2012/04/25 – Chapter Volunteer Meeting – Open Invite

A reminder that the next volunteer meeting is this week: Wednesday, April 25 6 – 7:30 p.m. Calgary Co-op Midtown Market 1130 11th Ave SW. There is a free parking lot located at the Co-op.  Once you walk into the building you want to go to the left side of the store, near the front there [...]

2012/06/11 – Huntington Golf Tournament

Join us for another amazing golf event on June 11th at the Earl Grey Golf Club.  Sponsorship opportunities also available. June 11th at the Earl Grey Golf Club 11:00am – Practice area open 11:30am-12:45pm – Lunch 1:00pm- Shotgun start 5:00pm -Reception – Cocktails and stand up buffet Spots to fill: 1 single that can join [...]

2012/05/27 – Team HD in the Scotiabank Charity Marathon

Team HD in the Scotiabank Charity Marathon May 27, early morning to early afternoon, see http://www.calgarymarathon.com/ for specific locations Team HD is in the Scotiabank Charity Marathon again for our second time.  Last year we were able to raise $12,800 and this year we hope to raise $20,000 while also increasing the size of our team [...]

2011/08/18 – Community Consultation on Affordable Housing

You are invited by the Accessible and Affordable Housing Working Group of the Accessible Housing Society  to a community consultation promoting secondary suites as a housing option for persons with disabilities. August 18, 2011 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. CNIB 15 Colonel Baker Place NE, Calgary RSVP 403-242-6672 ext 123 The Accessible and Affordable Housing Working Group was created to function [...]

On the Shoulders of Giants…

Happy Birthday Woody Guthrie! Perhaps the most famous person to openly suffer from Huntington disease, Woody would have been 99 years old today.  Unfortunately, his life was cut short at age 55 by HD in 1967.  For those too young to know, Woody was an extremely popular, politically active singer-songwriter, best known for the song [...]

Family curse. BBC story on genetic testing for breast cancer.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-14135296?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

To Test or Not to Test?

The May/June 2011 issue of Alberta Health Service’s Apple magazine includes an article by Dawna Freeman on genetic testing.  It features Tara Johnson-Ouellette’s journey through genetic testing for Huntington disease after her mother’s diagnosis. Here are a few excerpts: Genetic testing can reveal if you have one of the 3,000 genes linked to diseases. But the bigger question is [...]

WOW!

What an incredible few months it has been.  While other groups take the summer off, our chapter has been BUSY!  Great success has been achieved raising both awareness and funds.  Congratulations to all involved! Once our organizers have had a chance to catch their breath, we’ll post more detailed event updates.  In the meantime, here [...]