats.


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