About this Event
Join Neil Squire’s Makers Making Change at this exciting event where volunteers will adapt toys for children with disabilities!
In celebration of International Day of Persons with Disabilities, this event is part of Makers Making Change's Hacking for the Holidays cammpaign, presented by Air Canada Foundation. Every fall season, we provide switch adapted toys to families for the Holiday season by engaging volunteers — students, corporate partners, and other community members — in events across 10 provinces to help us adapt and donate 2,500 toys and switches to families and clinicians all over Canada.
Volunteers will be provided with instructions, tools and materials to adapt a toy for switch access. Never done anything like this before? Don’t worry, no prior experience working with tools or electronics is required — we’ll walk you through every step. Everyone is welcome.
Why is this so important? Every child deserves to play. But for many kids with disabilities, toys can be hard to use independently, and commercially adapted versions can run upwards of $300. However, with a little bit of tinkering, we can switch-adapt toys and make them accessible for a fraction of the cost.
Location:
Neil Squire Office
#400-3999 Henning Dr., Burnaby (maps)
Free parking spots #622-#630
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3999 Henning Dr, 3999 Henning Drive, Burnaby, Canada
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