BCBWP End of Year Message

Dear BC Brain Wellness Program Community,

As another year comes to a close, and on behalf of the entire BC Brain Wellness Program team, I want to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their enthusiastic engagement and loyalty to The Program. The Program is a community of like-minded people with a structure, governance, and operational framework designed to be flexible and respond to the needs of our participants. In the last few years, The Program has grown 10-fold from 5 small classes to over 25 classes with 750+ active participants. We have built a newsletter with a viewership of 4000+ people and we have had 30,000+ visitors to our website in the past year alone. The Program goes beyond beneficial and diverse exercise classes and offers unique creative outlets, such as gardening and cooking, art from the heart, photography workshops and care partner preparedness classes. Supporting our amazing brains in personalized and diverse ways!

We are fortunate to be celebrating our third year of our Participant Advisory Committee, who provide our team with a valuable perspective and wise counsel. We also have a dedicated volunteer team of UBC students. They are our eyes and ears in every class and we would not have an online program without them.

Thank you to all who have supported our program through your time, talents or treasures this year. Because of you, we are inspired to continue finding ways to improve the quality of life for British Columbians, provide opportunities to learn about brain health and wellness reseach and resources and be a trusted space in our community.

I wish you happy holidays and a peaceful and healthy new year.

Sincerely,

Silke