Celebrating the Spirit of Deaf Communities on November 11 and 12, 2011 at Sir James Whitney School & Ramanda Inn in Belleville, Ontario!
Welcome to Belleville Association of the Deaf's website!
We are a non-profit organization and one of our most important goals is to serve the Deaf, Hard of Hearing and Deafened people in Belleville and surrounding areas. We also provide annual community-based events ⁄ activities for deaf residents who live in Belleville and surrounding areas as well.
Greetings from B.A.D. President!
During my first term as President of the Belleville Association of the Deaf I learned a lot about what was happening in the city and especially what that means to members of B.A.D. In my second term as President I have been able to lead our club in a few more events and projects. We met twice with Councillors about accessibility and filled the Council room both times. Membership in B.A.D. is up and attendance at special meetings has been very good. In 2010, B.A.D. members volunteers raised money for ASL resources and five Christmas Sharing baskets for Deaf families. We sent two dart teams to Calgary.
This year we will focus on the O.A.D. ⁄ B.A.D. Celebration and plans for a Belleville Deaf Centre. We will continue making monies from social events/activities. Our representative will keep attending the Accessibility Advisory Committee meetings at City Hall. My personal goal is to have mentors work with the young people to keep our club alive for another century. Fortunately the club has many volunteers who run it. We are thankful for this.
Sincerely,
Ken Roberts, B.A.D. President
MISSION STATEMENT
(At our April 16, 2005 By-Laws Meeting, we agreed to refer the creation of our Mission Statement to the By-Laws committee and it is in progress.)
Belleville Deaf Community Lifelong Dream
"BELLEVILLE DEAF CENTRE"
(BDC)
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