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Neil Squire Named Finalist for Dalhousie Top Co-op Employer Award
Neil Squire was honoured to be named a finalist for Dalhousie University’s Top Co-Op Employer Awards! Kerilyn, a co-op participant with the Makers Making Change…
Clubs That Care: UVic Biomedical Engineering Design
Through Clubs That Care, an initiative by Neil Squire’s Makers Making Change program, we are helping university and post-secondary clubs and groups to build affordable…
Chester Loves His New Adapted Toys
Chester loves his new toys, a switch-adapted Peppa Pig doll and a switch-adapted dinosaur plush toy. “I have never seen him laugh and giggle so…
Volunteers on PEI Learn to Customize Toys for People With Disabilities
View this post on Instagram A post shared by CBC P.E.I. (@cbcpei) Twelve-year-old Rachel Matheson was taking apart a toy dog, adding a…
Thank You for Helping Us Deliver Over 600 Adapted Toys!
We did it! Thanks to your support, we have hosted over 100 events, and delivered 649 adapted toys and 952 switches to children with disabilities…
University of Lethbridge Agility Students Make Change
The University of Lethbridge Agility program hosted two events in partnership with Makers Making Change, as part of their Youth Making Change initiative. In the…
Adapted Toys Allow Kids at CHEO to Play Independently
Over the course of the last year, CHEO, a children’s hospital in Ottawa, has been the recipient of a number of adapted toys and switches…
Winnipeg Students Make Switches and Adapted Toys at North Forge Build
On Tuesday, we hosted another great Youth Making Change build event in Winnipeg, Manitoba with the help of our partners and sponsors, North Forge, Women…
École Mgr-Martin Students Adapt Toys for Classmates and Community
Nearing the end of the 2021/22 school year, students at École Mgr-Martin took part in Disability Awareness Week, an annual event in New Brunswick that…