Mainstreams 7th Annual Charity Golf Classic at Grand Niagara Golf Club
Join us on Tuesday June 19th for a day of great golf, fabulous food and lots of fun.
We currently need golfers, sponsors and silent auction prizes! Hope to see you on June 19th!
To register complete the attached brochure or call Kris @ 905-934-3924 x 30.
MAINSTREAM’S 6th ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT
On behalf of Mainstream and the Board of Directors, we would like to thank our golfers, sponsors and volunteers for another fun and successful tournament. Thanks to your generous support, we were able to raise $13,500. This money goes directly to our Resource Centre to provide resources and support to empower people with the necessary skills and confidence for lifelong learning and growth. Mainstream participants continue to enjoy a better quality of life thanks to the support of people like you. Congratulations to Ron Brown who won the 50/50 draw taking home over $800. We look forward to seeing you next year on Tuesday June 19, 2012 at Grand Niagara.
GRAFFITI REMOVAL PROGRAM
In partnership with the City of St.Catharines and the Niagara Region, Mainstream’s 21-member Graffiti Removal Team continues to make a difference in our community by removing graffiti from City parks and Regional roads. Over the past five years Mainstream’s Graffiti Removal Team has cleaned well over 4,000 sites. The program continues to provide opportunities for people with a developmental disability to connect with their community while improving the look and feel of our neighbourhoods.
If you would like to report graffiti, please call The Graffiti Hotline at 905-688-5601 extension 3115.
Mainstream’s Summer Drama Program
Mainstream’s Summer Drama Program was a huge success!
There were 20 participants with a developmental disability from across the Niagara Region that came to Brock University from July 25th to the 29th to introduce themselves to the world of theatre. Meaghan Shepard and Courtney Beamish facilitated the week; both are Brock University Dramatic Arts graduates. Meaghan has been working with Mainstream since March 2009 on the Graffiti: What a Waste production, a puppet show that tours elementary schools in the Niagara Region.
During the week, the Drama Program participants took part in various workshops, including voice, mime, movement, acting, physical comedy, and sound. Local theatre practitioners, including Jason Cadieux, Monica Dufault, and Caitlin Popek, led the workshops. On the final day, the performers took everything that they learned throughout the week and presented two 15-minute plays in front of a full audience. All the participants were so excited to get this opportunity to perform every day. A mother wrote, “My son popped up like toast every morning looking forward to the program, he was hardly able to contain himself. I was impressed with the variety of guest speakers and the opportunities for development given to the participants.”
Also, working in the Drama department was quite special. One father wrote, “We know that, for my daughter, being on the Brock University campus allowed her to feel part of that community for the week as well, this was very exciting for her. As always, Mainstream strives to produce excellent and innovative programming offering much more than the status quo.” Many of the participants are now interested in furthering their education or dramatic skills due to this program. Mainstream would like to thank Brock University and the Dramatic Arts department for allowing them the opportunity to offer this one-of-a-kind program.