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It’s been a few weeks since my last update on Cole’s progress at Sunny Hill Health Centre in Vancouver. Cole has been on a steady rehabilitation program for eight weeks now, following a three-week stay at BC Children’s Hospital after he suffered a life-altering spinal injury on Jan. 3.

In the photo Kerry Saari of the Castlegar Jumpstart Chapter presents an equipment bag valued at $360 to participants in the RBC 360 Leadership Program at Twin Rivers School. This donation supports the Jumpstart initiative to increase a child’s chance for health and success in life through participation in sport and recreation.

Fred Hughes of the Castlegar Sunrise 2000 Rotary Club presents Nettie Stupnikoff of the Castlegar and District Hospital Foundation with a “top up” donation of $238 — the final amount needed after an earlier, much larger donation from the city’s evening Rotary Club to purchase two therapeutic mattresses for use in local home care.

Building social and emotional competence in your children is easier than it sounds, according to organizers of a workshop slated for Castlegar next week.

The Castlegar-Selkirk Lions presented Habitat for Humanity with a $2,260 donation last week, which will go towards Habitat’s first build in Castlegar. The money was just half of what the Lions raised with their inaugural “Move-A-Thon” in February. The other half was distributed to a variety of other local groups including the Castlegar Queen Committee, the SPCA and the Castlegar Skating Club.

Our daughter, Rachel, has always been a happy and fairly independent person. Sure, she’s needed some guidance and encouragement along the way, but what child or young adult hasn’t?