TOURETTE OTTAWA

Date: Thursday October 8, 2020 at 7pm

Topic: Managing Mental Health

Guest Speakers: Dr. Nafissa Ismail and Kevin Smith

For a Zoom Invite contact: info@tsottawa.com

Any 2020 memberships will be extended to December 2021.

Membership

Tourette Canada Memberships

Your membership dollars directly impact services offered at Tourette Canada. Without your support we would be unable to offer the services listed below. Please note, Tourette Canada does not receive any core funding from the government, we rely on donations and membership dollars to support the TS Community.

Two types of memberships:

Links will take you to the National Tourette Canada Membership site.

• Individual Membership for $45
  (With voting privileges for a person who has applied for membership)
• Family Membership for $65
  (With voting privileges for the following additional family member over the age of 18)

There will be an adult support group meeting at 7pm – Tuesday, September 22 (today). If you are interested in joining in please contact us via email: info@tsottawa.com to receive an invitation to our Zoom room.

Youth Support Group Meeting:

There will be a youth support group meeting this coming Thursday, September 10th at 6:00 pm.

The youth support meeting will be in-person. Due to COVID-19 restrictions spaces are limited. Therefore, we will require RSVPs to be sent to info@tsottawa.com, for those who want to attend we will provide the address details, or in the event of bad weather a link to the ZOOM meeting.

Adult Support Group Meeting:

There will be an adult support group meeting this coming Thursday, September 10th at 7:00 pm. Please contact us at info@tsottawa.com or call us at 613-823-1471 to receive a ZOOM meeting invitation.

This year we want to make our fundraising efforts for Tourette Syndrome-Ottawa Support Group easier by using an app called FlipGive.

Simply join our team on FlipGive and start shopping through the app or team page and we’ll earn money every time you shop with popular brands like Amazon, Starbucks, Indigo, Sportchek and Esso.

Join our team now by clicking this link: Tourette Syndrome-Ottawa Chapter Team.

If you are prompted for a join code, enter this code NRTSRV

Remember to use FlipGive before you shop online so we’ll earn cash back – make a purchase within the first 14 days of joining and we’ll receive an additional bonus!

If you still have questions, here is a handout that explains FlipGive in more detail.

JOIN OUR TEAM

We will be having another adult support group meeting (via Zoom) at 7pm Tuesday August 25, 2020. These virtual meetings have replaced the in-person meetings during the pandemic.
If you would like to join us on August 25th, please email us at info@tsottawa.com. You will then receive the Zoom invitation and password. You will not be able to join unless you have the password.

Due to COVID-19, we are currently offering two support group meetings  throughout the summer virtually, via ZOOM instead our monthly  meetings at the Royal Ottawa Hospital.

This is a great opportunity to meet the chapter and to discuss issues and perhaps find out how others deal with many of the same issues. It’s free and everyone is welcome! JOIN US.

Contact us for more information: info@tsottawa.com

613-823-1471 (Local)

I hope everyone is staying safe during this COVID-19 pandemic. Sorry for the late post everyone. Here are some photos and videos that were shared by families of the Ottawa Chapter during their individual Virtual Trek for Tourette this year. Thank you to all who were able to do their trek.

Team NICK

Team AMELIA

Team RICHARD

Team JACOB