October 3, 2018 – Athletic adventurers Jason Cole and Rand Surbey, who lives with cerebral palsy, will be running for fairness and inclusion in giant turkey costumes this Thanksgiving Sunday in Victoria. In 2014 through 2017, the pair ran the half marathon in 1 hour 34 minutes – a whopping 20 minutes faster than the […]
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How the Tanabe Bursary helps students with CP
Did you know? The average lifetime cost of care for an individual with CP is $1.5 million. Education plays a big role in empowering people with CP to realize their full potential and ambitions. On March 15th 2018, our fourth Life Without Limits Gala will partially raise funds for a life-changing initiative: the Tanabe Education Bursary. […]
Arctic adventure inspires fundraiser for Life Without Limits
An intrepid adventurer will showcase photos and a short film from a recent expedition to Canada’s Arctic coast in a special fundraising event for the Cerebral Palsy Association of BC on March 11. After travelling the Inuvik-to-Tuktoyaktuk Highway for two weeks in January, Jason Cole will display his spectacular photos and a short time-lapse video called “Ten Minutes to Tuk”. Partial proceeds from the […]
Lower Mainland’s hardest working athletic duo and Guinness World Record contenders to have disability fund named in their honour
Media release November 1st, 2017 – Tonight, the Cerebral Palsy Association of BC (CPABC) will be re-naming their Equipment Assistive Devices Fund the “Jason and Rand Fund” in recognition of two of their members’ supersized athletic endeavours and hearts. Friends Jason Cole and Rand Surbey, who lives with cerebral palsy, met in 2011 through an […]
Repairing the World: Talmud Torah’s Ceremony of Giving
By Carrie Torrans If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now – WHEN ~ Pirkei Avot 1:14 On June 16, Cerebral Palsy Association of BC Executive Director Feri and I had the pleasure of going to Vancouver […]
