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AboutFace Community Survey
With the announcement of Executive Director, Anna Pileggi retiring, AboutFace has created an Executive Transition Team who will oversee the selection process of a new Executive Director. As we begin...
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We Have Come So Far
It all started in 2003—the AboutFace constituency advisory committee and staff had just reviewed the most recent membership survey. After going over the findings, one member observed that 60 percent of...
View ArticleCamp Trailblazers Turns 15!!
This year, we are excited to be celebrating the 15th anniversary of Camp Trailblazers. We started out small in 2003 with just a Teen Retreat weekend in Ontario and we have seen over 800 campers...
View Article10 Ways to Prepare Your Child for Surgery
Parents often wonder how they can prepare their child for surgery. Surgery day can often be an emotional and stressful time, but there are many helpful ways to help prepare them. Approaches may be...
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Liquid Recipes for Post-Surgery Soft Diet
By EmilyBee via www.caloriebee.com My jaw surgery in August 2011 was a real eye opener for me, in terms of what foods I couldn’t eat afterwards. Prior to surgery, I prepared by stocking up on soup,...
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Surgery Takes Its Toll
By Amanda Lizon For those of you who know me well enough to know about my surgical journey of late, you know that I have had almost as many minor and major cleft-related procedures as I have had...
View ArticleNational Volunteer Week
Volunteers – Front and Centre On Friday, October 28, 2016, AboutFace hosted our first “Light up the Night” Fashion Show and Gala, which raised over $14,000 in support of AboutFace programming. The...
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Meeting Your Tribe
By Dawn Shaw Normally, I am not shy about trying new things and meeting new people, but when it came to attending AboutFace’s Family Camp Trailblazers near Vancouver, BC in May of 2015, I was nervous....
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Happy 15th Birthday Camp Trailblazers!
By Amanda Lizon Manager, Client Programs and Services I LOVE birthdays! I love celebrating my friends and family on their birthday because they are important to me, and birthdays give me an easy...
View ArticleMeet our new Executive Director
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Danielle Griffin to the role of Executive Director of AboutFace, effective June 12th, 2017. Danielle has a personal and direct connection to AboutFace, and...
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(Re) Treat Yo’ Self
By Jane McGowan How do you decide when it’s time to treat yourself, especially when it involves vulnerability on your part? This is exactly the decision I had to make this past Fall when I visited the...
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An Unforgettable Experience at Disney World
On May 3rd, four AboutFace kids got the amazing opportunity to go to Disney World for the day through Dreams Take Flight Toronto. This year was AboutFace’s 6th year being chosen to participate in this...
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The Community I Always Wanted
By Joseph Lingad I’m in my mid-thirties, but I had never addressed my facial difference issues until last year when I attended my first Adult Retreat. Throughout my entire life I knew I looked...
View ArticleBig Brothers
By Dennis Ku Originally posted on his blog: (apert)inent life – A family’s ongoing journey through Apert Syndrome Being a big brother is hard. You have to share the attention of your parents. All of...
View ArticleStarlinks – Web Design Agency New Zealand
Starlinks is one of the most reliance names when it comes to offering website design in Auckland and logo design services to its clientele. Our designers and developers have the essential information...
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Liquid Recipes for Post-Surgery Soft Diet
By EmilyBee via www.caloriebee.com My jaw surgery in August 2011 was a real eye opener for me, in terms of what foods I couldn’t eat afterwards. Prior to surgery, I prepared by stocking up on soup,...
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Meet our New Constituency Committee Members
The AboutFace Constituency Committee is a group made up of individuals with a facial difference, as well as parents of a child with a facial difference. This committee participates in input and...
View ArticleIntroducing our Newest Board of Directors Members
We are pleased to introduce our newest members of the Board of Directors: Cheryl Strickland Cheryl is a retired teacher who lives in Stratford, Ontario. She began her teaching career in Beamsville,...
View ArticleMeet Scholarship Winner Morgan
By: Morgan Capinding Ever since I was born, I knew I was different. I knew that I was going to be way different than all the other kids in my elementary school. l was born with a Lymphangioma, which is...
View ArticleMeet Scholarship Winner Rebecca
By: Rebecca Brown AboutFace, and especially Camp Trailblazers, have been an important part of my life for the last several years. I was born with one side of my body smaller than the other side, and I...
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